Glass Castle : A Memoir
Jeannette Walls

Fantastic story - totally crazy family! I love memoirs - truth is always stranger than fiction.

4 stars

Made to stick : Why some ideas survive and others die
Chip Heath & Dan Heath

Currently reading...Self-proclaimed companion book to Gladwell's "Tipping Point." The authors explore what makes certain ideas memorable.

The Clock Winder

Anne Tyler

The protagonist of the story is Elizabeth, a young woman who is taking time away from college to earn a bit of money and discover a sense of direction. By happenstance, she ends up landing in Baltimore near the home of Mrs. Pamela Emerson, a recent widow and the mother of seven grown children. Seeing Mrs. Emerson struggling to store her porch furniture in the garage for the winter, she stops to offer help and ends up becoming Mrs. Emerson's handyman and companion. The story, which spans 14 years, discusses the relationship between first Elizabeth and Mrs. Emerson and then the relationship between Elizabeth and several of Mrs. Emerson's children, particularly Timothy and Matthew. Elizabeth and the Emersons end up changing each others' lives in fundamental ways.

3 stars

Up All Night
Martha Gies

Sixteen snapshots of people who work at night. Interesting for the rare glimpse at people who seem to live in a sort of alternate universe. The strange is made familiar by the author's willingness to take the perspective of her characters.

3.75 stars

A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens

Listened on the iPod. I think I prefer actually reading this, as opposed to listening. Harder to get into - kept falling asleep.

Anne of Green Gables

L. M. Montgomery

Listening on my iPod.