Rich Brother Rich Sister by Emi Kiyosaki & Robert Kiyosaki

I just finished reading this book a week ago. This is more of an autobiography rather than one of Robert's Kiyosaki's financial education books.

This book is about the balance between what you do and the role that money plays in your life and how the balance between the two can bring happiness. As Robert Kiyosaki says, "I don't think the love of money is the root of all evil. What we do for the money may be evil. For instance if I grow drugs or if I shoot people for money that could be evil but money by itself isn't". So the lesson to be taken here is to use money for good purposes.

Birthday Girls by Annabel Giles

Six women (with six birthdays) who are all connected to each other though they may not all be aware of how their lives are related.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

As always, I refuse to watch the movie without first reading the book. I enjoyed reading this book.

The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent

This is a biography of Martha Carrier, Kathleen Kent's great grandmother 10 generations  removed who lived in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692.

This is a story about the Salem witch trials which is told through the voice of Martha Carrier's daughter, Sarah Carrier.

Martha Carrier was accused of being a witch and was hanged because she told the truth, that she was not a witch. However, she told her daughter to lie and plead guilty and "admit" that she (Sarah) was a practising witch in order to be saved from death.

The book paints a picture of the torture and suffering that the people who were wrongly accused of witchcraft were subjected to while imprisoned.

This is a book that I'm glad I purchased.

If Today Be Sweet by Thrity Umrigar

Tehmina's husband has just passed away and she is now in the US visiting her son and his family. She has now to decide whether to return to India where everything is familiar or to start anew in the US.

  

Crimson China by Betsy Tobin

A story about an illegal immigrant from China and a woman who was about to commit suicide when she saved the immigrant from drowning and how their lives are intertwined.