SONGS OF WILLOW FROST * IS IT JUST ME? OR IS IT NUTS OUT THERE?

Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford - Seattle in the 1920s and 30s.  An orphan, Chinatown, performers, a love story, and the easiest of narratives....one where the characters sometimes frustrate in their inability to just say what they're thinking and what needs to be said in order to save themselves.  And yet, it's real. Often, we can't or don't say what needs to be said in the crucial moment.  And often, that's where the story happens.  Especially in this wonderfully engrossing tale of William Eng and Willow Frost.  This is the one to read next.  I loved this book, couldn't put it down and enthusiastically recommend it to readers of all ages.  It's either for your generation, or it's a look back into your parents' or grandparents' generation, or it's a book about being young and the choices that are always coming your way, no matter the year or the times.   Is It Just Me? Or Is It Nuts Out There? by Whoopi Goldberg - This is basically Whoopi's live and let live etiquette book for the masses. The more people who read it and practice it, the better and nicer the world would be.  Whoopi can be funny, but more than that, she's thoughtful in a down to earth no nonsense way. Thanks, Whoopi! (I wonder how she would feel about my exclamation point?)