Friday, January 28, 2011


One could say I am obsessed with Albert Einstein. I would like to know how would our current educational system handle a student like Einstein. I have the Einstein quote of the day on my google home page.

I have a biography on good ol Albert, but it's much too detailed on his science 'stuff' for me to understand. So I thought this book would be a fun one for our book club. Was not met with accolades.

Here is a link from NPR that got me interested in the book.

Updated List of Books

Lovely Bones- Alice Sebold
The Secret Life of Bees- Sue Monk Kidd
Persian Pickle Club- Sandra Dallas
My Sister's Keeper- Jodi Picoult
The Giver- Lois Lowry
The Good Earth- Pearl S. Buck
Time Travelers Wife- Audrey Niffenegger
Waiting for White Horses- Nathan Jorgenson
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day- Pearl Cleage
The Kite Runner- Khaled Hosseni
The History of Love- Nicole Krauss
Pope Joan, a Novel- Donna W Cross
Wicked- Gregory Maguire
The Catcher in the Rye- JD Salinger
Big Stone Gap- Adriana Trigiana
Shoot the Moon- Billie Letts
The Red Tent- Anita Diamant
The Winter of Our Discontent- John Steinbeck
Broken For You- Stephanie Kallos
Home To Harmony- Phillip Gulley
Their Eyes Were Watching God- Zora Neale Hurston
Snowflower and the Secret Fan- Lisa See
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings- Maya Angelou
In the Fall- Jeffrey Lent
Year of Wonder- Geraldine Brooks
Iron Lake- William Kent Krueger
The Handmaids Tale- Margaret Atweed
The Alchemist- Paulo Coelho
1000 White Women- Jim Fergus
Until They Bring the Streetcars Back- Stanley Gordon West
Moloki- Alan Brennert
Poisonwood Bible- Barbara Kingsolver
Montana 1948- Larry Watson
Running With Scissors- Augustan Burroughs
The Kitchen Boy- Robert Alexander
Two Old Women- Velma Wallis
The Painted Drum- Louise Erdrich
My Antonia- Willa Cather
Those Who Save Us- Jenna Blum
Cape Ann- Faith Sullivan
The Count of Monte Cristo- Alexandre Dumas
The Count, part 2 Alexandre Dumas
The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo- Steig Larsson
The Help- Kathryn Stockett
The Wednesday Sisters- Meg Waite Clayton
Driving Mr. Albert- Michael Paterniti
The Thirteenth Tale- Diane Setterfield