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Did anyone else read "Hunger Games"? It's a YA book which rec'd rave reviews. My ds liked it enough even though the subject matter is tough.

Well, the 2nd in the series is out and it arrived from the library today
"Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

also,
"206 Bones" new from Kathy Reichs

Ooooh, when will I sleep?

I Myself am a Woman-- selected writings of Ding Ling She is said to be 'a revolutionary writer, feminist and literary dissident. One of the most colorful and important Chinese women writers of the 20th century.

Hope Against Hope a memoir by Nadezhada Mandelstam
Written by the widow of Osip Mandelstam it tells the story of this gifted poet. "It requires a staggering leap of the imagination to understand how Stalin could even have become aware of him, let alone to have driven him deliberately to his death in one of the most terrible of the Siberian concentation camps....'

I remember as a child reading a novel with Steppe(s) in the title which told the story of a girl who was sent to Siberia with her family. I'll probably skip around in this book.

Henrietta's War :) What a neat looking little book, nice little b/w drawings.

Six Suspects by Vikas Swarup

Jodi, did you read this? How was it?

An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon. I only put this on hold because I knew the wait would be long. However, I refuse to read it unless someone I trust tells me it's worth it.

Sandra, what did you think of it?

The Monster in the Box by Ruth Rendell. Insp. Wexford novel. Great title isn't it? The cover is sparse and thus creepy.

March by Geraldine Brooks. I know some/all of you who have read this didn't like it and I would never have checked it out except someone picked it for our face group. So I don't plan on reading it in its entirety, just enough to get a feeling for the story so I'll a clue as to the others talk.