Category: Literary Escapes
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_Room_
_Room_ by Emma Donoghue This was probably one of the most interesting fiction novels that I’ve read in a long time in terms of a unique story from an unfamiliar perspective. Donoghue writes the entire novel from the point-of-view of Jack, a curious five-year-old, who shortly after his fifth birthday has to learn to shoulder…
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_Cross Fire_
_Cross Fire_ by James Patterson Patterson continues to develop the character, Alex Cross, and his ongoing antagonist, Kyle Craig, in this novel. It has hints of being the last in the Cross series, but that’s just my own opinion. The story starts to get a bit predictable and too convenient from the clues of the…
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_Under the Banner of Heaven_
_Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith_ by Jon Krakauer This book was a doozy of a tale of the foundations and progress of the Mormon religion. Jon Krakauer writes in an easy-to-read journalistic style telling the story of the beginnings, divisions and transformations of the Latter Day Saints centered around the…
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_What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures_
_What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures_ by Malcom Gladwell is an interesting collection of his New Yorker articles over the years. Since I’ve not been able to keep up with all his articles (though I wish I could find the time to read the New Yorker regularly…), it was interesting to read his…
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_The Postcard Killers_
_The Postcard Killers_ by James Patterson and Liza Marklund is one of the better crime stories by Patterson lately. Marklund’s influence must have been strong in writing this story because I was on edge throughout most of the book. While the ending may have been a little too neat in terms of the love relationship…
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_The Shadow of Your Smile_
It’s been a while since I’ve read a Mary Higgins Clark book. Probably because I’ve read everything she’s written and she doesn’t seem to write as fast as I can read her novels. 🙂 While I enjoyed reading the story at the time, it was forgettable since I’m having trouble recalling the story even as…
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_The Secret_
Some time last year a colleague received a copy of this book as a gift from his students. As he already had read it, he offered it to me. I had heard about it and all the hype that surrounded it when it first came out in 2006, but to be honest I was quite…
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_Three Cups of Tea_
I end my summer reading update with my favorite book of the summer. It takes me a while to get to anything that is popular or trendy because I tend to avoid conforming to what everyone else is doing at a specific time. However, I can now fully appreciate why everyone was raving about _Three…
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_The Help_
What a book! Recommended by my BFF to read and part of Oprah’s Book Club, I had recently considered reading this book, but wasn’t sure as I am still not sold on contemporary fiction – though from my summer reads, I’m not sure I can say that anymore! This novel by Kathryn Stockett was a…
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_Committed_ by Elizabeth Gilbert
_Committed_ by Elizabeth Gilbert _Eat Pray Love_ fans may not enjoy _Committed_ as much, but for me in the phase of my life I’m at right now, I thoroughly appreciated Elizabeth Gilbert’s research and discovery on marriage. Taking up where the love story ended in her previous novel, Gilbert shares the struggles she and Felipe…
