The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

This book was nearly perfect in every way.

The Known World by Edward P. Jones

This book owns more awards and critic's praise than anything I've ever read. But it isn't all that. It was--OK. The constant flashforwards were unnerving, confusing. The plot only held together as a series of slightly related short stories. Not really recommended.

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio

Subtitled "How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less," this is a tragic, funny, amazing tale of a woman who survives by her wits as her husband drinks his paycheck. Highly recommended.

I Love Mormons: A New Way to Share Christ with Latter-day Saints, by David L. Rowe

The techniques that Evangelicals use to convert Mormons to 'traditional Christianity' do not work. The same cannot be said for the method proposed by David L. Rowe in his new book.