I'm currently about a third of the way through Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe. I like it a lot, but I expected that, since I also like the movie.
I recently read books five and six of David Baldacci's Camel Club series, and while they're interesting, fast reads, the last one was pretty lame.
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"I never understood why blessings wore disguises. If I were a blessing, I'd run around naked." - Sophia Petrillo
Story about a man with an ill wife who has to beg his parents for money for her treatment. He's the black shhep of the family because they think he ran out on his pregnant first wife to be with his current wife. Turns out that his wife was sleeping with his (married) twin brother. And he knew all along the baby wasn't his. He let them believe it cuz it was easier to get away.
The boy thinks his father is his uncle. The twist is, he gets into some kind of trouble and gets shipped off to live with his 'real' father. His 'father' has to take him as a condition of getting the money to help his wife. He has two half sisters that are really his cousins. It's getting good now...
I've listned to Baldacci on tape. I enjoyed the story but I think they should get one talent for each character. It's too distracting when one person acts out three or four roles.
The last two books I bought were I Am Nujood, Aged 10 and Divorced by Nunjood Ali and Mennonite in a Little Black Dress by Rhoda Janzen.
The first is the true story of very brave little girl who challenged the accepted practice of child marriage in Yemen after she was married at age 10 to a thirty year old man. She was granted a divorce and has returned to live with her parents.
The second book is a very funny memoir written by a lapsed Mennonite who moved back to stay with her family after her husband decided he was gay and they divorced.
Aardvark, Fanny Flagg's other books are also good.
That would be, dqm! Especially for dialogue-laden scenes.
Fortunately it was more action/spy stuff than dialogue but still. I think they had one female voice talent for all the female roles and two male talents for all the male roles.
Those both sound good, ES! There's a large Mennonite community where I live, so I'd like to know more about their religion/practices.
There are quite a few in our area too, but a couple of counties away. Some of them are very close to the Amish in that they don't drive and avoid many modern conveniences like telephones. A lot of the ones around here use their buggies for local travel, but have cars too. We see them at the park, restaurants and stores all the time.
The Mennonites in ...Little Black Dress are pretty liberal. Rhoda Janzen has a PHD while more conservitive groups don't feel that education beyond high school is neccessary.
