Archive for March, 2010

Once Was Lost by Sara Zarr

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Sam is 15 years old and coping with having a mother in rehab and a minister father who tends to his congregation more competently than he does to the needs of his own daughter.  In addition to her family issues there is also the tragedy of a missing girl and Sam’s questioning of her faith. I read this book [...]

The Whale by Philip Hoare

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

I am currently reading an AMAZING book!  Here are my criteria for declaring a book “amazing” or “awesome” or even “astonishing”: 1. You incessantly talk about the book to anyone who exhibits even the tiniest bit of interest or to any person who is forced to listen to you because they have failed to develop [...]