What I Read During my Summer Vacation:

The Church of the Dog, Kaya McLaren

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

Garden Spells AND (two books) Sugar Queen, Sarah Addison Allen

Touchstone, Laurie R. King

Serve the People: A Stir-Fried Journey Through China, Jen, Lin-Liu

We Bought a Zoo: The Amazing True Story of a Young Family, a Broken Down Zoo, and the 200 Wild Animals That Change Their Lives Forever, Benjamin Mee (I was lucky enough to review this book for www.curledup.com – book comes out September 9th)

The Women Who Broke All the Rules: How the Choices of a Generation Changed Our Lives,
Susan Evans, Joan Avis

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time,
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin



What I Watched when I Wasn’t Watching the Olympics!
NOTE: The comments under the covers shown below are mine own!

Penelope, Christina Ricci, James McAvoy, Catherine O'Hara, Reese Witherspoon (DVD)

What the Bleep!? - Down the Rabbit Hole (QUANTUM Three-Disc Special Edition)
Marlee Matlin, Elaine Hendrix, John Ross Bowie, Robert Bailey Jr. (DVD)

Dragonfly (Widescreen) Lisa Banes, Kathy Bates, Kevin Costner, Matt Craven (DVD)

Beyond Borders (Widescreen Edition) Angelina Jolie, Clive Owen, Teri Polo, Linus Roache (DVD)

Miss Potter, Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Emily Watson, Barbara Flynn (DVD)

National Treasure 2 - Book of Secrets (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) Nicolas Cage, Justin Bartha, Diane Kruger, Jon Voight

The Holiday Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jack Black (DVD)

The Astronaut Farmer Billy Bob Thornton, Virginia Madsen, Max Thieriot, Jasper Polish (DVD)

The Legend of Bagger Vance Matt Damon, Bruce McGill, Michael O'Neill, Harve Presnell (DVD)