Saturday, August 1, 2009

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee


Can you believe that this is the first time I've ever read this book? Not even in school! Amazing, I know.
I liked it. I can see why it is a classic. And it's easy to read and understand. I will definitely read this again when my children have to in school.
100% appropriate for everyone over the age of 12!

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows


I really liked this book. I would give it 4 1/2 stars for sure! I thought I wouldn't enjoy it since it is written in a series of letters from one character to the next, so I wasn't sure how I would be able to see the whole picture. But it works beautifully.
It's a story of a journalist in London just after WWII, and how she meets up with a book club who lives in the Channel Islands, which had previously been occupied by the Germans. It's funny and romantic, and it has you routing for all the right people.
It does have some mention of one of the supporting characters being homosexual, it was not at all distastefully done, however.
Very, very good. Will probably read it again at some future date.