Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Off Beat Summer Reads

Mix and Match
If you are looking for something new and different to read -- books that just might have the power to lure you away from summer's bumper crop of best-sellers -- here's a few titles you might like to consider.

It's Not that I'm Bitter-- : or How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Visible Panty Lines and Conquered the World by Gina Barreca

The Center of the Universe : a Memoir by Nancy Bachrach

This Little Mommy Stayed Home by Samantha Wilde

What I Thought I Knew by Alice Eve Cohen

Brothers : 26 Stories of Love and Rivalry, edited by Andrew Blauner ; foreword by Frank McCourt

Crazy for the Storm : a Memoir of Survival by Norman Ollestad

Free Range Kids : Giving Our Children the Freedom We Had Without Going Nuts with Worry by Lenore Skenazy

Pacify Me : a Handbook for the Freaked-out New Dad by Chris Mancini