I remember reading the After Ann series – they were all good! I recently finished Red Hook Road – also very good!! I was not sure I’d like it but, the further into it I got, the more interested in the characters I became. I think some of you, if not all, had read it.
I’m currently reading Summers’Child by Diane Chamberlain. Very good so far. Here’s a summary…
Twenty years after 11-year-old Daria Cato found a baby abandoned on a beach in Kill Devil Hills, N.C., she is still very much a part of the child's life. Daria's parent's had adopted the infant, but now they are dead and she has accepted responsibility for Shelly--who has grown into a beautiful, slightly handicapped young woman. Without consulting Daria, Shelly contacts Rory Taylor, host of TV's True Life Stories, to ask his help in finding her birth mother. Rory has a personal interest in Shelly's story since he'd been one of the many teenagers hanging out on the beach the summer the baby was found. Daria, meanwhile, has been keeping to herself the crush she's had on Rory for years--along with Shelly's true story. The more questions Rory asks, the more unsettled the tiny community becomes, as closely guarded secrets and the sins of that long-ago summer begin to surface. Piece by piece, the mystery of summer's child is being exposed, a mystery that no one involved—not Shelly, Daria, not even Rory—is prepared to face.
Have a great 4th!
Cindy Barton
Distance Education Coordinator
North Dakota State College of Science
cindy.barton@ndscs.edu
800-342-4325, ext 3-2347 (701-671-2347)
From: Fox-Trydahl, Shirley
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 2:17 PM
To: Grenier, Tina; Alice; Barton, Cindy; Blogger Email; Kassa, Carin; Carol Meehan; Cindy Splichal; Dohman, Gloria; Goroski, Heather; Janet Hasbargen; Jeanette & Carmen; Peterson, Judith; Kathy Hoffert; Loretta Meyer; Maggie Vertin
Subject: RE: SALSA
Oops, you missed my reads.
I read The Confession by John Grisham and it was wonderful. Typical Grisham book that makes you feel like you are actually living the story.
Also, I read Month of Summer by Lisa Wingate. This was a recommendation by author Roxann Henke who wrote After Ann and others.
It was a good read that was about fractured relationships, forgiveness and self examination. I liked it a lot.
Have a great 4th everyone!
Shirley
From: Grenier, Tina
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 9:58 AM
To: Alice; Barton, Cindy; Blogger Email; Kassa, Carin; Carol Meehan; Cindy Splichal; Fox-Trydahl, Shirley; Dohman, Gloria; Goroski, Heather; Janet Hasbargen; Jeanette & Carmen; Peterson, Judith; Kathy Hoffert; Loretta Meyer; Maggie Vertin; Grenier, Tina
Subject: SALSA
Good morning, ladies!
SALSA was a smash hit! Great to hear all the selected reads and why they were selected. Our student worker, Leslie composed them below.
Please let me know if we have the wrong title/author or if we forgot one...same is true for the websites.
July is off, so our next meeting is August at Niblicks, 5 to 7 pm, the third Tuesday, August 16th.
September will go back to Wednesday evenings at Prantes, 5 to 7 pm, so we would meet September 21, 2011. Completing our little detour for the summer. ;0)
Enjoy your summer & an early Happy 4th of July!
Tina
SALSA Reads
South of Broad by Pat Conroy
Recommended by Kathy
Flags of our Fathers by James Bradley
Recommended by Loretta
Whistling in the Dark by Lesley Kagen
Recommended by Loretta
Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo and Colton Burpo
Read by Jeanette
High Tide in Tucson: Essays from Now or Never
By Barbara Kingsolver
Recommended by Jeanette
The Fat and the thin by Emile Zola
Recommended by Carol
(the original was in French,
The Belly of Paris{ Le Ventre de Paris})
Website suggestions:
Carol: www.packabook.com
Janet: www.bookfreeswap.com (Janet, is this the right one?)
Additional suggestion: www.nancypearl.com
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