great books by the author of Good in Bed. In Her Shoes will be in the movies in the fall.

 

A woman in her 30's becomes a widow - but in the end turns everything around. An enjoyable read but did bring me to tears.

 

 

It's my newest book of poetry and I'm very proud of it.  Yes, I'm the author and I'm promoting it, because if I don't do it, who else will?  It's not your typical (and boring) moon/June poetry...this is real.  If you liked my long Palladium Trip report that Ann was kind enough to add her photos to, then you'll like this...

find it online at publishamerica.com 

                          barnesandnoble.com

type in Yamrus

Avery interesting and funny story of a man who quits his job in N.Y. to buy and run a small hotel on a carribean island. I've actually bought copies of this book as gifts for fellow 'GO south " friends, and all have loved it! Excellent story and very well written. Also " Embarrasment of Mangoes" a true story of a Canadian couple who sail around the carribean for a year or so, great story's and recipes too.  enjoy

 

From Publishers Weekly
In his intriguing 1985 novel, Feng explores complex topics (such as the troubled relationship between truth and falsehood and the dangers of overzealous attempts at social reform) primarily through Chinese foot binding, the traditional practice of breaking a young girl's feet and tightly wrapping them so that they remain only three inches long. Set in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the story follows Fragrant Lotus, a poor girl whose superbly bound feet bring her to the attention of Tong Ren-an. A dealer in antiques and a bound-foot fetishist, he selects his daughters-in-law by the excellence of their feet. In the household, competition for power is fierce; dominance goes to the woman judged by Tong's friends to have the best feet. Fragrant Lotus masters the "rules, skills, tricks" of caring for her most valuable asset, but when Tong dies and reform is in the air, she must learn new skills to battle the Natural Foot Society--which calls for women to unbind their feet, a painful process--and to confront her own secret relationship with this group's leader. An afterword by Wakefield, who teaches Chinese history at the University of Missouri, provides some context for the nonspecialist

 

Available through most major bookstores. If you like this you will also like "Spendid Slippers" by Beverly Jackson

This is the story of Artemisa Gentileschi, one of the few female post-Renaissance painters to achieve fame.  After being raped by her painting teacher, she is humilated in papal court as a loose woman and her testimony is dismissed.  When her father arranges a marriage of convenience, Artemesia escapes from Rome to Florence where she is befriended by Galileo.  Marriage clashes with her painterly talents and growing success and she begins a lifelong search to reconcile family life, passion and genius.

Great read more suited for guys.  Based on authors drunken experiences south of Mexico City.

I don't remember the author. Just finished it this week. Fiction story of a woman who sets up a consulting business for people trying to get their children into private school Kindergarten in Manhattan.

 

I thorougly enjoyed it.

Great mystery /suspense with a bit of humor.

This book comes out on July 18th & I leave for my trip on July 22nd - PERFECT TIMING!!!!!

 

Here is the description:

 

Four American friends on vacation in Cancún, Mexico—Jeff, Amy, Eric and Stacy—meet a German tourist, Mathias, who persuades them to join his hunt for his younger brother, Henrich, last seen headed off with a new girlfriend toward some ruins. The four soon regret their impulsive decision after they find themselves lost in the jungle and freaked out by signs that they're headed for danger. Smith builds suspense through the slow accretion of telling details, until a deadly menace starts taking its toll, leaving the survivors increasingly at each other's throats. While admirers of such classic genre writers as John Wyndham or Algernon Blackwood may find the horror less suggestive than they might wish, the eerie atmosphere and compelling plot should appeal to fans of ABC's hit TV series Lost, who will help propel this page-turner up bestseller lists. Ben Stiller's production company has bought film rights.

I just finished reading this-- it took me 1 day to read- I could not put it down.  A terrific piece of British chick lit! This is the storyof Samantha Sweeting- a people pleasing overachieving attorney in her late 20s.  Things go awry for Samantha when she makes a "small" mistake at work and basically has a meltdown-- this meltdown leads her to the English countryside where she convinces some new money Brits that she is a housekeeper.  Many funny and sweet things occur from here.  I highly recommend.

As any Parrot Head would expect, Jimmy Buffett’s new novel is perfect sun-soaked, Caribbean island-hopping escape fiction. In this full length novel, Jimmy Buffett fills in all the rest of the details of the life of cowboy Tully Mars along with his horse Mr. Twain, whom we originally met in Tales from Margaritaville.  It is all about the area where the Palladium is located and it is interesting to read it while you are there.

Moist von Lipwig is a con artist and a fraud and a man faced with a life choice: be hanged, or put Ankh-Morpork's ailing postal service back on its feet. Is there a shot at redemption waiting in the mad world of the mail for a man who's prepared to push the envelope?

 

Another superb addition to Pratchett's DiscWorld series. If you haven't read Pratchett because you don't like Fantasy books, or because they look childish, or you've never heard of him - then think again ! His books are sharp, insightful and down right funny !

Another set of books I would recommend ( for fishermen like Wildbill ) are the ones written by Linda Greenlaw ( the skipper of the sister ship in the movie Perfect Storm).