Lynn's List (September 29, 2017)

Each Friday I publish a list of titles I have come across, during the past week, that I find interesting. Happy reading!

• Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1) by Patrick O'Brian
• Charlotte by David Foenkinos
• Lightfoot by Nicholas Jennings
• Pope Francis: The People's Pope by Beatrice Gormley
• If We Make It Home: A Novel of Faith and Survival in the Oregon Wilderness by Christina Suzann Nelson
• After the Eclipse: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Search by Sarah Perry
• The Kennedy Trilogy Complete Edition by Leon Berger
• Don't Let Go by Harlan Coben
• Soft Like Steel by Barb Malek
• Distress Signals by Suzanne Toren, Catherine Ryan Howard, Bronson Pinchot, and Alan Smyth
• Unbecoming by Jenny Downham
• That Wintry Feeling by Debbie Macomber
• Luther and Katharina by Jody Hedlund
• The Road of Lost Innocence by Somaly Mam
• The Waiting Room by Mary Morris
• Quiet Until the Thaw: A Novel by Alexandra Fuller
• Empty Places by Kathy Cannon Wiechman

Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon In Four weeks!

I always love this time of year because fall is here, and because one of my favorite events of the year is only weeks away.

Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon will be here before long. It takes place on October 21, 2017, and I have absolutely no idea what I am going to read! This time, there is also thirty days of reading beforehand. I haven't done this before--I'm always reading--but not as part of the readathon. The excitement is building.

To learn more about the thirty days of reading before the Readathon, or to sign up, please click here.

Lynn's List (September 22, 2017)

Each Friday I publish a list of titles I have come across, during the past week, that I find interesting. Happy reading!

• Rick: The Rick Hansen Story by Dennis Foon
• The Mill by Damien Atkins, Tara Beagan, Hannah Moscovitch, Matthew Macfadzean and Daryl Cloran
• down from heaven by Colleen Wagner
• A Thousand Shall Fall: The True Story of a Canadian Bomber Pilot in World War Two by Murray Peden
• The Vietnam War: An Intimate History by Ken Burns and Geoffrey C. Ward
• Everything We Keep: A Novel by Kerry Lonsdale
• The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore
• Once You Know This by Emily Blejwas
• Defending Hearts by Rebecca Crowley
• Convicted: A Crooked Cop, an Innocent Man, and an Unlikely Journey of Forgiveness and Friendship by Mark Tabb, Andrew Collins and Jameel Zookie Mcgee
• Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change by Ellen Pao
• Keep Her Safe: A Novel by Sophie Hannah
• The Best Kind of People: A Novel by Zoe Whittall
• Shooting Lincoln: Mathew Brady, Alexander Gardner, and the Race to Photograph the Story of the Century by Nicholas J.C. Pistor
• From a Dead Sleep by John A. Daly
• Blood Trade by John A. Daly
• Into the Light by Kathryn Ascher
• A Darker Place by Laurie R. King

Review: What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton

Title: What Happened
Author: Hillary Rodham Clinton

Publisher: Simon Schuster
Publication Date: September 12, 2017
Edition: eBook (512 pages)
Genres:

• Nonfiction
• Autobiography
• History
• Memoir
• Politics

What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Hillary Rodham Clinton writes with candor, emotion and self-examination about her campaign and run for office as the first female candidate endorsed by a major political party for President of the United States. As you may know, this is not her first memoir, but this book is different in that she speaks openly about so many subjects and areas of her life. I hope it was as therapeutic for her to write as it was for me to read.

I have read all of her books, and since 1992 have had the utmost respect for her as a person of faith, a woman, a wife, a mother, a politician, and a tireless advocate for human rights and equality. I also learned much about the activities and achievements of the Clinton Foundation--many of which I had not known of, previously. This is not a boastful rendition of her life and accomplishments. It is personal and comes from the heart.

If you are looking to read a mean-spirited characterization and bashing of Donald Trump, you will not find it here. What you will find is a very personal ideological discussion about the differences between her values and those of Donald Trump. And you will find a candid acknowledgement of mistakes she believes she made. You will also find much discussion about our democratic principles and the peril which comes from the disregard for them and the lack of care and concern for one another--the hallmark of the current Administration, in my opinion.

Reread of The Hidden Target (Robert Renwick #2) by Helen Macinnes

I have completed yet another reread of The Hidden Target (Robert Renwick #2) by Helen Macinnes. Revisiting this book is always a gift.

Please click here to see my review of The Hidden Target (Robert Renwick #2) by Helen Macinnes.

Lynn's List (September 15, 2017)

Each Friday I publish a list of titles I have come across, during the past week, that I find interesting. Happy reading!

• Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
• Zeitoun by Dave Eggers
• The Cure for Catastrophe: How We Can Stop Manufacturing Natural Disasters by Robert Muir-Wood
• Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World by Laura Spinney
• Becoming Madam Chancellor by Joyce Marie
• What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton
• Something Beautiful Happened: A Story of Survival and Courage in the Face of Evil by Yvette Manessis Corporon
• The Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life by Lauren Markham
• We Were Strangers Once by Betsy Carter
• Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History by Katy Tur
• The Names of Dead Girls by Eric Rickstad
• Neighborhood Girls by Jessie Ann Foley
• A Time to Stand by Robert Whitlow
• Keeper by Michael Garrett
• What She Left for Me by Tracie Peterson
• Fade to Black by Amanda Stevens

Review: Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

Title: Salvage the Bones
Author: Jesmyn Ward
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Publication Date: 2011
Edition: Hardcover (261 pages)
Genres:

• Fiction
• African American Fiction
• Contemporary
• Cultural

Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Esch, a fourteen-year-old girl and her family are smack in the path of Hurricane Katrina. At first, she and her brothers do not take the warnings too seriously. Their father is obsessed with preparing the house for the hurricane's arrival, but his limited parenting skills leave her and her brothers to fend for themselves, for the most part.

