http://gpbookblog.today.com Just another Today.com weblog Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:13:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just finished reading Not without My Daughter by Betty Mahmoody. I’ve seen the movie but the book is so much more detailed and, of course, it is much easier to convey deep, raw emotion with words. At least it is for me. Anyway, in the book Betty Mahmoody is able ... http://gpbookblog.today.com/2009/03/20/not-without-my-daughter-by-betty-mahmoody/ If you are a true crime fan then you will probably find these two books interesting. The first one is different in the fact that the murder victim is Amish; a rare thing for a murder to take place in the Amish community. Emma King (the victim’s niece) tells the ... http://gpbookblog.today.com/2009/03/16/true-crime-fans-take-note-of-these-two-books/ Here are a few books about food. Not how to cook food nor how to eat food but how food effected and shaped the lives of the authors. I really enjoyed these books and if you are a chef or just aspire to be or if you never miss an ... http://gpbookblog.today.com/2009/03/11/eat-drink-and-be-merry-and-then-write-about-it/ The story of a young girl growing up in 1950’s America only this girl had some very real stumbling blocks placed in front of her. Born the daughter of a black musician and a white actress young June had to find her way through a maze of trouble and heartache. ... http://gpbookblog.today.com/2009/03/10/secret-daughter-by-june-cross/ He was a tiny little kitten shoved through a book drop on a very cold night. And that is how Dewey came to live at the public library in a small Iowa town. Over the years he won the hearts and minds of hundreds of people and soon reached across ... http://gpbookblog.today.com/2009/03/10/dewey-the-small-town-library-cat-who-touched-the-world-by-vicki-myron/ Books are such a big part of my life. I can remember seeing my mother and father reading when I was a small child. There were always books, magazines and newspapers in our house. By the way, seeing people reading on a daily basis and interacting with books is so ... http://gpbookblog.today.com/2009/03/06/my-life-with-books/ Ever since I moved to Pennsylvania I have been fascinated with the Amish. Well, maybe “fascinated” isn’t the most appropriate word I guess it is more like “very interested”. Anyway, I can’t really just walk up to an Amish person and start asking questions, although I guess some people would, ... http://gpbookblog.today.com/2009/03/05/plain-secrets-an-outsider-among-the-amish-by-joe-mackall/ I am proud to be an American and in my heart of hearts I know that America is a wonderful place. No matter what other countries think of us, there are still millions of people clamoring to get here and even risking their lives to do so. Therefore, America must ... http://gpbookblog.today.com/2009/02/26/thoughts-on-being-american-and-the-book-i-am-currently-reading/ When I first started this book I didn't really know what to expect. Mr. McMurtry made it clear in the first few pages that he was not going to be analyzing or otherwise trying to figure out the where fors and the whys of people and why they act as ... http://gpbookblog.today.com/2009/02/19/roads-by-larry-mcmurtry/ Well, I have been cleaning out from under the bed again and, as usual, I found dozens of magazines. This always drove my grandmother nuts but I find the underside of the bed to be a great storage space. As I was looking through these magazines I thought “Hey, why not ... http://gpbookblog.today.com/2009/02/11/magazines-are-books-too/