Here’s proof that I needed to start eprlife! FOUR years of books and I haven’t shared the titles, much less a review of any kind. That said, many of you read way more than this, and I’m in awe! What are your reading now? Next time, we’ll be checking in with Sarah B. who will put all but the most avid book-nut to shame!
- 2016 – 2017
All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy. The first in The Border Trilogy and my favorite.
Island of Lost Maps by Miles Harvey. What map geek wouldn’t read this true tale of thievery, obsession and a heist that took place at Northwestern University?
Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder. How Kidder got me caring about the geeks who sweated their brains out for the first PC is a testament to his talent!
The Orchardist by Amanda Coplan. I live on an ‘old orchard’, but don’t want this stuff happening here!
- November – December 2018
Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar. Really captivating story of a family. A war. A refugee’s existence.
Stardust by Neil Gaiman. I’d read Good Omens and found I like a good biblical-based fantasy so I picked up this lovely little fairy tale and ‘Poof!’ my wish was granted!
- 2019
Mary Astor’s Purple Diary: The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936
by Edward Sorel. Kind of a ‘hoot’ and the illustrations are classic, but actually very sad and appropriate as ‘Me Too’ is not at all new!
French Milk, by Lucy Knisley. I like reading about France and Lucy Knisley is a talented of an ‘indie-cartoonist’. Is it really a ‘graphic novel’? Barely. But its FRANCE!
Southpole Station by Ashley Shelby. Being a little obsessed with Antarctica and it’s fragile/hostile environment, I took a chance on a novel about an artist in residence in the scientific, quirky world that is truly down under. It did not disappoint, and left me wanting to read more on the subject.
Reading now…American Gods by Neil Gaiman. Stay tuned THE battle is nigh!
Just finished “Here Comes Trouble” by Michael Moore. Reading about a fellow Midwesterner growing up in Flint Michigan (I was born in Big Rapids) I felt as though I was reading my brother’s stories. Thoroughly enjoyed Moore’s telling of his life growing up in small town, GM dependent America…and all of it’s peril and demise.
Recently finished Moby Dick by Melville. It read better now, as an avid angler and part time captain, as opposed to the first time in high school. It took only 18 months to finish it but enjoyed each chapter.
Half way through The Perfect Storm, by Junger. I enjoy the science about the oceanography, meteorology, the fishing details as a long-liner and the thrill of living on the edge.
Finished and studying The Real Inconvenient Truth- It’s Warming but it’s not CO2, by Dr. Sangster. This book shows that while CO2 contributes to climate conditions it is not the primary driver, and that climate models on which energy policies are based are invalid. It also addresses the tactics employed by politicians and their media acolytes to perpetuate the myth that human caused CO2 is responsible for global warming and climate change.
Hunting Fossil Shark Teeth in Venice, Florida by master diver Robert L. Fuqua. Explains why Venice, FL is the fossil teeth and bones capital of the world, covering paleontology and climatology over the eons and why Florida was such a unique environment for land and sea animals for millions of years.
Just finished “Giver of Stars” by Jojo Moyes….wow! Thoroughly enjoyed it.