The Book Search

I'm getting down the end of the list (and sadly, the end of the time frame!).  We are supposed to come to consensus this week about which books made the short list.  Fortunately, the other people on the committee are WAY more decisive than I am so it sounds like the process shouldn't be too painful, I hope!  I did read a few this week that I really loved. The first one is historical fiction.  It's called "I Don't Know How the Story Ends" by J. B. Cheaney.  It's set in Hollywood during the first World War, which, in my opinion, is an underserved era of historical fiction.  What's great about this book is that the war serves as a backdrop to the story, it really isn't THE story.  THE story is about the beginning of the film industry and telling a story and it is terrific.  Isobel's dad has gone off to serve in the war and rather than stay in their home town of Seattle during the summer vacation, Isobel's mom decides to take her and her sist...

I've flopped down into the fiction section of my reading list... aaahhhh...  It's pretty hot and humid here so it's a relief to come in and flop down on the couch and pick up a book.  The hard part is choosing which one!  Here are some that I've been reading this week. The first one was some wacky fantasy fiction.  It's called Warren the 13th and the All-Seeing Eye by Tania Del Rio and designed by Will Staehle.  It has kind of an old fashioned, Roald Dahl-ish feel to it (which you notice right away if you read the table of contents, where every single chapter starts with "In which...", like chapter 1 "In Which a Mysterious Guest Arrives").  The main character is Warren the 13th.  He comes from a long line of Warrens who are the caretakers and operators of the Warren Hotel.  Sadly, the hotel has fallen on hard times because Warren's father (the 12th) died years before, leaving the hotel to his brother, Rupert, and his son, Warren (13th).  Ru...