Book # 15 Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford is a great book. I'll let Lisa See give the review from the back of the book: " Jamie Ford's first novel explores the age-old conflicts between father and son, the beauty and sadness of what happened to Japanese-Americans in the Seattle area during World War II, and the depths and longing of deep-heart love. An impressive, bitter, and sweet debut."

I enjoyed the book from start to finish. I think this would make a great movie! I predict it to be coming to a theater near you soon.

Book # 14 A Mad Desire to Dance by Elie Wiesel. Oh wow! An exploration of madness, trauma, silence, the horrors of hate and revenge. Doriel, a survivor of the Holocaust, has lost his mother and father, sister, and little brother. He is haunted by their ghosts and his lack of knowledge of how it all happened. His psychoanalyst helps him delve into parts of his past to retrieve memories which will bring him to a spot where he can begin to experience joy in living.

The book is very deep and I really had to concentrate. It just wasn't a happy read. That doesn't mean it wasn't good. I noticed I'm on a MAD kick.