Mia's Picks
A Fine Balance
by Rohinton Mistry
What an incredible novel! So many customers have recommeded this for so many years. Not only is the plot captivating, Mistry's writing style is both humorous and genius. Here were some of my favorite quotes: "You know Maneck, the human face has limited space. My mother used to say, if you fill your face with laughing, there will be no room for crying." This one is so beautifully gross: "After he finished she sat and threw up beside his snoring, rumbling body. During the night he awoke and enlarged her little splash with a torrent of bilious vomit. Later, she heard a slurping and opened her eyes; rats were supping on their mingled effluent." (p 448). I loved this observation on aging: "The stick wristed figure looked nothing like the Dina Aunty he had left eight years ago. Eight years in passing were entitled to take their toll; but this-this was more than a toll, this was outright banditry." (p. 594). A Fine Balance is an exquisite depiction of human tragedy, compassion and love. Five out of five stars!
The Nectar of Devotion: The Complete Science of Bhakti Yoga
by A.C. Bhaktivedant Swami Prabhupda
This classic Vedic text describes union with the divine through devotional service.
Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man
by Bill Clegg
I Know I Am, But What Are You?

by Samantha Bee
Bee is the Most Senior Correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. These essays and observations are hilarious..not PC, so cuidado on that count, but the gal can turn a phrase. It's laugh out loud funny.
Tinkers
by Paul Harding
This first novel just won the Pulitzer Prize. Don't look for plot here; the novel begins with, and is narrated by, a hallucinating protagonist on his deathbead. What follows are a series of beautifully written observations and recollections. Get this: " I should say that the sermons my father gave on Sundays were bland and vague. Parishoners regularly drifted off to sleep in their pews and it was common to hear snoring coming from this or that corner of the room. My father's voice droned on about the importance of every little creature in the field, ennumerating practically every crawling, swimming, flying beast he could and reiterating that it, too, was as important as any of God's creations. And consider the rats in the grain, he would say. And the barking crows, and the squirrels collecting nuts. Are they too, not God's creatures? And the foraging racoon."
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Meth Addiction
by David Sheff
I listened to this story on compact disc; it is a harrowing account of the insidious nature of addiction.
Every Last One
by Anna Quindlen
I love Quindlan's writing style...just wait to read the genesis of the title. Chilling!!
A Life Worth Breathing
by Max Strom
Light on the Path of Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
by BKS Iyengar
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