By Leighann on Apr 26, 2008 in Nothing Like a Good Book | 0 Comments
TweetI finally finished this novel, and I’m glad. Yes, it was good. Surprising, and well-written. But I just seemed to have trouble getting into it. But don’t get me wrong, you should definitely check it out, especially if you are interested in the Vietnam War. I guess my “stuck” feeling started on the first few [...]
By Leighann on Apr 19, 2008 in Healthy Living, Nothing Like a Good Book, What's Cooking? | 1 Comment
TweetThis is a thought-provoking book about how our diet affects our daily life from emotional, physical and spiritual perspectives. I found a lot of myself in Annemarie. She was Dutch but lived in South America for most of her childhood and adolescence. Then she moved to America. She was married to a middle eastern man [...]
By Leighann on Apr 6, 2008 in Nothing Like a Good Book | 0 Comments
Tweet I’ve just finished reading The Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan. As with The Joy Luck Club, I was very impressed and found myself lost in the realism and emotion of the story. As with many of her books, Tan brings in the elements of the mother-daughter relationship, and old China versus new life in [...]