I haven't been reading much this summer since I flew through the "Spiderwick Chronicles" in July. HistoryDiva loaned me her copies forever ago, and Dave read through the series before I finally got around to them--and then finished all five within a week.
So yesterday at lunch, I was happy to finish a book, which is the next book club pick, "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie. It was a fast read, for which I was grateful (and a good book, too!)At the same time as both Spiderwick and Agatha Christie, I've been slowly making my way through an interesting non-fiction book that I started after the "Twilight" book club in June. It's the story of the trial of one of the first females in America to actually be 
mentioned in history books as more than so-and-so's wife. Anne Hutchinson was a radical Puritan who was banished by the leaders (all men, of course) of the Massachusetts colony because she was a threat to their civic and spiritual leadership. FYI--She ultimately died in an Indian raid, and the only survivor was her red-headed daughter, Susanna, who was taken captive by the Natives for many years. I actually found "American Jezebel" after reading the fictionalization of Susanna's captivity in "Trouble's Daughter" (another good book!)
mentioned in history books as more than so-and-so's wife. Anne Hutchinson was a radical Puritan who was banished by the leaders (all men, of course) of the Massachusetts colony because she was a threat to their civic and spiritual leadership. FYI--She ultimately died in an Indian raid, and the only survivor was her red-headed daughter, Susanna, who was taken captive by the Natives for many years. I actually found "American Jezebel" after reading the fictionalization of Susanna's captivity in "Trouble's Daughter" (another good book!)
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