Wednesday, April 30, 2008
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is a memoir which is the saga of the restless, indomitable Walls family, led by a grand eccentric and his tempestuous artist wife.  Jeannette has survived poverty, fires and near starvation to triumph and write this amazing tale with honesty and love.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008
The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean. Russian emigré Marina Buriakov, 82, is preparing for her granddaughter's wedding near Seattle while fighting a losing battle against Alzheimer's. Gracefully shifting between the Soviet Union and the contemporary Pacific Northwest, first-time novelist Dean renders a poignant tale about the power of memory.

Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth George is a memoir about trading the trappings of modern American success for what one truly wants from life.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Big City, Bad Blood by Sean Chercover, a new crime writer, is a novel about crime in Chicago which should make it interesting for those who live in Chicago.  Was a runner up for the Friends of American Writers annual award.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008
The Night Birds by Thomas Maltman is another AWF winner and a first novel.  It is a story about white Americans and the Dakota Indians in Minnesota in two periods in the 1800’s.