The Sisters Brothers by Patrick Dewitt

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick Dewitt

Eli and Charlie Sisters are killers.  Hired gun killers.  It's 1851, Oregon City and the brothers are hired by the Commodore to kill a man who concocted a formula to make gold glow in the rivers for an easy strike.  Their mission is to travel to California, San Francisco to be precise, to kill Hermann Kermit Warm and steal the formula.  Their travels are long and dark and sometimes comedic.  Most of the book, narrated by Eli Sisters, is about their adventures during their travels and the characters they meet on the way but they finally do reach San Francisco and they do find Hermann Kermit Warm. But things have changed for the Sisters Brothers along the way and the ending takes a twisted turn that is not to be expected.


I found the book to be a little too dark and maybe a little descriptive however I was hooked early on and it became a quick read.   Mr. Dewitt is a fantastic story teller with a smooth flow of words that I can appreciate.  Plus I just like Westerns.  Always have.  I'm a huge fan of Larry McMurtry but I wouldn't exactly compare the Sisters Brothers to anything by McMurtry but more so like maybe a Charles Frazier novel such as Cold Mountain.  Seducing, riveting, grotesque, and funny all at the same time.  I can't wait for more from Patrick Dewitt!


Published in 2011 by Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publisher and was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize  Also published in paperback in 2012.

Lamberto Lamberto Lamberto by Gianni Rodari

Lamberto Lamberto Lamberto A Modern Fable By Gianni Rodari

Baron Lamberto is ninety three years old and lives on the island of San Giulio in the middle of Lake Orta in the mountains of Northern Italy.  Lamberto is very rich as he owns 24 banks around the world and on each continent and he is also very sick, having 24 ailments, one for each bank that he owns.  Only his butler, Anselmo, remembers them all.

Baron Lamberto is told by an Egyptian mystic that the secret to youthfulness is to have your name repeated over and over so he hires six people to chant his name twenty four hours a day.  "Lamberto, Lamberto, Lamberto,...." Surprisingly, this works and Lamberto's health begins to improve and soon becomes the epitome of youth.

But his life is at risk because not only does his only heir, his nephew Ottavio, want him to die but then a group of terrorists shows up at his castle to demand a ransom from each of his 24 banks.  Soon the 24 bank managers arrive and negotiations begin.

Lamberto Lamberto Lamberto was originally written in 1980 by Rodari and has been translated to English in 2011 by Anthony Shugaar.  The original story is a great Italian Fable and Gianni Rodari (1920-1980) is a great Italian author and journalist most famous for his books for children.  He won the Hans Christian Andersen award in 1970.

I am extremely happy to have found this book in the new book section of my local library and to have read it and I highly recommend it to adults and children alike.  It is filled with shenanigans, amusing characters, and is highly unpredictable.... I think you'll love it!

Books I Want to Read

The Sisters Brothers: A Novel by Patrick deWitt

The Light between Oceans by M.L. Stedman

The Absolutist by John Boyne

Once in a House on Fire by Andrea Ashworth

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

Happy reading!

Gator A-Go-Go by Tim Dorsey

Gator A-Go-Go by Tim Dorsey

Serge A. Storms and his drug-addicted sidekick, Coleman, are on a mission to make a documentary of Florida's history and the origins of Spring Break in Panama City Beach and other sunloving cities around the state.  In the midst of their fun and sometimes dangerous shenanigans, they stumble upon a young spring breaker who is being hunted by the hitmen of a Miami Kingpin, Madre, and the FBI.  Turns out the boy is the son of a former drug runner turned state's witness from the 80's.  The Kingpins want revenge and what better way  than to kill the guy's son.  But these guys don't know who they are dealing with when Serge steps in and takes matters into his own psychopath hands but only with help from his two gorgeous ex-coeds turned cons on the lamb, City and Country and the four 90-something old lady escapees from the Bayshore Convalescent center,  the G-Unit.

This is the hilarious type of book that you hate to love!  This is also the second book that I have read starring Serge and Coleman by Tim Dorsey.  Can't wait to get the others!  LOL!