I have read a few memoirs lately: Wild by Cheryl Strayed Dying to be Me by Anita Moorjani Ghosts by Daylight by Janine I'd Giovanni Forget Me Not by Jennifer Lowe-Anker
The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon are a good escape! I have a pile of adult novels to read, too ,any to list here..... I need the time! Sent from my iPad On Dec 28, 2012, at 2:27 PM, Patty Zorzi <[email protected]> wrote: > Going beyond the last six months, the first book that comes to mind is Maisie > Dobbs. This is the first in a series by Jacqueline Winspear, set in England > during the first war. I guess it's officially a mystery (having won the > Agatha) but it seems like so much more. > > Also consider Trapeze by Simon Mawer. I've read 2 of his books (The Glass > Room) and like them both very much. This is set In England during the 2nd > war. (Theme not intentional) > > Also, I've like everything I've read from Geraldine Brooks. Everything. > > And while not adult, a great read is Uprising about the Triangle shirtwaist > factory fire by Margaret Peterson Haddix. I love historical fiction. > > On Dec 28, 2012, at 11:48 AM, natasha domina wrote: > >> >> I LOVED The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. I loved reading the story, >> but also loved the writing--found myself trying to analyze what it was Erin >> Morgenstern did to make her writing so luminous (a la Katie Wood Ray). >> There are also a couple of beautiful quotes about the power of stories at >> the very end of the book. >> Natasha >>> >>> Message: 2 >>> Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 12:24:21 -0500 >>> From: [email protected] >>> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" >>> <[email protected]> >>> Subject: [MOSAIC] adult novel >>> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format="flowed" >>> >>> >>> What is the best adult novel you read in the last six months? What >>> made it so good? >>> >>> A relative wants to buy me a book for a gift. I mostly read >>> nonfiction, but I know she wants to buy a novel for me. >>> >>> Thanks for your suggestions. >>> Jan >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mosaic mailing list >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to >> http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org >> >> Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
