The Gift of Pain by Paul Brand and Philip Yancy - I was led to this book after finishing
Cutting for Stone last month. It is one of those "I had no idea!" reads - did you know that the tradgedy of leprosy is an inability to feel pain. This is the cause of the disfigurement that many think of when we think "leprosy". Dr. Paul Brand enlightns us to the "gift" God gave us when he enabled us to feel pain. You never know how much you need something you really wish you never had until you don't have it - pain is one of those things. 8.5
The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton - the most annoying, shallow, selfish, manipulative heroine (I use the term very loosely) in all of literature. For those of you who I made read
Anna Karenina and you were so annoyed with her...this gal is a hundred times worse! And she has the worst name ever - Undine Spragg. Bleh! But I must say, the utter annoyance of this novel is a tribute to author's craft- I feel like I know Undine Spragg and so well I actually found myself mad and wanting to rip her head off. That's a developed character. 5
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley - an 11 year-old chemist/detective sets out to solve a mystery to clear her father after a man turns up dead in her yard. This is on the lighter side as mystery novels go - not exactly an on-the-edge-of-your-seat thriller by any stretch of the imagination, but, really, how can one go wrong with an 11 year old English girl as the heroine? 7
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - Nazi Germany from a German point of view - a different take. A young girl is sent to live with foster parents, develops a taste for books and particularly stealing them. All the elements of a story set in this time and place are there. But the uniqueness of this story really comes in it's narrator - who shall remain nameless here. :) This is a young adult novel, but before one hands it off to their kids, there is some profanity. 8
The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold - When I made my rating system, I really didn't expect to have a one-r, but....
Yes, I couldn't even get through it - not even halfway, not even a third. And even with the bit I read I felt like I needed a shower to get the ick off. If you liked
The Lovely Bones, um...this is nothing even close - it's just ick. 1
2 comments:
I just recently read the same thing about leprosy and had no idea that the sores developed from wounds they didn't know they had because they couldnt' feel pain. definitely thought provoking.
Raises hand for one that you made read Anna Karenina! :0)
I like the idea of the first book, "The Gift of Pain." Sounds interesting!
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