Lynn's List (April 27, 2018)

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

• Ring Around The Rosy by Roseanne Dowell
• A House Divided by Sydell I. Voeller
• Nowhere to Hide by Joan Hall Hovey
• Promise to Return: A Novel (Promise of Sunrise Book 1) by Elizabeth Byler Younts
• Promise to Cherish: A Novel (Promise of Sunrise Book 2) by Elizabeth Byler Younts
• Promise to Keep: A Novel (Promise of Sunrise Book 3) by Elizabeth Byler Younts
• Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Difficult People: Over 325 Ready-to-Use Words and Phrases for Working with Challenging
Personalities by Renèe Evenson
• Reclaiming the Sky: 9/11 and the Untold Story of the Men and Women Who Kept America Flying by Tom Murphy
• Like a Mighty Stream: The March on Washington, August 28, 1963 by Patrik Henry Bass
• Follow My Leader by James B. Garfield
• I've Got My Eyes on You: A Novel by Mary Higgins Clark
• Special Circumstances by Sheldon Siegel
• Eunice: The Kennedy Who Changed the World by Eileen McNamara
• Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us by Robert D. Hare
• 1917: Lenin, Wilson, and the Birth of the New World Disorder by Arthur Herman
• Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement by John Lewis and Michael D'Orso
• I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Gillian Flynn, Patton Oswalt, and Michelle
McNamara
• The Sister's Secret by Penny Kline

Review: I've Got My Eyes on You by Mary Higgins Clark

Title: I've Got My Eyes on You
Author: Mary Higgins Clark
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication Date: April 3, 2018
Edition: Kindle (288 pages)
Genres:

• Fiction
• Mystery
• Suspense
• Thriller

I've Got My Eyes on You by Mary Higgins Clark

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Eighteen-year-old Kerry Dowling is preparing to leave for college. After giving a party for her high school friends while her parents are away, she is murdered--found dead at the bottom of her family's swimming pool. The immediate suspect is her boyfriend, and later, the son of her next door neighbor, who has intellectual disabilities. But Kerry's older sister, Aline, isn't convinced either of these young men killed Kerry, and she agrees to work with the lead detective on the case in order to get to the truth. Unknowingly, however, she exposes herself to unexpected danger.

I've been a fan of Mary Higgins Clark for years. This book took a while to catch my interest, and I wasn't caught up in the story from the beginning, but it was still a good read. Mary Higgins Clark can tell a good story, for sure!

Review: Like a Mighty Stream: The March on Washington, August 28, 1963 by Patrik Henry Bass

Title: Like a Mighty Stream: The March on Washington, August 28, 1963
Author: Patrik Henry Bass
Publisher: Running Press
Publication Date: October 7, 2002
Edition: Hardcover (160 pages)
Genres:

• Nonfiction
• Civil Rights
• African American History
• United States History

Like A Mighty Stream: The March On Washington by Patrik Henry Bass

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


August 28, 1963 was a most significant day in the history of the United States. People from all over the country came to Washington D.C. to march for jobs and freedom and to support civil rights legislation. Rich, poor, black, white, male, female, young and old, came together as never before in our history. Patrik Henry Bass chronicles the march on Washington in great detail. He brings together events of the march, itself, the thoughts and actions of some of the participants, and the historical context leading up to that day. And, in so doing, history and the events of that day are woven in to an event that rallied many to the cause of civil rights in a way that had never been seen or experienced before.

This account of the march had many personal echoes for me, as well. As a little white girl about the start 1st grade, I was home with my dad watching television. It was a hot summer day. We had no air conditioning, and the floor fan was on high speed, close to the TV. I liked to get as close to the television as possible, so I could hear every footstep and nuance of sound. When the coverage of the march began, I was totally astounded that people had to "march" just to get the things I took for granted in my world. We were by no means well off, financially, but I had enough to eat. I had nice clothes to wear. I would be going to a newer school in a nice neighborhood. I knew a little about being treated differently, sometimes, because I am blind, but I had no idea that people were treated differently, just because of the color of their skin.

