August 2011 Book Share

Books to share from Terri:

Currently reading: Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner.  Only a 1/4 way through.  I love her writing.  This one is a bit more serious not as funny as past books. It is about four women are who are involved in a surrogacy pregnacy. She portrays class differences in a way that I can immediately feel the way these women live and the struggles that go with each level of class.

Just finished reading Janet Evanovich's Smokin' Seventeen. As usual, fun light read. And as usual I laugh out loud and wish for more at the end of each book.

Listening to: Bent Road by Lori Roy. Takes place in 1960's Kansas. A man who had been living in Detroit moves his family back to his hometown in Kansas when race becomes such a huge issue. The problems he ran away from are still there but in different form. I love how his wife is handling the power struggle she feels with her mother-in-law.  I am as horrified by the surroundings as this woman is about the small town traditions she encounters.  Funny about my reaction...I grew up in similar situation.