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The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman - The title of this book is beyond reproach, and it perfectly describes one of the main, albeit inanimate, characters. It's a love story that takes place in Australia in the early 20th century and many people have loved this book. Me, not so much. There are too many flowery descriptions of nature, and something about the author's voice which I can't pin down but which was impersonal while telling a personal story. So while it's good, and while it gets really suspenseful, I could picture it all happening in Lifetime-movie form as I was reading.
The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls - Fabulous. This is fiction by Jeannette Walls, narrated by a precocious 13 year old girl in the 1970s. I couldn't put it down. It reminded me of To Kill A Mockingbird, and I loved all the characters, I loved the story, and I'd read it again someday. All the highest praise for the best book I've read in ages. If you only have time for one, and you and I have similar taste in books, make it this one.
Flying Changes by Sara Gruen - Sara Gruen wrote Like Water For Elephants which I loved. I expected similar with Flying Changes, but it's actually a modern story about horses and families and stables. It's a fast read, and it gets better as it goes along. So much stuff happens to the main character that it gets unbelievable, but that's the kind of book it is. It's a run of the mill book and story for the horse people. Apparently there is another book about these characters, which I may or may not read. Sorry Sara! I am going to recommend it to my horse friends, though! Did you notice that I've written this post with only one space following the period on my sentences? I'm a super fast typist (sorry, make that keyboardist) and learned to follow a period with two spaces. When I do this when writing to or in front of my son, he can't stand it, so I decided to get with it and train my flying fingers to the new "standard". I'm not sure I like it, though. Paragraphs look too dense and take me longer to read, and then I tune out. What to do?
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