a couple of books that might interest you.

So I finished Mudbound by Hillary Jordan and The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Potzsch, translated by Lee Chadeayne for my two book club picks for March.  Both are good reads. 

Mudbound  is set in 1946 in the Mississippi Delta, where ‘city girl’ Laura McAllan is adjusting to farm life, as well as raising her daughters. She fights to be the wife her land-loving husband, Henry, wants her to be.  Everyday is a struggle for the family. Henry’s brother, Jamie, returns from the war a changed man with nightmares that haunt him and a never ending taste for alcohol.  He befriends Ronsel Jackson, son of a sharecropper, who has been thrust back into being a ‘boy’ in the South.  Their friendship is a thought provoking look at the South in the late 40’s.  

The Hangman's Daughter is a novel set in the mid-1600’s in Schongau, Bavaria.  Jakob Kuisl is the hangman who must determine if a tattoo found on a dying boy is the work of witches.  This historical work of fiction is based on the real-life Kuisl family.  German rulers of the time were always on the look out for the possibility of witches and the author provides much historical background to support that school of thought.  The other main characters, Magdalena, Jakob’s daughter and Simon, the physician’s son are extremely believable in their roles.  Although some readers may find some of the practices gruesome, the book is interesting to read; particularly when noted that the book is based on the life of a real hangman.

I find being able to share the books between my Kindle and my DroidX gives me no excuse to be behind on reading.  The hardest part is remembering the check the location to sync or to turn on the Kindle's wireless to automatically sync the two.