Shem Creek & Sag Harbor

Shem Creek by the same author as the last book, Isle of Palms, which, by the way, ended as colorful as it began, is the latest book choice. A friend and I were at the library on Saturday and decided to give it a try. I spoke to her yesterday and she's about a hundred pages in to my, at the time, 20. Well some 16 pages later, I've met Linda Breland, her daughters college-bound Lindsey and highschool junior Gracie of New Jersey and her very neat sister Mimi who lives in Mount Pleasant. I've also briefly met Heaven restaurant owner Brad Jackson and sous chef Louise where Linda will be working in Shem Creek and have heard about, but have not met Loretta, Duane, Fred & Patti.

The cast of characters are relateable and funny. Looks like another good tale from the low-country.

As for Sag Harbor, Colson Whitehead, I'll be picking this book up tomorrow. I do plan on visiting MV at the end of the year so perhaps this book, although set in the 60's, will lend itself to more than how things were, but perhaps how they still may be speaking of places to go and things to see. I'll hold my thanks to the person that suggested the book until after I've read it.

I'll leave you with that as I curl back up in my shawl and comfortable chair, I'll dive back into Shem Creek.

The Isle of Palms

The Isle of Palms is funny and well written(so much as 63 pages can reveal). You all will be pleasantly surprised and well entertained. The author, Dorothea Benton Frank, has written other books, presumably as delightful, Shem Creek and Pawley's Island to name a few. Anna tells the story from her vantage point. It's light, colorful and speaks to, in some part, mother daughter relationships, how to effectively deal with curmudgeons and life long friendships.

It's Summertime so kick back, don your shades and sunscreen and let's discussthebook! I know, shameless plug.

So get to reading and get to bloggin'. Also please feel free to suggest a good read on the blog

Ciao!
~Jah(mele)

Gal: A True Life

Hey y'all; let's try this again. Stumbled upon a cool book, named above, that seems pretty interesting. Let's try to set up a time to "discussthebook"