finished 08.13.08
A depression-era love story about a doctor whose wife disappeared. His daughter, who he hasn’t seen forever, leaves his young grandson on his step while he’s away. The busy doctor is left to care for the boy. It takes place in New York, which is as much a character in the story as any [...]

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finished 08.12.08
I picked up this book on my recent visit to the Chicago History Museum. Riverview Park was located just west of where we live, just by blocks. We also frequent a bar called Riverview that has many artifacts from the park. The writing in this book is pretty horrible, it’s aparent that Wlodarczyk had [...]

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Chicago History Museum, Old Town, Chicago
I’ve never been to the Chicago History Museum but I’ve passed by it on Clark and always thought, “I should check that out.” Online I found out that on Mondays admission is free, so I made my first visit yesterday.
I thought the Chicago History Museum was well put together. [...]

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finished 08.07.08
I read Music for Torching by A.M. Homes years ago and really loved it but never read another one of her books. I don’t know why. On a trip to Target I saw The Mistress’s Daughter, her memoir, and was intrigued. A.M. Homes was adopted as a baby and found out when she was [...]

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finished 08.05.08
This book was translated into about a million languages and there’s so much hype and following around it. I read it very quickly. I got the point: follow your dreams and the rest will work itself out, obstacles are hidden opportunities to learn, etc. I just didn’t enjoy the book as much as I [...]

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