I almost stopped reading The Art of Racing in the Rain right after I picked it up and read the first three pages.
A bit strange, but nothing much happens in this book. It's not the kind of "nothing" of Seinfeld fame, but more of a creepy and lonely "nothing." A prostitue is beaten, a girl meets an old acquaintance and then there is a strage dream-like event that you can't even be sure has happened. Maybe it is a dream. Maybe not. There are no definitive answers here.
Before reading this book, I was already familiar with Deitrich Bonhoeffer, the amazing minister and theologian who sacrificed his life in an attempt to save his beloved countrymen from Hitler. However, after completing Metaxas' biography on this great man, Bonhoeffer is now elevated to my list of most favorite persons.
I was excited to see Robert Altman’s take on the 1930’s-era country house murder mystery in the theatre, but when it was over, my reaction was “Wait, who did it?” Then I watched it again on DVD and was intrigued by the witty dialogue, finely nuanced performances and carefully re-created period settings.
Ted Kooser is best known as one of the Midwest's -- indeed, one of the nation's -- best poets. The Nebraskan is a former U.S. Poet Laureate and also has won the Pulitzer Prize for verse.
Top Tips from Top Trainers provides 1001 practical suggestions from the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (ADPT) a highly respected group. The topics are organized alphabetically for quick viewing for each subject per trainer. The colorful pictures of the adorable pets and helpful tips provide simple ideas for the pet parent.
Open Season is the first book in author C.J. Box's mystery series featuring game warden Joe Pickett. The setting is Twelve Sheep County in Wyoming and Joe is the new game warden following the retirement of his mentor, the legendary and widely respected Vern Dunnegan.
On the beaches near Lyme Regis, England, young Mary Anning and middle-class spinster Elizabeth Philpot stepped into the early 19th-century world of fossil hunting, a time when fossils challenged established views of God’s creation but excited the scientific community.
Peter Mayle has written delightful non-fiction accounts of his life in Provence--this switch to fiction, while equally delightful, appears somewhat authobiographical (both Mayle and the main character leave high-powered advertising jobs to find fulfillment in France), incorporating his love of Provence and its good food with a rather comical bank heist and kidnapping. This is not a deep discourse on anything but it displays Mayle's affection and appreciation for this part of the world, and the book provides an entertaining and appetizing way to spend a lazy summer afternoon,
How to describe Baccano!? It's like a cross between Pulp Fiction and Benny Hill.