Latest read - "People of the Book"

(an illumination from the Sarajevo Haggadah)

My daughter-in-law, Susan, is a confirmed bibliophile like myself. She is also an English major and has a blog of book reviews which she writes after reading a book. (I have added a link to my side bar.) I do not have her skills, but would still like to share a good read. I just finished "People of the Book" by Geraldine Brooks. It was the perfect read for a bibliophile, a book about an ancient book.

If any of you have seen the movie, "The Red Violin," the same devices are used in this book. The main character, a conservator of old books, attempts to decipher the history of the Sarajevo Haggadah, a medieval Hebrew book now on display in a museum in Sarajevo. The author moves forward and back in time as the stories of the people of "the book" are revealed to the reader. This book has been compared to "The DaVinci Code." It is not as fast paced or physically squeamish as Da Vinci, but stills holds one's interest and attention until the very end. I liked it better!