Gilead by Marilynne Robinson - an elderly minister writes a letter to his very young son. Deep thoughts on religion, true Christianity and forgiveness. Some of the sentences were very beautiful but at times my eyes glazed over. I'm still not really sure what I thought of this book. I may buy it to do some underlining and thinking.
3 stars
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Sum It Up by Pat Summitt - a really good autobiography by the most winning coach in NCAA history. I'm not a sports fan so I read this because it was written after her diagnosis of early onset Alzheimers. One thing she's most proud of - 100% of her players graduated.
3 stars (would have been 4 if I liked sports)
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Until I Say Goodbye: My Year of Living With Joy by Susan Spencer-Wendel - a memoir written by the author after her diagnosis of ALS (she typed with one thumb on her iphone). She decided to have as many experiences as she could while she could still enjoy them.
4 stars
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The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths - an archaelogist is called to identify some bones found in the salt marsh near a henge. She then becomes involved in two separate cases of missing girls. The first in a series.
3 stars
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Coming Clean by Kimberly Rae Miller - a memoir by a woman who grew up in a hoarder's house. She seems to still be dealing with alternating between anger and forgiveness.
3 stars
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Inherit the Dead by Jonathan Sandlofer - written by 20 different mystery authors, each of them writing a chapter. A good idea (it was for a charity), but I don't think it quite worked. A little too much repetition, some of the chapters seemed to be devoted to just travel time and the ending didn't hold up.
2 stars
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Scaredy-Cat by Mark Billingham - I saw the first two books in this series on Netlix, but only vaguely remembered the second so read it. What is thought to be a serial killer turns out to be two men working together. Lots of frustration by the police before things are wrapped up. A little too long.
3 stars
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