Bond girl by Erin Duffy

In a word - hilarious.  I did not expect a fictional account of Wall Street to be so incredibly funny.  Duffy's character, Alex Garrett, has achieved her dream of working on Wall Street.  Every morning, she puts on her high heels and treks off to a good 'ole boys club where she makes an incredible effort to prove herself.   At first, I feared this was going to be some touchy-feely 'girl power' book and fortunately, I was wrong.

Toxic Charity by Robert Lupton

This was a tough one to read, not in terms of reading level, but the overall content.  No one who gives through a charity or church wants to think of their giving as "toxic".  We mean well, so we assume our giving is going to do good wherever it goes.

Who is my neighbor? by Steve Moore

In our connected world, it’s extremely easy to stay aware of what’s going on in places far from where we live.  At the same time, it can be overwhelming to be surrounded by all the negative things in our world.  Who can we really help?  Where do we start?   In “Who is my neighbor?”, Moore offers suggestions for deciding where and how to help, knowing we can’t do it all.