Happy Valentine's Day!

Hello everyone.........Happy Love Day!
I haven't meant to stay away so long but gosh life happens! What happened to January anyway? Now it's already the middle of February and I haven't been blogging. Well here i am to tell you about a couple of books.

First of all, in one of my book groups we read "Olive Kitteridge" by Kathleen Strout. I loved this book. It's basically 13 short stories with Olive involved in varying roles...some of them are all about her and some of them she's barely mentioned..but in all of them she's touched someones life or it's a story about her and another significant person in her life. This book wasn't warmly embraced by our club, although there were a couple others like me that really liked it. I just thought it was a really neat way to write a story (or stories) and the author describes things beautifully.....some of her descriptions made me feel like I was there in the room with the ones she was talking about. Anyway, I give Olive Kitteridege an A!

The other book I read was one I started on Caitlin's Kindle while I was on vacation in Captiva, Florida. I was a little skeptical about the Kindle by the way but after traveling with it and being able to use it on the beach I loved it! The font and print size were wonderful for my ever declining eyes and it was just a neat way to read a book. Perfect on the plane. Anyway, this book is called "The Art of Racing in the Rain" by Garth Stein. Loved this book...the voice that tells the story is Enzo, a lab terrior mix that the owner Denny gets as a pet. He tells his and Denny's story perfectly bringing in Denny's wife Eve and their daughter Zoey as years go by. Denny drives on the race car circuit and is trying to make a living at it when Eve becomes ill and there is a custody battle between Eve's parents and Denny as Eve gets sicker and passes away. There's alot of other things that happen in between but Enzo tells the story so well and you almost believe he's human! I think everyone should try to read this book, especially if you have a pet because it really makes you wonder if they can think and wonder like Enzo does. Definetly enjoyed this one and another A! Iv'e been lucky with the two I've read in the last few weeks. I need to kick it up a notch this month and get going though.....On deck is still "The Cellist of Sarajevo" by Steven Galloway and then I've started "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson (we're reading this one for book group next month) and then I'm also reading "Her Fearful Symmetry" by Audrey Niffenegger. She wrote "The Time Travelers Wife" which is a favorite book of mine. Anyway, i have alot of reading to do in the next week so I'll keep you posted! Have a great V Day!
Anyway, have a good week