I had a book, whose name I forgot for a long time.  I searched, and searched, but I couldn’t find it from just the memories of the pictures.   Alas, I found it, and I don’t remember how.  Here is where you can find it.  I had the one about the gift.  I remember hours of looking at the pictures in fascination.  I am going to buy a new copy someday and put it next to my original Where the Wild Things Are – one of the first books I learned to read.

This summer I have plowed through a lot of reading, here are my thoughts in no particular order.
The Help – this book was awesome.  It was right on target with its history, despite the fact that is a work of fiction.  I fell in love with the characters, and I can easily see this as a movie.  Shirley Maclaine, Whoopie Goldberg, Alfre Woodard,  and a few other actresses I can’t think of now would be great in the movie.

When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris. I have never read any of his books, but I’ve listened to him read Me Talk Pretty One Day.  I had to listen to his voice again so I could have it in my head while I read.  I can’t recall ever laughing out loud at what I read, but I certainly laughed a lot reading this.

Family of Secrets - which is just the short title.  It proclaims that Bush I was a CIA operative since way back in the 50′s and goes as far as to implicate him in the conspiracy about the JFK assassination.  I am still considering this, as I am not one to buy in to conspiracies.

I am still plowin through WW2 textbook due in August.  I read it when I am absolutely bored out of my mind.  I am looking forward to reading The Hemings of Monticello as soon as my mom is done with it.