Week 8

Assignment #3:
Food--Found in the 640s, I would recommend Julie and Julia by Julie Powell.
Crime--Found in the 360s, I would recommend The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson.
Biography--Found in the biography secion, I would recommend Bossypants by Tina Fey.
Contemporary Social Issues--Found in 300s, I would recommend Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo.

Assignment #4:
Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City takes place in the years leading up to the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and tells the story of the architect behind the World's Fair, and the serial killer H.H. Holmes who used the Fair to find victims. Larson takes two true stories and pulls them together to create a suspenseful, captivating work. The Devil in the White City is both a crime story, and historical story surrounding an important event in American history. I would recommend this to someone who enjoys crime novels, or historical fiction.

Tina Fey's Bossypants is the actress's hilarious autobiography. Fey explains how she became involved in comedy, became the head writer for SNL and eventually wrote, directed, and starred in her own television show. Bossypants is at times a coming of age novel, showing Fey as she grows up, but also a comedy story, filled with laugh-out-loud incidents from her childhood, and the sets of SNL and 30 Rock. Very character focused, the story, has a distinct voice. I would recommend Bossypants to those who are looking for a funny, light book.