Book #9 The Reader by Bernhard Schlink. Well, let me quote the back of the book, " When he falls ill on his way home from school, fifteen-year-old Michael Berg is rescued by Hanna, a woman twice his age. In time she becomes his lover. She enthralls him with her passion, but puzzles him with her odd silences. Then she inexplicably disappears." That is a really good description of the beginning. The book is also about Hanna being on trial for horrible crimes as a guard in a Nazi concentration camp. One is faced with many questions as to what would have been done in a similar situation. I think the rest of the story should be saved.

The movie is coming to our theater this week and I hope to see it. I'll be interested to see how the movie reveals Hanna's secret.

Book #8 Hatbox Letters by Beth Powning I finished reading this book a few days ago and really enjoyed the writers descriptions. Saying that, I also felt that they were sometimes long and tedious. But then, the book is about grief and the way it changes but never goes away. The main character has lost her husband and her own identity. She works her way through by reading love letters from her grandfather to her grandmother finding out about their grief and how it affected their lives and hers. It was also about her great great grandparents. It just reminded me about how little we know about our relatives and their struggles. The story hit home with death, aging, retirement... on and on. We all are dealing with grief in one form or another.