Future Homemakers of America by Laurie Graham

I am almost finished with The Future Homemakers of America. It is great. There are very short chapters, so you can pick it up and put down easily. The trick is keeping the women straight--in the beginning, at least. They are all wives of Air Force pilots, except Kath who is an English woman who lives close to the base. As the book progesses through the next 4 decades of their lives, they experience cross country moves, death, sickness, children, and divorce and each woman faces the challenges in her own way.

Aubrey/Maturin Series

I really enjoyed the movie "Master and Commander" so I've recently been reading Post Captain by Patrick O'Brian. It is the second in the series (after Master and Commander). Highly recommended for anyone who likes historical novels and the sea!

End of July Reading

Right now I'm finishing a teen adventure novel called The Book of the Lion by Michael Cadnum. It's about a young boy who becomes a knight's squire, as the knight is getting ready to go on a crusade. It's not a book I'd typically read, but I like it so far.

I'm also listening to A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. I'm enjying it so far. It's about a girl growing up in Brooklyn around the turn of the century. It's giving me a good sense about what the day to day living might have been like if you lived in a tenament in the early 1900s.

I also just finished the latest Harry Potter and will be be glad to spin theories about what might happen in the next book if you stop by the Reference desk.