Mirkwood Reflections

Now You See Her by Joy Fielding - 5/5/2011  Good ~ Mystery Middle-aged and in the middle of a divorce, Marcy travels to Ireland on what was meant to be a second honeymoon and sees what appears to be her daughter who was declared dead two years before. I enjoyed this - I needed a captivating mystery and this was just the thing. The Illumination by Kevin Brockmeier - 5/7/2011 Fair ~ Fiction What if pain manifested as light that everyone could see? A handwritten journal serves as the common thread that links several otherwise unrelated vignettes in this book that has no clear resolution. The vignettes were entertaining, and the premise promising, but I kept waiting for something to tie everything together at the end.... and..... and..... Don't bother. I Saw the Angel in the Marble by Chris & Ellyn Davis - 5/13/2011  Excellent ~ Nonfiction A collection of essays on the purpose and delight-directed methods of home education. I've been working on this (borrowed!...

I keep reading, but I've been forgetting to finish these blog posts! Here are my April reads.  Madame Tussaud: A novel of the French Revolution by Michelle Moran - 4/2/2011  Good ~ Historical Fiction Marie Grosholtz works with her uncle in their Salon filled with wax models and has a front row view of the Revolution in France. This one seemed like a bit of a chore to get through. I enjoyed it though, so perhaps that was just the fact that I hadn't had a lot of reading time and it was a LONG book. Marie was an strong and talented female character in a time when strength and talent in females was not so much appreciated. The plot was based on the true story of Madame Tussaud's Waxworks. Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok - 4/4/2011  Good ~ Fiction Kim emigrates to America from Hong Kong and works in a sweatshop with her mother. For about 2/3 of the book, I thought this was a true story.  Instead of a memoir, though, this is a work of fiction based in the auth...