I loved the following: Empress Orchid by Anchee Min I just finished it before I started the other book- its about a women who is one of the wives of an emperor of China and lives in the Forbidden City - WOW !
If you liked Memoirs of a Geisha you will LOVE this, If you haven't read Memoirs of a Geisha, it is WONDERFUL!
The Poisonwood Bible is another lovely book about a US preacher and his wife and four daughters who move to the Congo before the war there, its really entertaining and funny! (The wife brings essentials like Betty Crocker cakemix to the jungle where they don't even have an oven)
If you like "old fashioned books" I adored Star of the Sea by Josepn O'Connor- its about the passengers of a famine ship on its way to the US from Ireland. Reading it humbles me because its impossible to believe that it is a modern book.
Also for people who like murder mysteries The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold is an interesting take on a murder novel, told through the eyes of the victim.
I also love the Kathy Reichs books - the ones that investigate old murders- like Deja Dead and confess to devouring Patricia Cornwell's on holiday.
I was REALLY disappointed with the last John Grisham I read- The King of Torts, so would be interested in your views on that one Barbara.
OK- sorry to hijack but I love reading a good book and get soo enthused when I find one- GREAT THREAD RUCHIE!
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The Red Tent is AMAZING and more books I love!
