Embarrassing confession time. I read a book several weeks ago that I loved, but I read it for pleasure, not review, which is a different style of reading for me. I didn’t highlight passages or make notes on plot points I wanted to share, sentences I loved. Meaning, now that I’ve decided I do want to share it, it’s not so clear in my mind. Simply put, The Five Wounds is an ... Read More...
Hamnet: A Novel of the Plague
What never ceases to amaze me is the way one person can take the smallest notation from history, and turn it into a story of staggering depth and beauty that the rest of us would never have even considered. In this case, I’m referring to Maggie O’Farrell and her newest novel, Hamnet, the story of one real little boy in 16th century England, his mother, the bubonic plague, and ... Read More...
The Guide: A Novel by Peter Heller
After finishing Peter Heller’s new novel, The Guide, I realized I needed to come up with a new genre for books of this type that draw me so here it is: Wilderness Thrillers. Novels where the authors’ portrayal of nature is as compelling as the plot. Heller’s last novel The River, Charlotte McConaghy’s Once There Were Wolves, and Tim Johnston’s Descent all come to mind. Jack is ... Read More...
August Reading Wrap-Up
August, what a month for reading. Even better—not just quantity, but quality. All this despite the fact that I cancelled my second cataract surgery because I found the results from the first so unsatisfactory. I’m making do with the new fuzzy implanted lens and a contact lens in my other eye. Not where I thought I’d be, but I’ll have to get it figured out. On to the books! I ... Read More...
Songbirds: A Novel by Christy Lefteri
Sorry to start a review with a longwinded explanation, but…Songbirds was a new experience for me. I don’t remember ever starting a book and being so put off by the opening scene. Yiannis is a main character, living in Cyprus, a country that is in the direct migration path of millions of small, exotic birds. He’s a poacher, trapping them by the hundred in nets and then killing ... Read More...
Once There Were Wolves
Fourteen wolves are being released into four different sections of the Scottish Highlands in an effort to balance an environment that is dying. For Inti Flynn it’s the project of her life. She’s a wolf biologist and knows these animals intimately. She also knows that they will not be welcomed by the area sheep farmers who see them as a threat. This despite the fact that the ... Read More...
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