Lest any of you think I only sit in darkened theatres munching popcorn and swilling Diet Coke, let me recommend two books to you that I have recently finished.The first is The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory. Just a fluke that I even picked up this book, but the book aisle at the supermarket had nothing but detective-hunting-serial-killer books, and while I do enjoy those, I've just about had my fill for a while. I'm not a fan of historical fiction, but The Other Boleyn Girl looked more interesting than the latest James Patterson or Danielle Steele. I was pleasantly surprised by this book, the political maneuvering using women as the bait, the customs and beliefs of the day, the lives these women lived. It was fascinating and each day at work while I was reading this book was torture, I wished I was home reading it. Highly recommended.
The other book that surprised me was Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. I had checked a book of his out from the library called When The Light Goes that I enjoyed, so I decided to pick up another of his books on a recent trip to Bookman's bookstore. Again, this was another choice outside of my normal reading patterns, and it proved to be a good one as well. A great tale of a group of men on a cattle drive from Texas to Montana, it appealed to the part of me that would like to wander.Now that I'm out of my reading rut, I'm looking for book recommendations. Any you'd list?
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