FINISHED:

Thompson, Kate. (2005/2007). The new policeman. New York: Greenwillow/HarperCollins.

[Liked this one. It didn't ever compel me to WANT to keep reading, but it was nicely uncomplicated and straightforward. J.J. is led into another world through a souterrain in an Irish ring fort and hopes to find the source of a leak that is letting time escape from our world and poison a world that doesn't know time. Rich in Irish lore and music, this is a novel with a number of great moments such as when J.J. finally returns to our world and realizes that the pile of dust in his hand is Bran, the wounded dog that followed him around in the other world.]

STARTED:
Obama, Barack. (2006). The audacity of hope: Thoughts on reclaiming the American dream. New York: Crown/Random House.

[I've been wanting to read this one for a while now. Figured that I ought to try to get inside the head a bit of the man that I will be voting for in November to be our next president. Plus, Brian will be pleased to see that I'm reading an "adult" book...]

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