Karen's Book Nook

School gets out tomorrow so I’m going to be able to do lots of reading.. wooohooo!! I picked up this book,  A Snug Life Somewhere, by Jan Shapin at the library because it caught my eye since she’s a RI Author.

A Snug Life Somewhere is about Penny Joe Copper, daughter of a roustabout shingle weaver, who is caught up in a 1916 union tragedy known as the Everett Massacre. Her brother Horace is killed, as is the cousin of a radical organizer, Gabe. When her love affair with Marcel, a music student seven years her junior, is thwarted, she is pulled into Gabe’s campaign to avenge the “Everett Martyrs……”

I’ve also loaded up The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted by Elizabeth Berg on the iPod for when I’m working around the yard and walking.

In this collection of mostly uplifting stories, Berg explores the everyday challenges that women face. Whether teenaged or octogenarian, Berg’s heroines brave the emotional landmines underlying domestic scenes (from holiday dinner parties to visiting family), navigate the slippery slope of constant dieting and address the process of aging. The title story features an unnamed, insouciant narrator who flees from a Weight Watchers meeting and allows herself to indulge her most fattening food cravings….