During the TV coverage of the march, as we watched, I peppered my dad with questions. How could this be? Weren't these folks Americans just like us? Didn't they live in houses, just like us? Why couldn't they vote like you and mom? Why couldn't they go to the dime store and eat at a lunch counter like we could? Why were so many poor? Why couldn't all children go to the same schools? On and on. It was so perplexing to me. I felt surprise, anger, and absolute shame that I had so much and these people didn't have the same rights as me and my parents. I told Dad, and later, Mom, that when I grew up I was going to do something that would help people. It was my first exposure to activism, the need for social justice and the need for change. I didn't decide to go to law school right then, but that day changed my life and put me on my future path to law school and government service. I'm retired now, but social media is my platform to continue to speak out. I can still feel the emotion of that day as it emanated from the television screen and the commentator's voices--and the speeches. I can still hear, in my mind, the voices coming together and the words of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. Truly a life defining and life changing moment for me which still brings tears to my eyes, even today. We've come far, but we have so much more that needs doing.

I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the events of that day. What I find so unique about it is the way it combines the events of the day with the chronology leading up to it. If I could give it ten stars, I would do so. I also recommend it to anyone who is tired of fighting the good fight--to anyone who is discouraged about our back slide since 2017. One theme Mr. Bass remarks on and emphasizes over and over is "we shall overcome." We have. We must. And, we shall continue to overcome.

Lynn's List (April 20, 2018)

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

• Our 50-State Border Crisis: How the Mexican Border Fuels the Drug Epidemic Across America by Howard G. Buffett
• The Children's Train: Escape On The Kindertransport by Jana Zinser
• They Divided the Sky: A Novel by Christa Wolf (Literary Translation) by Luise Von Flotow and Christa Wolf
• Anytime Soon by Tamika Christy
• Becoming Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Woman behind the Legend (Missouri Biography Series #1) by John E. Miller
• The Girl on the Outside by Mildred Pitts Walter
• Second Daughter: The Story of a Slave Girl by Mildred Pitts Walter
• Eunice: The Kennedy Who Changed the World by Eileen McNamara
• Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine Albright
• Suzanne's Children: A Daring Rescue in Nazi Paris by Anne Nelson
• Janesville: An American Story by Amy Goldstein
• The Peter Blauner Collection Volume One: Slow Motion Riot, Casino Moon, and Man of the Hour by Peter Blauner
• Then She Was Gone: A Novel by Lisa Jewell
• The Girl From Kathmandu: Twelve Dead Men and a Woman's Quest for Justice by Cam Simpson
• A Blueprint for War: FDR and the Hundred Days That Mobilized America (The Henry L. Stimson Lectures Series) by Susan Dunn
• Above and Beyond: John F. Kennedy and America's Most Dangerous Cold War Spy Mission by Casey Sherman and Michael J. Tougias
• If We Had Known by Elise Juska
• A Sister in My House: A Novel by Linda Olsson
• The Home for Unwanted Girls: The heart-wrenching, gripping story of a mother-daughter bond that could not be broken #8211; inspired by true events by Joanna Goodman
• The War on Neighborhoods: Policing, Prison, and Punishment in a Divided City by Ryan Lugalia-Hollon Daniel Cooper
• The Fight for Marriage: Church Conflicts and Courtroom Contests by Phillip F. Cramer and William L. Harbison
• The War Nurses: A moving wartime romance saga full of heart by Lizzie Page
• The Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky: A novel by Jana Casale
• Breaching the Contract by Chantal Fernando
• The Missing (The FBI Psychics, #1) by Shiloh Walker
• Disaster at Lunker Lake by Donald G. Kramer
• Female Friends and the Making of Transatlantic Quakerism, 1650–1750 (Cambridge Studies In Early Modern British History ) by Naomi Pullin
• No Angel (Spoils Of Time Trilogy #Vol. 1) by Penny Vincenzi
• The Great Stain: Witnessing American Slavery by Noel Rae
• We Were the Lucky Ones: A Novel by Georgia Hunter
• Take Out by Felicity Young
• Sleeper 13: The most explosive must-read thriller of 2018 by Rob Sinclair
• Anxiety and Panic: How to reshape your anxious mind and brain (The\flag Ser. #1) by Harry Barry
• Bad Feminist: Essays by Roxane Gay
• Jackie and Campy: The Untold Story of Their Rocky Relationship and the Breaking of Baseball's Color Line by William C. Kashatus
• The Lying Game: A Novel by Ruth Ware

Review: The Surgeon's Wife by William H Coles

Title: The Surgeon's Wife
Author: William H Coles
Publisher: storyinliteraryfiction.com
Publication Date: August 15, 2016
Edition: Kindle (182 pages)
Genres:

• Fiction
• Romance

The Surgeon's Wife by William H. Coles

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Dr. Clayton Otherson is a well known and well respected medical professional who suddenly begins making life threatening surgical mistakes. He faces disciplinary action, and the man he blames for this is Dr. Michael Boudreaux, his friend and former student. If that isn't bad enough, Michael Boudreaux falls in love with Clayton Otherson's wife, Catherine.

