The Inflammation Free Diet Plan by Monical Reinagel
I found this book through NutritionData.com, where you can search for nutrition labels for all sorts of processed and non-processed foods. It included an Inflammation Factor score, something I never heard of before. The site linked to http://www.inflammationfactor.com/ which led me to the book. The IF is derived by measuring the inflammatory properties of 20 nutrients for a final score. The strategy is to eat a combination of foods that by the end of the day have added up to a neutral or positive IF score, i.e. if you eat something inflammatory, as long as you eat something with a good IF score things even out. I have found this very helpful.
I Remember Nothing by Nora Ephron
She wrote When Harry Met Sally and other great movies. These are random memoirs, plus a few very poignant essays on aging. Witty and smart, as she always is. The audio version is read by the author.
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker
First, I love the cover. The book was OK. A somewhat quirky voice, as entertaining as many book club novels, but not memorable.
Dreams of joy : a novel / Lisa See
See’s sequel to The Shanghai girls tells the tale of communist China in the late 1950′s. It is a love story as well as a coming of age tale. Read it only if you’ve read Shanghai Girls.
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
I really like the Maisie Dobbs series. She is a very thoughtful, intuitive, and modern sleuth/psychologist; probably a little too modern for the times, but belieavable anyway. The series is set in 20s-30s London, though it starts with WWI and refers back to it constantly. Very colorful and absorbing.
Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson is a charming book about an older English gentleman–Major Pettigrew–and his life in a small English village. He is a proper widower who suddenly finds love–with an Indian woman–and has to deal with his family and friends who disapprove. In addition, he has a son who is a snob, a sister-in-law who is trying to take his inheritance, and a country club that is driving him crazy. I enjoyed this story and could even hear the characters as I read.
Left Neglected by Lisa Genova is a fascinating story of a woman who has a car accident and is left with a head trauma that makes her completely unaware of the left side of everything. She doesn’t “see” the left side of her face, words, or her plate of food. Lisa writes in a captivating way so I was quickly drawn to the main character–a woman living a fast-paced life, very much like any young woman and mother today. The story unfolds, letting us see into this interesting disability, and how it changes the main character’s life.
The Postmistress by Sarah Blake is an interesting story of 3 women living during WWII. These women are each very different–a radio broadcaster, a postmistress, and a new wife–but their lives twine together in this story of war in juxtaposition to the tranquil life in Cape Cod. I quickly became engrossed in this story and highly recommend it.
The Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan
This is the first time I have been able to understand the events in the history of Israel. I think the book purports to be neutral, but I feel it is more than a little partial to the Palestinian side. Now I want to find something to that is neutral or pro-Israeli but not extremist. Very moving and absorbing.
Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner
Not one of her best, but a good read as always. Ever since I read “In Her Shoes” and saw the movie and loved them both, I have been reading all her books. Plus, she writes about my home town. This one is about a baby who is conceived through egg donation and a pregnancy surrogate, so you can imagine all the emotional possibilities.
The Inflammation Free Diet Plan by Monical Reinagel
I found this book through NutritionData.com, where you can search for nutrition labels for all sorts of processed and non-processed foods. It included an Inflammation Factor score, something I never heard of before. The site linked to http://www.inflammationfactor.com/ which led me to the book. The IF is derived by measuring the inflammatory properties of 20 nutrients for a final score. The strategy is to eat a combination of foods that by the end of the day have added up to a neutral or positive IF score, i.e. if you eat something inflammatory, as long as you eat something with a good IF score things even out. I have found this very helpful.
I Remember Nothing by Nora Ephron
She wrote When Harry Met Sally and other great movies. These are random memoirs, plus a few very poignant essays on aging. Witty and smart, as she always is. The audio version is read by the author.
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker
First, I love the cover. The book was OK. A somewhat quirky voice, as entertaining as many book club novels, but not memorable.
Dreams of joy : a novel / Lisa See
See’s sequel to The Shanghai girls tells the tale of communist China in the late 1950′s. It is a love story as well as a coming of age tale. Read it only if you’ve read Shanghai Girls.
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
I really like the Maisie Dobbs series. She is a very thoughtful, intuitive, and modern sleuth/psychologist; probably a little too modern for the times, but belieavable anyway. The series is set in 20s-30s London, though it starts with WWI and refers back to it constantly. Very colorful and absorbing.
Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson is a charming book about an older English gentleman–Major Pettigrew–and his life in a small English village. He is a proper widower who suddenly finds love–with an Indian woman–and has to deal with his family and friends who disapprove. In addition, he has a son who is a snob, a sister-in-law who is trying to take his inheritance, and a country club that is driving him crazy. I enjoyed this story and could even hear the characters as I read.
Left Neglected by Lisa Genova is a fascinating story of a woman who has a car accident and is left with a head trauma that makes her completely unaware of the left side of everything. She doesn’t “see” the left side of her face, words, or her plate of food. Lisa writes in a captivating way so I was quickly drawn to the main character–a woman living a fast-paced life, very much like any young woman and mother today. The story unfolds, letting us see into this interesting disability, and how it changes the main character’s life.
The Postmistress by Sarah Blake is an interesting story of 3 women living during WWII. These women are each very different–a radio broadcaster, a postmistress, and a new wife–but their lives twine together in this story of war in juxtaposition to the tranquil life in Cape Cod. I quickly became engrossed in this story and highly recommend it.
Paganini’s Ghost by Paul Adam
Very average as a mystery, but lots of very enjoyable lore about Paganini, Rossini, violin history, and Italy.
The Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan
This is the first time I have been able to understand the events in the history of Israel. I think the book purports to be neutral, but I feel it is more than a little partial to the Palestinian side. Now I want to find something to that is neutral or pro-Israeli but not extremist. Very moving and absorbing.
Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner
Not one of her best, but a good read as always. Ever since I read “In Her Shoes” and saw the movie and loved them both, I have been reading all her books. Plus, she writes about my home town. This one is about a baby who is conceived through egg donation and a pregnancy surrogate, so you can imagine all the emotional possibilities.