Innocent Man

We discussed Innocent Man by John Grisham at our last book club. I liked it. For the most part it held my interest and I wanted to know what happend, even though the title clearly told you he's innocent. It's so hard to believe that people are convicted, even today, on such flimsy evidence. It seemed that because the police and detectives wanted him to be guilty, he was, regardless of the evidence or lack thereof. What was really interesting was that even at the end, they were still considered suspects! We're reading The Fig Eater by Jody Shields for next month.

The other book I read recently was How This Night is Different, a book of short stories by Elisa Albert. In general, I like short stories and I enjoyed this book. The stories were about different people, all Jewish, and their experiences in life. I'm not Jewish so it was interesting to read about customs and events that are different than what I've experienced.

Currently I'm reading two books One is The Fugitive Wife by Peter Brown about a woman who ran away to Alaska to escape a bad marriage. The other is The Calling: A Year in the Life of an Order of Nuns, a memoir by Catherine Whitney. I am Catholic, but didn't go to Catholic school, so I haven't had much experience with nuns. Should be interesting.

I've been reading a lot more lately, partly because I joined the 50 Book Challenge group at LibraryThing. As of January 26th when I started the challenge, I'd read one book. Since then, I've finished seven more and feel like I will probably be able to do it.