Koobdooga Book Club
Middlesex (2003 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction) by Jeffrey Eugenides Story of Calliope Stephanides and three generations of the Greek-American family who travel from a tiny village to Prohibition-era Detroit, witnessing its glory days as the Motor City, and the race riots of l967, before they move out to the tree-lined streets of suburban Grosse Pointe, Michigan. Genetic history that turns Callie into Cal. (Valerie)
Trading Up: Why Consumers Want New Luxury Goods... And How Companies Create Them by Michael Silverstein (Valerie)
Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky Kurlansky combines thorough research with an engaging writing style to make this a readable and fascinating history. (Valerie)
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond Diamond crafts a careful and thorough account of the environmental and cultural fragility of civilizations, from present-day Montana to the toppled statues of Easter Island. Collapse is both a fascinating study of humanity's ecological relationships and a cautionary tale of our increasingly overtaxed resources. Tessa, Powells.com (Valerie)
Peace Like a River, by Lief Enger. Great book! I'd love to read it again... (Sarah)