What is Carolyn Kretzer reading?
Currently reading:
August 2008
Curse of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz.
The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz.
This and the new sequel are just fun. I liked
all the characters... even the bartender and the old drunk guy.
July 2008
One for the Road by Tony Horwitz.
I read this because I'm planning an Australian
trip. I want Tony Horwitz to go, too! Only he can make a trip through 7,000
miles of sun-baked nothingness seem like a lark.
Girls of Riyadh by Rajaa Alsanea.
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski.
June 2008
Made in the USA by Billie Letts.
Billie Letts's characters always pull at the
heartstrings and make us laugh.
The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted and Other Small
Acts of Liberation by Elizabeth Berg.
Dream When You're Feeling Blue by Elizabeth Berg.
This novel set during WWII could have been
lifted from many of our own family histories. This glimpse of what it was
like for the women on the homefront is beautifully told.
Open House by Elizabeth Berg.
May 2008
America, America by Ethan Canin.
This novel of intrigue set against an
election backdrop is a timely must-read.
Story of a Marriage by Andrew Sean Greer.
Layers and layers of unexpected revelations.
Masterfully told.
March 2008
Grace (Eventually):
Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott.
A Voyage Long & Strange
by Tony Horwitz.
Loved it.
February 2008
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan
Safran Foer.
My college-age daughter had to read this for a class
and insisted that I read it. I could not put it down and didn't want it to
end. So imaginative.
Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb.
My only
disappointment is that I hadn't read it sooner. An amazing story beautifully
told. I kept forgetting it is fiction.
January 2008
The Commoner by John
Burnham Schwartz.
The Pirate's Daughter
by Margaret Cezair-Thompson.
The God of Animals by Aryn Kyle.
December 2007
Bleeding Kansas
by
Sara Paretsky.
November 2007
The Cure for Modern Life by
Lisa Tucker.
Charlatan: America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and
the Age of Flimflam by
Pope Brock.
Monster, 1959 by
David Maine.
David Maine brings his
unique brand of wit and creativity to "Monster, 1959." What seems at first
to be a parody of the wildly popular monster movies of the 1950s--complete
with bad dialogue, unconvincing monsters, and improbable plots--turns out to
be an exceptionally entertaining but thought-provoking fable that leaves the
reader wondering who the monsters really are, us or them?
October 2007
Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan.
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu Guo.
September 2007
Blood of Flowers by
Anita Amirrezvani.
Loving Frank
by Nancy Horan.
An Arsonist's Guide to
Writers' Homes in New England by Brock Clarke.
