Another Day In the Frontal Lobe-- Katrina Firlik
Shes great and very inspiring for future doctors!
I also just finished The Art of Racing in the Rain while driving my sophomore d to collegeā¦beautiful endingā¦
my college junior s gave it to me to read after I had bought it for him during parentās weekend last year. something sweet about him telling me how much he had loved it and wanting to share that with meā¦
Yes! Iām sure some people think the ending is a little cheesy, but I found it very satisfying.
The ending wasnāt cheesy; it was āracy.ā 
I saw that zoosermom had recommended People of the Book on another thread. I went to the library to get it; it wasnāt there so I got Year of Wonders by the same author (Geraldine Brooks) instead. I know I am very late to the party on this one, and most of you have probably read it, but if you havenāt, itās amazingly wonderful.
I thought that both Year of Wonders and People of the Book were wonderful. I keep checking to see if sheās come out with anything new.
Winds of War - Herman Wouk
Just finished Zeitoun, by Dave Eggers, about a Syrian American Muslim familyās experience during Katrina. Itās a sobering reminder of what went on during that terrible time.
I read Zetoin a few months ago. Thought it was really interesting and sad. Googled it and found that there are some people that donāt believe this really happened. The author is a well respected author and did a good job recounting the days after Katrina. I thought it was a good read and have recommended it to friends.
The Art of Racing in the Rain was really enjoyable. I finished it hidden in a corner in an airport because I was crying. I thought it was a great ending.
2 books (The Elegance of the Hedgehog and The Tale of Edgar Sawtelle) that I read back to back had such depressing endings that it was refreshing to read the end of Racing.
Oh dear. The āspiritsā (too nice a word) of the Holocaust denial can, in the next generation, deny what happened during and after Katrina.
Plus the congo, plusā¦
Iām not surprised that there are deniers. Saddened, but not surprised.
Zeitoun is a powerful book; many campuses are using it for the freshman all-class book this year, Iāve heard.
Here is a light yet interesting read in the vein of People of the Book, but an Irish take: āBrigid of Kildareā by Heather Terrell. Did women really have such power in early Ireland?
I have just been opening my many boxes of new books and lo and behold pulled āTinkersā out and took it home to read and so far, so good. By Paul Harding.
I will put a plug in for āWolf Hallā again. Not easy to read though. If you read it, do it slowly. I think it should be listened to for all you readers out there who are interested in the Tudors. I think the author, Hillary Mantel, is really a playwright disguised as a novelist. I have read so many books from this era and previous to it and this is the best. But it is really a modern day story wrapped in history.
āWolf Hallā is one of those reading experiences that made me think, āI am preventing Alzheimerāsā as I read. But I did enjoy it, and it prompted more interest in that period of history. I have some movies on my Netflix and am interested in more historical fiction. Has anyone read āThe Other Boleyn Sisterā (I think thatās the titie).
Yes, I have read the Boleyn Sister book. It is a quick read and diverting. Interesting treatment of the jockeying for position at court and the way women were played like chess pieces by their families. But I didnāt think it was great.
I really, really didnāt like Wolf Hall. I thought it was unnecessarily obscure. Thereās no reason not to let us know whoās talking. The only thing I liked was getting another point of view about the perhaps not so saintly Thomas More.
No āperhapsā about it. While I adore the movie A Man for All Seasons, itās not a well-rounded picture of who More really was. If youāre interested in one, read Peter Ackroydās excellent biography, The Life of Thomas More.
The āheā thing is stream of consciousness Cromwell. Takes some getting used to like reading Faulkner. But it is brilliant writing.
^I donāt like Faulkner either. 
The Last Lecture
So inspiring, yet so sad! ;(
Truly enjoyed The Help by Kathryn Stockett and look forward to seeing the film version.