Category Archives: 2008

Facing the Lion, by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton

Posted on April 9, 2008 by Thistle

Subtitled: Growing Up Maasai on the African Savanna I saw this book on the shelf at Barnes & Nobles a week or two ago when I took one of my sons to buy a reward book. It looked interesting, especially … Continue reading →

Posted in 2008, Children's, Prose | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck

Posted on March 21, 2008 by Thistle

I really thought I wouldn’t like this book. I was very hesitant to begin it, thinking it would just bog me down like so many others I’ve read this year. As it turns out, this is one of the best … Continue reading →

Posted in 2008, Adult, Prose | Tagged , , , , | 7 Comments

[refuge], by multiple authors

Posted on March 21, 2008 by Thistle

In February 2008, I went to Palestine to visit my sister and to be there for her wedding. I met her husband, Rami, who is a Palestinian refugee. Before I left, he gave me a copy of this book, which … Continue reading →

Posted in 2008, Adult, Poetry, Prose, Visual | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Out of Africa, by Isak Dinesen

Posted on March 11, 2008 by Thistle

Out of Africa is Karen Blixen’s memoir (under a pseudonym) about her years in Africa. I’ve wanted to read this for a long time, and finally checked it out a month or so ago. In the last couple months, I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in 2008, Adult, Prose | Tagged , , , , , | 3 Comments

The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, by Kim Edwards

Posted on February 22, 2008 by Thistle

I read very little current fiction, but I decided to pick something up I’d never heard of at the library this weekend. This seemed interesting, and it ended up being a captivating book. At the beginning of the book, Norah … Continue reading →

Posted in 2008, Adult, Prose | Leave a comment

Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert

Posted on February 16, 2008 by Thistle

Spoilers. Well this was definitely my pointless read of the month. I read half of Madame Bovary in off moments in Palestine, times when Becky was stressed or out shopping alone because of her stress, hours spent in airports, etc. … Continue reading →

Posted in 2008, Adult, Prose | Tagged , | 5 Comments

Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott

Posted on February 15, 2008 by Thistle

“the Kraft Macaroni and Cheese of literature” Jason said to me, before I began reading Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, that the book was good – as long as I didn’t mind that the characters aren’t in the least … Continue reading →

Posted in 2008, Adult, Prose | Tagged | 1 Comment