http://legalmama.today.com Just a mommy lawyer's take on literature and the arts! Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:16:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson is the second in the Millenium trilogy (the First was The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo). In this novel, we again are dealing with Michal Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salandar. Michal had made his fortune and fame with Lisbeth's help by ... http://legalmama.today.com/2009/11/25/the-girl-who-played-with-fire-by-stieg-larsson/ When I was in college, I was very interested in all things Chinese. I didn't take a language course because at the time, meeting for a class that is that intensive (it met five mornings a week for two hours and you had extensive labs) seemed more of a time ... http://legalmama.today.com/2009/11/22/the-vagrants-by-yiyun-li-a-review/ I've read a lot of Terry Brooks. I was fascinated and even, some would say, obssessed with the Shannara books (although they seemed to be an updated version of the Lord of the Rings books).  I read them for the first time when I was a 12 year old geek ... http://legalmama.today.com/2009/11/17/magic-kingdom-for-sale-sold-by-terry-brooks-a-review/ I find books about the Middle East, and Iran in particular, fascinating.  This book was very illuminating. Pasha, the main character, is a 17 year old young adult in Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's tyrannical regime.  He and his best friend, Ahmed, fall in love with their neighbors - Ahmed with ... http://legalmama.today.com/2009/11/04/rooftops-of-tehran-by-mahbod-seraji-a-review/ I have never read a book that was about a person or people I know.  I have read books about places that I've gone to and am going to many times in the past. This book intimately combined a place where I lived for 18 months and people that I ... http://legalmama.today.com/2009/10/24/bad-blood-by-casey-sherman/ So this was a re-read for me but hey, what the heck. Right now, my life won't let me focus on anything BUT re-reads like Harry Potter! The story is simple enough and starts simply enough. Harry Potter is orphaned as an infant by Voldemort - He Who Shall Not ... http://legalmama.today.com/2009/10/18/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone-by-jk-rowling-a-review/ I think I've read just about all of Jennifer Weiner's books and while it's chicklit, it's not exactly like the other books that she has written - it's about a few girls that are the main characters that deal with issues, but only superficially. Addie Downs is the first ... http://legalmama.today.com/2009/10/10/best-friends-forever-by-jennifer-weiner/ Everyone has told me about Outlander (published as Cross-Stitch in the UK) and how if I loved anything Scottish, I had to read this historical romance/science fiction book by Diana Gabaldon.  And being that I've been on a Scottish kick as of late, I was willing to give it a ... http://legalmama.today.com/2009/10/06/outlander-by-diana-gabaldon-a-review/ Ever since I read The Handmaid's Tale in college , I have been a tremendous Margaret Atwood fan. I have read all of her books, multiple times and had the privilege and pleasure of meeting her at law school when she was promoting Oryx and Crake.  When I ... http://legalmama.today.com/2009/09/28/the-year-of-the-flood-by-margaret-atwood-a-review/ After a Church vote, 16 year old Olivia and her family are uprooted from her home and forced to move after her father loses his job as a minister in a small, Ohio town. Olivia, her much younger and oddly named sister (Callapher), her mother and father opt to relocate ... http://legalmama.today.com/2009/09/24/feeling-for-bones-by-bethany-pierce-a-review/