Words Board book

Fish
Truck
Shoes
Cat
Etc.

Very exciting when you're 3 (and even 4 and 11 months when its not being read to you!).

Saving Fish from Drowning

by Amy Tan

I can't help but read her books. So so good. She's an author you can reread and enjoy over and over.

This is the story of a group of tourist in Burma/Myanmar and the lady who was to be their tour leader but died tragically before they set off. Their adventures and personalities are worth a reread.

After Bonesetter's Daughter

I needed a reading break. I basically vegged infront of the tv for a week, before getting some new material. That was an intense story. Way to thoughtful to just dive into the next book in the pile. Which with as much as I read means it was truely an exceptional tale. I don't know how Amy Tan comes up with this stuff -- some must come from stories she's heard.

Amazing. Must add her to my favorite authors list.

The Bonesetter's Daughter

By Amy Tan

Another excellent story. Some people have the storyteller gift and she's got it in spades. Another fabulous book, mother tells the daughter her life story. Daughter has to manage mother's dementia.

Dream Angus

by Alexander McCall Smith

Not as good as his series. Part of a myth series by various writers. Certainly better than the fluffy reads but once you've met his other characters, you can't compare.

Zoobooks: Camels

Most everything you ever wanted to know about camels. Well, as a kid. As a grown up, I had questions that I'll be googling later.

The Hundred Secret Senses

by Amy Tan

Beautiful story about sisters. One appears to be slightly crazy but in the end it doesn't matter....

Another excellent book, thank you Ms. Tan.

The Kitchen God's Wife

by Amy Tan

Excellent, but not for the peeps who can't handle a lot of misery in their literature. No one ever suffered so much... Its about hope and morals and love.

I can't wait to go another Amy Tan book tomorrow at the library (hoping the Alexander McCall Smith reader has FINALLY returned the 2 I'm waitlisted for also).

The Joy Luck Club

by Amy Tan

So I realize I'm about 20 years behind the times. And I should have read this book ages ago, but I didn't. Excellent, really beautiful. Mothers and Daughters -- makes me wistful for the daughter I'll never have. And I learned somethings about the Chinese culture and Ms. Tan talks about the suffering that went down in China at the turn of the last century and then some. Really a book every woman should read.

Appreciate your mothers. Love your daughters for who they are.