John (With the help from Dad) made another fantastic pinewood derby car. Here are some pictures! His car is really a PT boat, because Papa served on a PT boat in WWII. Or something like that... anyway, he was pretty excited about it~!
Saturday, March 7, 2009
John's Pinewood Derby
John (With the help from Dad) made another fantastic pinewood derby car. Here are some pictures! His car is really a PT boat, because Papa served on a PT boat in WWII. Or something like that... anyway, he was pretty excited about it~!
Beth's recent reads
May I recommend:
Firoozeh Dumas. She has written 2 vastly entertaining and charming books. The first is Funny in Farsi and the follow-up is Laughing without an accent. She is a very funny iranian-american. The books are quick reads but so fun. She finds humor in the cultural differences without insulting. I highly recommend them. Appropriate for book talks, clubs, and middle/high school reading assignments.
The suspicions of Mr. Whicher is a fascinating true story of a Victorian murder and the famous detective assigned to solve the case. The author has researched the reports Mr. Whicher made to the Home Office and follows the investigation and trials. She even follows up on the post-years to see where the participants end up. I was mesmerized by this book simply because it's true. The author sometimes got too far into literary analysis and the genre of mysteries based on this case for my liking but the story was compelling and I couldn't wait to read how it finished.
My secret(ok, not so secret) love is for Historical Romance novels. But I don't want the R-rated stuff. Hooray for Georgette Heyer. This grand dame is several years deceased but she has over 50 delightful historical novels that are all chaste and complex and entertaining. Looking for a sweet romance? Try Heyer.
My latest favorite is Lisa Lutz. After the order of Janet Evanovich I think Lutz is even funnier. Her protagonist is a dysfuntional young woman raised in a dysfunctional family of Private Detectives. Her little sister is a scream. The Spellman family is hilarious.
Ok, excuse my ignorance but I had no idea that John Wilkes Booth was part of a larger conspiracy. I found much to love in The Assasin's Accomplice. Again because it was a true story, I was captivated. The spying and intrigue of the Civil War was informative and entertaining. I now know the name of the first woman to die from capital punishment in the U.S. Hope that comes up in a quiz show sometime.
Firoozeh Dumas. She has written 2 vastly entertaining and charming books. The first is Funny in Farsi and the follow-up is Laughing without an accent. She is a very funny iranian-american. The books are quick reads but so fun. She finds humor in the cultural differences without insulting. I highly recommend them. Appropriate for book talks, clubs, and middle/high school reading assignments.
The suspicions of Mr. Whicher is a fascinating true story of a Victorian murder and the famous detective assigned to solve the case. The author has researched the reports Mr. Whicher made to the Home Office and follows the investigation and trials. She even follows up on the post-years to see where the participants end up. I was mesmerized by this book simply because it's true. The author sometimes got too far into literary analysis and the genre of mysteries based on this case for my liking but the story was compelling and I couldn't wait to read how it finished.
My secret(ok, not so secret) love is for Historical Romance novels. But I don't want the R-rated stuff. Hooray for Georgette Heyer. This grand dame is several years deceased but she has over 50 delightful historical novels that are all chaste and complex and entertaining. Looking for a sweet romance? Try Heyer.
My latest favorite is Lisa Lutz. After the order of Janet Evanovich I think Lutz is even funnier. Her protagonist is a dysfuntional young woman raised in a dysfunctional family of Private Detectives. Her little sister is a scream. The Spellman family is hilarious.
Ok, excuse my ignorance but I had no idea that John Wilkes Booth was part of a larger conspiracy. I found much to love in The Assasin's Accomplice. Again because it was a true story, I was captivated. The spying and intrigue of the Civil War was informative and entertaining. I now know the name of the first woman to die from capital punishment in the U.S. Hope that comes up in a quiz show sometime.
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