Heart of a Shepherd by Rosanne Parry

Heart of a Shepherd by Rosanne Parry was a beautiful book about ranching, religion, faith, military families, and the Iraq war.  Quite the combo there but it all fits together in such a way that the book is entirely moving and powerful but yet very quiet.  It had me slowing down while reading it and [...]

Library Loot!

Well, I have spent far too much on library fines this year already.  It is not going good.  I have had WAY too many books checked out and in fact I returned a rather large pile of books that I didn’t get a chance to read.  I’ve been so busy lately that I haven’t [...]

New York Times Bestsellers – February 28th

The New York Times Bestseller List
February 28, 2010
Hardcover Fiction

THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s ­Mississippi.
WORST CASE, by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge.  A New York detective raising 10 children alone investigates a string of kidnappings and killings of teenagers by a villain with unusual motives.
THE LOST [...]