In Progress

• Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss

Finished

• The Pursuit of Alice Thrift by Elinor Lipman

  Rating: ****
  
  Strangely compelling novel. I had read a Lipman book before, but wasn't overly impressed. She appears to deal with a class of people who are mature, professional, and settled. So not chick lit-ish, in other words. Alice Thrift was quirky and unpredictable for a number of reasons. For one, Alice is such a dark horse. She's so innocent, but not sweet, clever, but not wise. The side characters are odd, but mostly endearing.

In Progress

• The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
  
• Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong by Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow
  
• Entre Nous: A Woman's Guide to Finding Her Inner French Girl by Debra Ollivier
  
• The Pursuit of Alice Thrift by Elinor Lipman
  
• Number 10 by Sue Townsend
  
• Sex and the City by Candace Bushnell
  
• What Einstein Told His Cook by Robert Wolke
  
• I'm Just Here for the Food by Alton Brown
  
• Alton Brown's Gear for Your Kitchen by Alton Brown