Lynn's List (November 29, 2019)

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

• Dear Life by Lisa Wylie
• The Plot to Betray America: How Team Trump Embraced Our Enemies, Compromised Our Security, and How
We Can Fix It by Malcolm Nance
• A Song for You: My Life with Whitney Houston by Robyn Crawford
• Assassinations, Threats, and the American Presidency: From Andrew Jackson to Barack Obama by
Ronald L. Feinman
• Crisis: Local, Regional And International Responses (Sid Halley) by Felix Francis
• Woman on the Edge by Samantha M. Bailey
• The Lying House by Rick Mofina
• The Nancy Pelosi Way: Advice on Success, Leadership, and Politics from America's Most Powerful
Woman (Women in Power) by Christine Pelosi
• Under Occupation: A Novel by Alan Furst
• Silent Night: A Novel by Danielle Steel
• Spy: A Novel by Danielle Steel
• Year One ( Chronicles of the One #1) by Nora Roberts
• Swedish Chicago: The Shaping of an Immigrant Community, 1880–1920 by Anita Olson Gustafson
• Angels in the Snow by Rexanne Becnel
• Jack and Jill: A Village Story (Mobi Classics Ser.) by Louisa May Alcott
• Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
• Term Limits by Vince Flynn
• Eagle & Crane by Suzanne Rindell
• Daughters of War: A gripping historical novel of love and loss (War Nurses Ser. #Vol. 2) by Lizzie
Page
• The Silent Wife: A Gripping Emotional Page Turner With A Twist That Will Take Your Breath Away by
Kerry Fisher

Review: No Greater Love

No Greater Love by Danielle Steel
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is a reread for me! I've read this book many times, and it continues to speak to me each time I do so.

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Review: Assassinations, Threats, and the American Presidency: From Andrew Jackson to Barack Obama

Assassinations, Threats, and the American Presidency: From Andrew Jackson to Barack Obama by Ronald L. Feinman
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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Lynn's List (November 22, 2019)

