April 14-20, 2013

Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline - a story told in the present and the past about one girl's experience. About a year after being in America, she is orphaned by a fire and put on a train to the midwest in the hopes of getting a new family.

4 stars
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Rituals of the Season
Winter's Child
Hard Row all by Margaret Maron - more of the Judge Deborah Knott series. The first leads up to her marriage and the second takes place about a month after. The third follows shortly after and talks a little about the plight of migrant workers.

3 stars for all
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Kicking and Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul and Rock and Roll by Ann and Nancy Wilson and Charles R. Cross - the story of Heart. I'm fairly sure this was "written" by the two sisters reminiscing to Mr. Cross. They take turns telling their story and every once in awhile we hear from someone else about their memories from that time. I liked the book more than I thought I would. We went to a Heart concert last week and they were interviewed by Mr. Cross. That's what gave me an interest in reading the book.

3 stars
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People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks - a fictionalized story of the Bosnian Haggadah. A book conservator is brought to Bosnia not long after the war is over to look at a Haggadah. The story then goes back in time until finally arriving at the origin of the book.

4 stars
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Gatekeeper by Archer Mayor - another Joe Gunther book. I didn't think this one really went anywhere.

2 stars
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Kindness Goes Unpunished by Craig Johnson - the 3rd book in the Sheriff Walt Longmire series. This time he's in Philadelphia to visit his daughter when she is attacked and goes into a coma.

3 stars
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Enchanting Lily by Anjali Banerjee - not really what I was expecting. A kind of Harlequin romance but with a sort of psychic cat. Thought it ended rather abruptly.

2 stars