Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill BrysonMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Interesting. This book wasn't about Shakespeare so much as it was about books about Shakespeare. I thought the approach was odd at first but I ended up really liking it.
Third Culture Kids: The Experience of Growing Up Among Worlds by David C. PollockMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This book really helped me understand what our family has been through all these years of going back and forth between countries. I thought maybe it would have nothing to say to me that I didn't already know from living this life, but I was wrong. I especially appreciated gaining some wisdom about my kids' feelings and needs, both now and in the future.
I do wish I could have gotten my hands on a newer edition, though. All that talk of staying in touch with relatives via fax and photographs was a little awkward.
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Second (or possibly third) reading.
I'll tell you what, not a single likeable character in this book and yet, I love it. It's not that I unequivocally enjoy every train wreck of a book out there - Anthony Trollope's books, for example, make me want to claw my eyes out for hatred of all the characters. But Wuthering Heights is different, somehow. Again, love it.
Also, re-reading the book made me want to re-watch the 2009 BBC Wuthering Heights. I recall not really caring for it but on a second viewing, I liked it. It's a bit much at times - a lot of wild, wind-blown hair and sobbing out on the moors - but with Wuthering Heights, you can't really go just halfway, now, can you?
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie BarrowsMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Original review (July 2009): Oh my gosh, I loved this book. I haven't enjoyed a regular, non-YA fiction book as much as this one in a looooong time.
Second reading, Sep 2011: Still love it.