Though this story is short, it keeps moving and never slows down. I was caught up in the details and intensity, immediately. Though it is fiction, it demonstrates how one choice can often have irrevocable consequences for all people involved.

Lynn's List (April 13, 2018)

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

• The Perfect Nanny: A Novel by Leila Slimani
• Hillary's Choice by Gail Sheehy
• A Kopp Sisters Collection: Books 1–3 (A Kopp Sisters Novel) by Amy Stewart
• Brad Thor Collectors' Edition #1 by Brad Thor
• She'll Never Tell (The Albany Beach Murders #1) by Hunter Morgan
• Beneath the Heavens: a Tall Pine novel (Tall Pine #1) by Lindsey Barlow
• Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality by Richard Kluger
• Leading Lady: Sherry Lansing and the Making of a Hollywood Groundbreaker by Stephen Galloway

Lynn's List (April 6, 2018)

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

• Say to These Mountains: A Biography of Faith and Ministry in Rural Haiti by Elizabeth Turnbull
• A Simple Favor: A Novel by Darcey Bell
• Family Tree: A Novel by Susan Wiggs
• 1942: The Year That Tried Men's Souls by Winston Groom
• 1968 in America: Music, Politics, Chaos, Counterculture, and the Shaping of a Generation by Charles Kaiser
• Not a Sound: A Thriller by Heather Gudenkauf
• The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf
• The Girl's Still Got It: Take a Walk with Ruth and the God Who Rocked Her World by Liz Curtis Higgs
• Present Danger by Susan Andersen
• Across a Green Ocean: A Novel by Wendy Lee
• A Living Grave (The Katrina Williams Novels) by Robert E. Dunn
• Blood River: The Terrifying Journey through the World's Most Dangerous Country by Tim Butcher
• The English Teacher by Lily King
• Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story of a Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm, and an Untold Rescue by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin
• The Distance Between Us: A Novel by Noah Bly
• Tiger Woods by Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian
• Beginning Again: Book 1 in the Second Chances series by Peggy Bird
• Her Soldier's Touch by J. M. Stewart
• Obsession: The Fbi's Legendary Profiler Probes The Psyches Of Killers, Rapists, And Stalkers And Their Victims And Tells How To Fight Back by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker
• The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hamer
• The Stars Are Fire: A novel by Anita Shreve
• Blood Crimes: The Pennsylvania Skinhead Murders by Fred Rosen
• Buddy Boys: When Good Cops Turn Bad by Mike Mcalary
• Unfinished Murder: The Pursuit of a Serial Rapist by James Neff
• Nutcracker: Money, Madness, Murder: A Family Album by Shana Alexander
• The Wrong Man: The Final Verdict on the Dr. Sam Sheppard Murder Case by James Neff
• The Hoffa Wars: The Rise and Fall of Jimmy Hoffa (Forbidden Bookshelf) by Mark Crispin Miller and Dan E. Moldea
• The Hillside Stranglers: The Inside Story of the Killing Spree That Terrorized Los Angeles by Darcy O'Brien
• Wasted: Inside the Robert Chambers–Jennifer Levin Murder by Linda Wolfe
• Goodbye Natalie, Goodbye Splendour by Dennis Davern and Marti Rulli
• The Von Bülow Affair: The Objective Behind-the-Scenes Account of the Shocking Attempted Murder Case by William Wright
• With Malice: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Murder of Officer J. D. Tippit by Dale K. Myers
• First Light by Bill Rancic
• The Cove: An FBI Thriller (An FBI Thriller #1) by Catherine Coulter
• The Man Who Caught the Storm: The Life of Legendary Tornado Chaser Tim Samaras by Brantley Hargrove
• The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Bryan Stevenson, Anthony Ray Hinton and Lara Love Hardin
• Alternate Side: A Novel by Anna Quindlen
• Janesville: An American Story by Amy Goldstein
• The Darkest Corners by Kara Thomas
• The Things That Keep Us Here: A Novel by Carla Buckley
• Finding Me: A Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings by Michelle Knight and Michelle Burford
• Home Front: A Memoir From World War II by C. D. Peterson
• I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Gillian Flynn, Patton Oswalt, and Michelle McNamara