July 2007 Book List
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hestergrayBlessed are the Cheesemakers by Sarah-Kate Lynch
Once again, it's an Irish book with a nice story and lovable characters - the kind that just gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling. This one is about two old men who make cheese for a living. It's an old family business, and they'd like to keep it in the family. However, they feel it's time to pass it on to someone else, and unfortunately, they don't really have any family. The one guy does have a 29-year-old granddaughter that he hasn't seen since she was five. And coincidently, circumstances in her life bring her back home right when he needs her. At the same time, an American guy has been going through some rough times, and he goes to Ireland to take a little break. And he kind of gets roped into the cheesemaking business too. Add to all that the pregnant, vegetarian milkmaids who sing "The Sound of Music" every day to the cows, and it's just very entertaining.
The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love by Jill Conner Browne
This is pretty funny. The Sweet Potato Queens are an actual group of women in Jackson, Mississippi, who dress up every year for the St. Patrick's Day parade. But even more than that, they have style and attitude and their own queenly way of life. She talks about men, hair, food, and friends, and there was always something making me laugh. I totally want to try her recipe for "Chocolate Stuff."
Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
Sometimes I'm not sure if it was the book itself that annoyed me, or if it was the reader. Either way, it started off fine, but got more annoying as it went. It's about John, an army guy who is on leave when he meets Savannah, and they fall in love. But it's tough to keep their relationship going when he's in Iraq and other countries, and she is going to school.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
It had been a while since I read the sixth book, and I wanted to finish it before the seventh one came out. I did, with about seven hours to spare.
Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris
This was a little boring. It's about a young woman named Harper who can sense dead bodies and then "see" how they died. People hire her to find missing loved ones, and solve their mysterious deaths. She takes on a job in a small town, and then more mysterious things happen and she has to stay and figure them out. Her step-brother goes around with her on all her jobs, and it was annoying how dependent she was on him. One little thing would happen, and she'd freak out until he was with her.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
BOOK OF THE MONTH AWARD
I loved this book a whole bunch. Rowling is very smart and she's a great story-teller. I wonder what she'll write next.
Once again, it's an Irish book with a nice story and lovable characters - the kind that just gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling. This one is about two old men who make cheese for a living. It's an old family business, and they'd like to keep it in the family. However, they feel it's time to pass it on to someone else, and unfortunately, they don't really have any family. The one guy does have a 29-year-old granddaughter that he hasn't seen since she was five. And coincidently, circumstances in her life bring her back home right when he needs her. At the same time, an American guy has been going through some rough times, and he goes to Ireland to take a little break. And he kind of gets roped into the cheesemaking business too. Add to all that the pregnant, vegetarian milkmaids who sing "The Sound of Music" every day to the cows, and it's just very entertaining.
The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love by Jill Conner Browne
This is pretty funny. The Sweet Potato Queens are an actual group of women in Jackson, Mississippi, who dress up every year for the St. Patrick's Day parade. But even more than that, they have style and attitude and their own queenly way of life. She talks about men, hair, food, and friends, and there was always something making me laugh. I totally want to try her recipe for "Chocolate Stuff."
Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
Sometimes I'm not sure if it was the book itself that annoyed me, or if it was the reader. Either way, it started off fine, but got more annoying as it went. It's about John, an army guy who is on leave when he meets Savannah, and they fall in love. But it's tough to keep their relationship going when he's in Iraq and other countries, and she is going to school.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
It had been a while since I read the sixth book, and I wanted to finish it before the seventh one came out. I did, with about seven hours to spare.
Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris
This was a little boring. It's about a young woman named Harper who can sense dead bodies and then "see" how they died. People hire her to find missing loved ones, and solve their mysterious deaths. She takes on a job in a small town, and then more mysterious things happen and she has to stay and figure them out. Her step-brother goes around with her on all her jobs, and it was annoying how dependent she was on him. One little thing would happen, and she'd freak out until he was with her.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
BOOK OF THE MONTH AWARD
I loved this book a whole bunch. Rowling is very smart and she's a great story-teller. I wonder what she'll write next.
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