Staff pick that Pat is reading...

• The Widows War: A Novel - by Sally Gunning

Highly recommended by Pat...

• Little Bee - Chris Cleave 
• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot

From Pat...

• The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson

...has my complete attention as the dust collects on the furniture and my bed goes unmade.  It has been described as " a super-smart amalgam of the corporate corruption tale, legal thriller and dysfunctional family psychological suspense story." It was written by Stieg Larsson and is also currently playing at the Cedar-Lee theater.

I checked and you can also get this from Netflix - Leslie

From Pat...

• Someone Knows My Name - by Lawrence Hill 

...is not just a "Gotta read", it's a "Gotta Read Today"- very powerful!

From Pat...

• The LaCuna by Barbara Kingsolver
• Strange Fits of Passion by Anita Shreve
• Night by Elie Wiesel  - enjoyed by both Pat and Elizabeth

More from Pat...

"Hi Leslie and Happy New Year!"

"Sorry it has taken me so long to respond - can't keep my nose out of this book you gave me.  Let's make that the first entry!"

• Under the Unbroken Sky - Shandi Mitchell - Riveting
• The Kite Runner -Khaled Hosseni - Any one reading this blog has probably read this, but I felt it should be on the list anyway.
• A Northern Light - Jennifer Donnelly - Favorite book of 2006
• Infidel -Ayaan Hirsi Ali -Somalian woman's struggle to help Muslim women
• A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini - Set in Afghanistan; woman's struggle for freedom against oppressive family and Taliban - Excellent
• Any Human Heart - William Boyd - A must read; written in the style of a journal
• Restless - William Boyd - So happy to have discovered this author
• The Industry of Souls - Martin Booth - Wonderful book about an Englishman imprisoned in a Russian Gulag for 25 years; his life during and afterwards; excellent
• The Road - Cormak McCarthy - Very good; father and son trying to survive the end of the world 
  
• Old School - Tobias Wolff - Great writer; must read more of him
• The Space Between Us - Thrity Umrigar - Setting is India; two women; one wealthy - the other her servant; spans their lives together and apart
• The Book Thief -Markus Zusak -German town during WWII; "death" is the narrator
• Before You Know Kindness - Chris Bohjalian - Favorite book of 2008
• The Zookeepers Wife - Diane Ackerman - Very good; WWII; Warsaw
• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society - Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows - Favorite of 2009
• Mudbound - Hillary Jordan - Set in Mississippi in the 40's - winner of the Bellweather prize for fiction
  

Pat's Suggestions

Books

• The Help - Kathryn Stockett

I've read this (The Help) on Pat's recommendation and have suggested to numerous people - 5 star read

• Mudbound - Hillary Jordan