LISTENING: The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister

Read by Cassandra Campbell.

LISTENING: The Reader by Bernhard Schlink

Translated from the German by Carol Brown Janeway. Read by Scott Campbell.

READING: The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana by Umberto Eco

An Illustrated Novel, 2005, Harcourt Books. Translated from the Italian by Geoffrey Brock.

My book-club member, Tom, pointed out this novel to me - and besides the fascinating topic of reconstructing one's memory by reviewing boxes with old newspapers, comics, photo albums and diaries, what really sold me is the illustrated part - with comic strips, posters, etc. and all in Italian.

LISTENING: About Alice by Calvin Trillin

Reader: the author, (1 CD) - 2005, Random House.

LISTENING: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

Audio CD, read by Barbara Caruso. (4 CDs)

READING: Greene & Greene for KIDS by Kathleen Thorne-Thomsen

Art, Architecture, Activities. 2004, Gibbs Smith, Publisher.
A delightful overview of the famous architects from their childhood in Ohio through their life and career in Pasadena, CA. Interesting for kids and adults alike.

Kathleen Thorne Thomsen web page.
About the Author (from the dust jacket) - K. grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She attended the Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, where she received a degree in visual design and photography. K. is the author of many books for children including Frank Lloyd Wright for Kids. She lives in a Greene and Greene house in Pasadena, California.

READING: Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table by Ruth Reichl

NBC for April 2009

Random House book link

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