After reading Suite Francaise and Sarah's Key, both dealing with the same topic, The Invisible Bridge proved to be the more graphic and detailed of this terrible time period. The strength that Julie Orringer shows when developing the characters makes the book and story one of the best I've read. Following the family through the war years allows the reader to be part of that family and to see how love can endure through tragedy. Definitely a great discussion book.

This was a truly difficult to get through, not because of the writing, but because it was real life and true to what is part of our current time period. JayCee writes of her eighteen years of confinement after being kidnapped at age eleven. Reading about her daily rapes and mental torture made this book appear to be fiction, but knowing that it was not, made it difficult to believe. JayCee has to be the most heroic person I know to have made it through these years and still remain intact, mentally and physically. The importance of knowing about her ordeal makes this book a must-read. Learning more about the organization that she has founded and how she has turned her life around is a really miracle of life. Hopefully, governmental changes have been and are being made to never let this kind of situation happen again.

A brilliant story about the beginning of the NYC police department and the first detectives. Characters are well written, storyline is full of mystery, and the ending is surprising. This is a book that is a little slow to start, but gets rolling and doesn't stop.

Even though this book was fiction, the premise behind the story is something that could/might happen in the future. Technology is advancing at such rapid speed perhaps we might be able to "talk" to our dead loved ones via the computer in the near future. The message in this story got me to thinking how our memories of those who have died might or might not provide us with something more with which to "hang on." Would that allow us just a little more time to mourn? This was an interesting story, sad in parts, yet it gave me something to definitely think about.

I found this book one that left me with much to think about. Where will my own journey take me? How can I better understand those who are affecting my life? How does my past affect my future? This book gave me a new perspective on how one man's past directly affected his future. The surprises the reader discovers are profound and the courage that Harold Fry developed makes this story a solid, believable tale. It will be one book that I will reread and learn more from the second time around.

I thought this was one of Hannah's best books! I learned so much about the heartache of war and how families are affected. I appreciate our military and what they do for us even more now that I've read this book. I loved the characters and felt their emotions right along with them. Everyone should read this book. Be sure you have some Kleenex handy though!

After waking up after a fall at the gym, Alice has forgotten ten years of her life. How this affects her current life is what the story is based on. I liked how this "bump" on the head has made her a better person. Not only is Alice changed but also how she see the people and actions going on around her. I thought this was a unique story and allows the reader to think about how their life could/might change for the better or worse. if something like this happened to them.

This was a memoir about an amazing, brilliant, energetic woman and her dedicated life and determination. From an early life of poverty to the being selected as the first Hispanic woman to be appointed as one of the Supreme Court justices, the book reads easily and quickly and provides positive motivation for everyone to learn by. A wonderful woman and book not to be missed.

This was a very different type of book which our book club chose. It's part fiction, part fantasy. It's about communication with others, learning to know oneself, and loving those whom we don't understand. Since this book took place in 1920 up in the cold wilderness of Alaska, the reader already was walking into unknown territory (for the most part since most of us haven't lived up there!). Trying to figure out what was real and what wasn't made the book a page-turner. We had a great discussion with this book and many of our questions still have gone unanswered because of the multitude of opinions. But, reading this book was a must. It was unique and imaginative and was a great piece of literature.

This story revolved around the people of a small village in Haiti. I liked the characters and the development of the story around them. Even though the story is titled about Claire, she isn\\\'t one of the stronger characters. Give the book a try; you\\\'ll probably like it.

When a child with a deformity attends a new school, how will the other students accept him? This was a beautiful story of how adults and children grow and develop love and friendship through the heartache of Auggie and his experiences dealing with the teasing and bullying caused by his facial deformities. A must read for everyone.

A beautifully written book about the first loves of two 16 year olds. Our whole book club loved it!

I've read all of Preston's fiction and love them. But he is also an amazing non-fiction author. He has been involved in other research discoveries, but this one would prove to be the most controversial. Many archeologists said this was not a "real" dig as it was being videotaped and not handled in the proper manner. Preston's book detailed everything precisely and was exciting and scary for a modern-day adventure. Preston was originally associated with the Museum of Natural History so has lots of experience with artifacts and history. This was a great read especially if you're into science and nature and history!