"The Road to Wellville" by T. Coraghessan Boyle

Great satire about the Kellogg Battle Creek Sanitarium. One of the most enjoyable books I've read in awhile, with the added advantage of being educational. It was extremely well written, actually made me laugh out loud, and had a nice love story to boot. I love the way this author uses language, and agree with comparisons to Charles Dickens. I'm going to check out his other works.

I also liked the fact that the book included con artists, and so reminded me of the talents of Patrick Jane from The Mentalist tv show. Unfortunately, the movie that was based on this book was apparently a dog.

"Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction" edited by Al Sarrantonio

Interesting enough collection of science fiction short stories that took me years to finish.

"The Lodger" by Mrs Belloc Lowndes

Read this book to compare it to the Simon Baker movie 'The Lodger'. The movie was much changed from the book.

The book was an interesting read, made more so by the fact that it was first published in 1913, so gives the reader some insight into early 20th century London. I loved that the family lived near Regent Park, which Ray and I visited during our stay in London. The book is described as one of the earliest psychological thrillers. I found it amusing during those sections where the landlady was the only one in fear of the lodger, and everyone else was going about their business in oblivious contentment.

I picked the book up as a throw-away from my FOPLA volunteer work.