Holland Saltsman

Name: Holland … as in the country
Title:
Supreme Organizer, De-Clutterer & Streamliner
Unsatisfying job I had before Puddnhead: Okay, coordinating college student housing was really satisfying for a while but after 15 years, someone else can handle those middle of the night phone calls.
Desert Island Books: The Miracle by Irving Wallace, The Middle of the Night: Stories by Daniel Stolar (set largely in St. Louis), The Stand by Stephen King, The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Master of the Game by Sidney Sheldon, Peter and the Starcatchers (kid’s book) by Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson.
Book I Can’t Believe You Haven’t Read: The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell & When You Reach Me (kid’s book) by Rebecca Stead.
Surprising Book I Haven’t Read: The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger.

You can read more from Holland at her website - Life Simplified

The Sparrow (Paperback)

$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780449912553
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Ballantine Books, 9/1997
My absolute favorite novel to-date! It covers the gamit... adventure, relationships, religion, planetary travel, & socioeconomics challenges. One of the few novels that I glean something different from every time I read it. Pick it up and let me know what you think!

$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780061689376
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks, 6/2011
Did twelve- year-old Lisa really get pulled into a fairy world or was she kidnapped? The truth is blurred, buried family secrets slowly revealed and the 2 main characters are as torn as the reader. This haunting tale gave me the creeps & had me guessing well into the last pages.