Regarding This is Where I Leave You, I did finish it, I just never blogged about the ending. It was fabulous! Definitely one of the best books I've read in a long time. And it was a random find at Barnes and Noble. It is just so well written and the message and story and...everything is great. I can't say it enough. YOU SHOULD READ THIS BOOK! Tropper has several other novels that I hope to read sometime in the near future.
Regarding The Same Kind of Different as Me, I did not finish this one. It is so powerful and emotional that I needed to take a break. I don't want to give away what happens and why I was so emotional about it, but it is really good, but I just need to take it slow
Now I'm reading another random Barnes and Noble find called The Lace Reader about a woman from Salem, Mass who was raised by her mother and great-aunt who make Ipswitch lace and read the lace like others read palms. It's not the next great American novel, but it's entertaining.