I look forward to meeting each of you and participating in the group. To give you some insight on my reading preferences, here are the books I’m reading in January and February:
Fiction
Literary Mystery
The People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
Crime (Texas and Mexico)
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Crime (Tornados, Oklahoma)
The Breathtaker by Alice Blanchard
Historical (post Civil War and the West)
Redemption Falls by Joseph O’Connor
Historical (Alaskan gold strike)
The Fugitive Wife by Peter C. Brown
Historical (Boudica, Celtic)
Warrior Queen by Alan Gold
Nonfiction
The Innocent Man by John Grisham
With Still Small Voices They Speak by Ann Foskey, photography by Marc Del Santro
Yes, Still Here
3 days ago
2 comments:
Welcome, Sandy! I love your list, I'm eyeing the Geraldine Brooks book too, let us know how you like it.
Geraldine Brook's latest is a treat for us librarians (as well as dedicated to us in the front!) as she traces the path of an ancient religious text that, although Jewish in origin, was saved and added to several times over by members of different religions and cultures throughout time. As usual, Brooks' prose is both incredibly readable and laudably literary, and her theme that the love of knowledge and books crosses all historical and cultural boundaries is well illustrated through her complex characterizations and real-life-inspired plot. In the end, all of us who love, teach, and support literacy and learning are "People of the Book."
Kar@College Reine Marie
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