July Reads
Treason at Lisson Grove by Anne Perry - 7/8/2011 Good - Fiction Pitt is away in France and Charlotte goes to Ireland to clear his superior's name. I was glad to see a new Thomas Pitt novel by Anne Perry and enjoyed it a lot! State of Wonder by Ann Patchett - 7/12/2011 Good - Fiction Dr. Marina Singh travels to the Amazon jungle to search for clue to a colleague's death. I love Ann Patchett's writing. It makes me think. But now I KNOW I never want to go to the Amazon rain forest. :-) True Grit by Charles Portis - 7/18/2011 Good - Fiction 14yo Mattie Ross decides to avenge her father's murder. Our August book club selection is traditionally a contemporary novel and True Grit was this year's choice. It was very compelling. 32 Third Graders and One Class Bunny: Life Lessons from Teaching by Phillip Done - 7/23/2011 Excellent - Memoir Short essays describing timeless truths of a teacher's life and of childhood I started this book months ago ...