Though this book is a fictional account, it reads like fact. The poverty of so many in the area is brought to life in stark and vivid detail. SALVAGE THE BONES is another of those books that will never leave me. Each of the characters reached out from the pages to teach me something about their lives and my own. To be children and caretakers of their father and one another--that is their reality. Doing much with little, and making something out of almost nothing are concepts foreign to many, but this family does both without complaint.

Lynn's List (September 8, 2017)

Each Friday I publish a list of titles I have come across, during the past week, that I find interesting. Happy reading!

• Every Last Lie: A Gripping Novel of Psychological Suspense by Mary Kubica
• Dinner at the Center of the Earth: A novel by Nathan Englander
• Tales of Two Americas: Stories of Inequality in a Divided Nation by John Freeman
• Reconcilable Differences: Connecting in a Disconnected World by Angie Mcarthur and Dawna Markova
• Run, Hide, Repeat: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood by Pauline Dakin
• The Family Lawyer by James Patterson
• The World War II Novels: Voyage to Somewhere, Pacific Interlude, and Ice Brothers by Sloan Wilson
• The Last Outlaw by Rosanne Bittner
• Dead in the Water by Denise Swanson
• The Choice: Embrace the Possible by Dr Edith Eva Eger
• The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld
• Bringing Maggie Home: A Novel by Kim Vogel Sawyer
• Fade to Black by Amanda Stevens
• Louise Thompson Patterson: A Life of Struggle for Justice by Keith Gilyard
• The Mike Hammer Collection: Volume 1 by Mickey Spillane
• The Mike Hammer Collection: Volume 2 by Mickey Spillane
• The Mike Hammer Collection, Volume III by Mickey Spillane
• Nora Roberts The Irish Born Trilogy by Nora Roberts
• The Long Road Home by Martha Raddatz
• When Lightning Strikes by Rexanne Becnel

Review: Every Last Lie by Mary Kubica

Title: Every Last Lie
Author: Mary Kubica
Publisher: Park Row
Publication Date: June 27, 2017
Edition: eBook (336 pages)
Genres:

• Fiction
• Mystery
• Suspense
• Thriller

Every Last Lie by Mary Kubica

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Clara Solberg, just home from the hospital after the birth of her second child, suddenly finds herself a widow. Her husband, Nick, is dead because of an auto accident. And their four-year-old daughter is physically unharmed. But she begins having bad dreams and talking in her sleep about the "bad Man." Clara is plunged into a search for the truth. Was it an accident, or did someone want Nick dead? The more Clara seeks answers, the more secrets are revealed.

I enjoyed this book--however, not as much as the first book by I read by this author.

Review: Stormchasers: The Hurricane Hunters and Their Fateful Flight into Hurricane Janet by David Toomey

Title: Stormchasers: The Hurricane Hunters and Their Fateful Flight into Hurricane Janet
Author: David Toomey
Publisher: W. W. Norton Company
Publication Date: June 17, 2003
Edition: ebook: (320 pages)
Genres:

• Nonfiction
• Adventure
• Biography
• History

Stormchasers: The Hurricane Hunters and Their Fateful Flight into Hurricane Janet by David Toomey

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Hurricanes, their causes and how to predict them, has been a fascination for centuries. This book alternates between the development of hurricane prediction and meteorology as a science, and the flight of hurricane hunters who flew into the eye of Hurricane Janet in September, 1955, and never returned.

I found this book fascinating, educational and an all around great read. The explanation of hurricane formation was especially informative and timely, since we are experiencing several hurricanes this year.

Books By the Month

After a few years of participating in the Goodreads Reading Challenge, I've decided not to participate in 2018. I still plan to read as much as before, but I find I'd like to take more time rereading old favorites. Even though rereads count in the Challenge, I've decided to list what I read, by the month, here. I'm going to do this beginning this month!

Also--my thoughts and prayers are with those dealing with the threat of and the aftermath of hurricanes this season! Praying for God's blessing and protection for all.

Lynn's List September 1, 2017)

Each Friday I publish a list of titles I have come across, during the past week, that I find interesting. Happy reading!

• Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson
• Stormchasers: The Hurricane Hunters and Their Fateful Flight into Hurricane Janet by David Toomey
• Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans by Don Brown
• Katrina: After the Flood by Gary Rivlin
• The Hundred Year Flood by Matthew Salesses
• The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
• Hold Tight by Harlan Coben
• The Wedding Tree by Robin Wells
• The Last Ship: A Novel by William Brinkley
• Any Dream Will Do: A Novel by Debbie Macomber
• Hannah's List: A Romance Novel by Debbie Macomber
• The Captain's Daughter: A Novel by Meg Mitchell Moore
• The Coldest Fear: A Thriller by Debra Webb