Sunday Salon - tears and reincarnation

This past week I read The Art of Racing in the Rain and Coraline. Both were excellent reads, but I haven't had a chance to post about them yet. Racing in the Rain made my cry. A lot. But that was okay. I read it right before I turned on the tv to watch the election results, which also made me cry (in a good way!), so I had quite the sob-fest that evening.

Coraline didn't make me cry, but it did make my co-worker shudder. No, I wasn't reading at work. I was out of town for a training, and my co-worker was also my travel companion for the week. I flashed the sketch of the other mother's hand at her...and got a wonderful grimace in response.

I haven't decided on my next read, but I did get to go see the movie version of The Secret Life of Bees. It's been so long since I read the book I can't compare the two, but I did love the movie... despite the fact that it was a tear-jerker. It was a teary week all around.

Sometime around noon today I'll be holding a drawing to giveaway copies of M.J. Rose's books The Reincarnationist and The Memorist. Go join in the reincarnation discussion here and you too can have a chance at winning. Good luck!

And happy reading!