Miranda Phipps

Ala Brennert’s novel is the book club choice for this month.  Leprosy doesn’t normally rank really highly in the list of things that I want to read about, but the book has good reviews and the pages I’ve flipped to prove the book to interesting and accessible.  I suppose I also can’t argue too much about reading a book set in Hawaii during the depths of winter.  : )

The cover quote from Jim Fergus also reminds me that I never got around to reading One Thousand White Women which is still sitting on my shelf.  I wonder what the connection between Brennert and Fergus is?–The books don’t necessarily seem targeted to the same audience.

So my writing partner, Viv, and I went to a book party down at the Tattered Cover to meet Jamie Ford and see him speak about his book, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet.

Thanks to the very friendly Kristin Nelson for opening up the invitation to the pre-party to her Pub Rants readers.  If you’ve never checked out her blog, you should definitely do so here. 

Jamie was a pleasure to speak with beforehand, and a great reader and speaker.  To boot, he’s a romantic at heart (to which his wife also attested).  Looking forward to delving into my copy soon.