I've been reading some more...
More books, and as usual, you can follow the links to the full reviews on Gather. The best two books I've read this week: The Ringer, by Jenny Shank : You can tell there's baseball in this story from the cover, and I don't even like baseball. But there's police, race relations, loss on both sides of the line, and some truly memorable, flawed and human characters who try to pick up the pieces when their worlds fall apart. And there's hope. Like a baseball well-thrown, this book definitely hits its target. The Pig's Slaughter, by Florin Grancea : How long does it take to kill a pig, or topple a dictator? How long will it take to forget how to make sausages or watch Christmas cakes rise? How easily will hungry people be deceived by the promise of freedom on TV? And what was it like to be fourteen years old in Romania, those five days in December? On a lighter note , two scary books for a cold dark evening while the wind howls all around: Hide'n Go Coffin , and...