From Kathy...

• A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb
• School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister
• Major Pettigrew's Last Stand: A Novel by Helen Simonson -currently listening to and enjoying.

Comments on previously recommended books:

The Heretic's Daughter - Slow, probably wouldn't recommend - Interesting-not great. 

She Is Me - couldn't get into it.  Stopped listening and returned to library.

New Titles from Kathy...

• Keeping Faith - Jodi Picoult
• The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein
• Very Valentine: A Novel - Adriana Trigiani
• Cutting for Stone - Abraham Verghese
• The Heretic's Daughter - Kathleen Kent - "Not sure on this one, a little slow"
• She Is Me - Cathleen Schine - "Currently listening to this"

Gotta Sees

From Kathy...

• It's Complicated

From Liz...

• Mr. Holland's Opus 

"I forgot how good Mr. Holland's Opus was! Definite must see for anyone who hasn't seen it.

From Les...

• Infamous
• Capote 

Above titles are set during the time Truman Capote was researching Clutter murders for In Cold Blood.

From Mary...

• Rome

Met for lunch yesterday and Mary again raved about this TV series available on disc through Netflix.  Very explicit scenes and adult content.

Recommended by Kathy

Books

• The Last Pope - Luis Miguel Rocha - mystery, supposedly based on fact; slow start, but picks up quickly and is really interesting
• The Wednesday Sisters - Meg Waite Clayton - group of women who start a writing group; quick read and enjoyable.
• The Forgotten Garden - Kate Morton - mystery set in three different times of the main character's life and death; predictable, but very enjoyable and a quick read
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Steig Larson - mystery and quick read - LOVED it
• The Girl who Played with Fire - Steig Larson - second in above series; author turned in first manuscript (Dragon Tattoo) and two others; died two weeks later