Robby Ralston Ralston itibaren Lakh, Uttar Pradesh, Hindistan
one of my favorite books when I was in elementary school.
one of the BEST books i've read in the past 10 years. historical fiction makes me orgasmic when done right. viva la philippa gregory.
This woman is a writer for NPR's This American Life. She's smart, irreverent and hilarious. I loved this book. She goes on a bizarre trip to visit the haunts of the three presidents, one famous (Lincoln), two not (Garfield and McKinley). Its a wonderful, weird trip. She goes the site in Buffalo where McKinley was shot and the National Museum of Health and Medicine, where fragments of Lincoln's skull are on display. You feel like you are trapped in an episode of South Park, or perhaps your Third grade classroom--when they made you learn all the state capitols.
Another book club selection. Bird had me laughing out loud through the entire book. It reminded me of a 1930s screwball comedy with Carole Lombard. The only problem I had with it was that it was set in the recent past so it was hard to remember some things (mostly technologically based) weren't possible way back in 2003 that would be now so that, from time to time, I caught myself perplexed as to why something happened just so. But that certainly wasn't enough to keep it off of my "Best of 2008" list.