Shoeless Joe by W  P Kinsella. second reading.

I am reading The Rainbow Comes and Goes by Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt.  Mother and son spent a year having many conversaions via emails, exchanging deep and often unsaid feelings, answering questions and revealing inner thoughts.  His mother was 91 when they embarked on this journey.  As Cooper states so well....if not now, when?  Eventually it will be too late.   

I am enjoying their conversation.  

I am reading:

The Last Wilderness   Alaska's Rugged Coast  Michael McBride

Reading:

Sex and the City by Candace Bushnell

The Fifth Petal by Brunonia Barry

The Regional Office is Under Attack! by Manuel Gonzales

Finished:

The Sharks of Lake Nicaragua by Randy Wayne White

Priestdaddy:  A Memoir by Patricia Lockwood

American Wasteland by Jonathan Bloom

Fat Girls and Lawn Chairs by Cheryl Peck

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

14 Minutes by Alberto Salazar

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen--movie novelization by Kevin Anderson

Finished in April:   Stones From The River  by:  Ursula Hegi  for book club (April)

                           Bel Canto  by:  Ann Patchett for book club (May)

                           Floating In My Mother's Palm  by:  Ursula Hegi

Currently Reading:  The Vision of Emma Blau  by:  Ursula Hegi

Hope to get to:   The Story of Arthur Truluv  by:  Elizabeth Berg  for book club (June)

                         Children and Fire  by:  Ursula Hegi

                         Racing To The Finish  by:  Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Ryan McGee

                         Charlotte's Web  by:  E.B. White

Reading The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah for bookclub

Figures in a Landscape: People and Places. by Paul Theroux. a collection of essays. interesting mix of travel pieces, author reviews and other stuff.

Still reading this way over 400 pp. Very enjoyable but taking some time.

I just read The Gilded Hour by Sara Donati.  Excellent and worth the price.  Can't wait for the sequel.  So I have had her Into The Wilderness series on the shelf for several years and started Into The Winderness, the first book.  Great writer.  Just wish they all came in Large Print.   

Expats by Christopher Dickey. this is an old out of date collection of magazine pieces.. date in mid 80's. I was especially interested in an interview he did in London with Wilfred Thesiger. 

The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch.  I learned about this book 100 years ago on Oprah, and just picked it up between books the other day.  Wow, it is a wonderful and amazing little book.  Given just 3-6 months to live with 3 small children, Pausch gets right to the heart of what is important in his charming recollections, sage advice, and hopeful future dreams.  I cannnot recommend this book enough, wish I'd picked it up years ago.  

I just finished Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz.  Wow, what a page-turner!  This is the best fiction I have read this year.  From page 10, I was completely caught up and wondering what in the world happened.  The author's writing style is superb, no wasted words, the scenes immediately clear and with every line the story moved forward.  Riveting.  Cannot recommend this book more highly.