Saturday, December 30, 2017
Friday, December 29, 2017
Desktop Retreat: Better Than Life by Daniel Pennac
Desktop Retreat: Better Than Life by Daniel Pennac: This is one of my regular and favorite rereads. I love the author's soft spoken passion and enthusiasm for reading books, any books, any...
Station 11 by Emily St. John Mandel
Station Eleven by Emily St. John MandelMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I loved this book, it is bleak but oh so lovely and the story is just so spellbinding.
I started the book and had trouble putting it down once I entered the world of the not so far off future this author had created. In fact I read the first part of the book, right up to the last three pages in just a couple of days but then I put it down for weeks because I just couldn't bring myself to finish reading it.
I loved how the author intertwined all the characters stories and brought them all together at the end.
The author ask a question at the beginning of the book; "what would you miss?" My answer, everything!
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A Crack in the Edge of the World by Simon Winchester
A Crack in the Edge of the World by Simon WinchesterMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This was such an excellent book! I listened to the cd's in my car and learned so much from this book. It just doesn't cover the big earthquake of 1906 in San Francisco, but what causes earthquakes stories about large earthquakes before and after the San Francisco and geology and some of the history of the study of earthquakes.
Mr. Winchester reads his book and he is an excellent story teller!
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Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell
Winter's Bone by Daniel WoodrellMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Oh my goodness, this book, I mean this book! It is just one of the best books I've read in the last year, yes it is bleak and cold but what a story, what characters, Ree, this girl, has just so much strength and resolve and grit and maturity and she has to take care of her family in this cold bitter wilderness they live in and the are truly dirt poor and now her father has disappeared and her family may lose their little rundown house they live and the small patch of land it sits on if she doesn't find him and find him fast.
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The Library Card by Jerry Spinelli
The Library Card by Jerry SpinelliMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
This is a collection of 4 short stories, 4 different kids from different walks of life, all for a short time possessing the magic blue library card. I enjoyed all 4 stories, my favorite had a homeless boy as it's main character. This like all of Jerry Spinelli's books are geared for young readers, but all readers, young and old can learn something from each of these stories.
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