summer reading
As you can imagine we get a lot of people at the library looking for the perfect books for their summer vacations]. This summer I've been reading a strange brew of books; from Edith Wharton, to a sprinkling of scattered (WHOREY!) chapters by Chelsea Handler, to an interesting smattering of books on topics from homesteading to farming to gardening to food. Here's some of the books which I've read: The Age of Innocence , Edith Wharton A look into the upper class of (Gilded Age) New York; the rules that governed those who strove to be a part of that class. One man's struggle to be a part of this class while hating the rules he must live by, which govern who he can love. LOVED the story, but not until the very end.
House of Mirth , Edith Wharton Following Lily Bart through her falls from grace and the social ladder. Another one of Wharton's keen observations about upper class (Gilded Age) New York. Good book, not my favorite.
Twain's Feast: searching fo...