Bossypants by Tina Fey

Rating: Donate It.

The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards

Rating: Donate It.

Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips

I throughly enjoyed this novel. It takes place in modern day London and is the story of the lives of the ancient gods in a contemporary society. In the novel two mortals are caught between a hilarious battle between Aphrodite and Apollo and where in the end these mere mortals along with Artemis must save the day. Seriously funny and a perfect combination of the overlap between ancient myth and modern society. The way that the author portrays the gods' personalities and perspectives is really entertaining.

Rating: Slow Clap It.

LEFT neglected by Lisa Genova

When I first started this book I couldn't remember why I ever wanted to read it. I just seemed so unlike a book I would read; a woman pushing all limits trying to juggle a family with three young children and putting in 80 hrs a week into her job as VP of human relations in a huge, international consulting firm. Boring right! But then as I read more everything became more clear. She suffers from a brain injury after a car accident that leaves her with unilateral neglect or hemispatial neglect, meaning her brain doesn't recognize "left", the left side of her body, the left half of her vision, etc. I finished this in one day and really enjoyed reading about how this character learns to slow down and re-prioritize what is important in one's life.

Rating: Slow Clap It.

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

This book was interesting and strange; instead of trying to write this one up I thought this quote from publisher's weekly summed up pretty much what I was thinking:

"Murakami likes to blur the boundary between the real and the surreal—we are treated to such oddities as fish raining from the sky; a forest-dwelling pair of Imperial Army soldiers who haven't aged since WWII; and a hilarious cameo by fried chicken king Colonel Sanders—but he also writes touchingly about love, loneliness and friendship. Occasionally, the writing drifts too far into metaphysical musings—mind-bending talk of parallel worlds, events occurring outside of time—and things swirl a bit at the end as the author tries, perhaps too hard, to make sense of things. But by this point, his readers, like his characters, will go just about anywhere Murakami wants them to, whether they 'get' it or not."

It was good and I liked it, I'm just not sure why...

Rating: Donate It.