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

• Thunder in the Mountains: Chief Joseph, Oliver Otis Howard, And The Nez Perce War by Daniel J. Sharfstein
• The Trial of Adolf Hitler: The Beer Hall Putsch And The Rise Of Nazi Germany by David King
• The Secrets She Keeps: A Novel by Michael Robotham
• Good Girl, Bad Girl: A Novel by Michael Robotham
• The Patient One (Walnut Creek Series, The #1) by Shelley Shepard Gray
• Her One Mistake: A Novel by Heidi Perks
• The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
• Slightly South of Simple: A Novel (The Peachtree Bluff Series #1) by Kristy Woodson Harvey
• Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving by Mo Rocca
• The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution by Gregory Zuckerman
• The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom
• Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family by Mitch Albom
• Edison by Edmund Morris
• Noel Street (The Noel Collection) by Richard Evans
• Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry: A Novel by Mary Higgins Clark
• The Starless Sea: A Novel by Erin Morgenstern
• Faith: A Journey For All by Jimmy Carter
• The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other Appreciations by Mark Salter and John McCain
• The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For by David Mccullough
• Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave
• Mystic Summer: A Novel by Hannah Mckinnon
• The Daughters of Mars: A Novel by Thomas Keneally
• The Passenger by Lisa Lutz
• The Silver Star: A Novel by Jeannette Walls
• Impulse (Mia Fullerton) by Ellen Hopkins
• The Sleeping Doll: A Novel (Kathryn Dance #1) by Jeffery Deaver
• Crown Jewel: A Novel by Fern Michaels
• Blowout by David Hagberg and Byron L. Dorgan
• Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda: The Love Letters of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Fitzgerald
• Intermittent Fasting Basics: Your Guide to the Essentials of Intermittent Fasting--and How It Can Work for You! (Basics) by Lindsay Boyers
• Secret Lives by Diane Chamberlain
• Our Dogs, Ourselves: The Story of a Singular Bond by Alexandra Horowitz
• Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare (Timeless Classic Ser.) by G. K. Chesterton
• Israel, the Church, and the Middle East: A Biblical Response to the Current Conflict by Mitch Glaser and Darrell Bock
• This is America!: A Novel by Henye Meyer
• Cut & Run (Cut & Run Series #1) by Madeleine Urban and Abigail Roux
• Environmental Justice in Postwar America: A Documentary Reader (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics) by Christopher Wells
• Ten Hours Until Dawn: The True Story Of Heroism And Tragedy Aboard The Can Do by Michael Tougias
• Blood and Faith: Christianity in American White Nationalism by Damon Berry
• Enemies of the State: The Radical Right in America from FDR to Trump (The American Ways Series) by D. J. Mulloy
• The New Politics of the Old South: An Introduction to Southern Politics by Charles S. Bullock III and Mark J. Rozell
• Vigilantism against Migrants and Minorities (Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right) by Tore Bjørgo and Miroslav Mares
• A Warning by Anonymous
• Miracle in Lake Placid: The Greatest Hockey Story Ever Told by John Gilbert
• The Confession Club: A Novel by Elizabeth Berg
• How to Cook Anything in Your Dutch Oven: Classic American Comfort Foods and New Global Favorites by Howie Southworth
• Her Dark Heart: A totally gripping crime thriller by Carla Kovach
• Simple Abundance: 365 Days to a Balanced and Joyful Life by Sarah Ban Breathnach
• The Essential Air Fryer Cookbook: The Only Book You Need for Your Small, Medium, or Large Air Fryer by Bruce Weinstein
• Church and State in American History: Key Documents, Decisions, and Commentary from Five Centuries by John Wilson and Donald Drakeman
• Guilty Not Guilty by Felix Francis
• Corliss (The Girls of Spindrift #1) by V. C. Andrews
• Donna (The Girls of Spindrift #2) by V. C. Andrews
• The Silhouette Girl by V. C. Andrews
• The Ash Family: A Novel by Molly Dektar
• Change of Heart by Jude Deveraux
• Moonlight in the Morning (Moonlight Trilogy #1) by Jude Deveraux
• Stranger in the Moonlight: A Novel (Moonlight Trilogy #2) by Jude Deveraux
• Moonlight Masquerade (Moonlight Trilogy #3) by Jude Deveraux
• Murder at McDonald's: The Killers Next Door by Phonse Jessome
• The Butcher by Jennifer Hillier
• In the Blood: A Novel by Lisa Unger
• Tell Me Who I Am by Julia Navarro
• Yes She Can: 10 Stories of Hope & Change from Young Female Staffers of the Obama White House by Molly Dillon
• Ceremony: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) (Penguin Classics) by Larry Mcmurtry

Lynn's List (November 15, 2019)

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

• Angels Walking Box Set: Angels Walking, Chasing Sunsets, and Brush of Wings (Angels Walking Ser. #1) by Karen Kingsbury
• The Family Upstairs: A Novel by Lisa Jewell
• This Is Home: A Novel by Lisa Duffy
• The Salt House: A Novel by Lisa Duffy
• Find You in the Dark: A Novel by Nathan Ripley
• Leave No Trace: A Novel by Mindy Mejia
• Everything You Want Me to Be: A Novel by Mindy Mejia
• The Reckoning by David Halberstam
• Blood on the Moon (The Lloyd Hopkins Trilogy #1) by James Ellroy
• The Brontës: Wild Genius on the Moors: The Story of a Literary Family by Juliet Barker
• The Soldier's Curse: A Novel (Monsarrat Trilogy #1) by Thomas Keneally
• Sailing Lessons: A Novel by Hannah McKinnon
• Elevator Pitch: A Novel by Linwood Barclay
• Politics as Usual: Thomas Dewey, Franklin Roosevelt, and the Wartime Presidential campaign of 1944 by Michael Davis
• The Chicago Trunk Murder: Law and Justice at the Turn of the Century by Elizabeth Dale
• Beneath a Scarlet Sky: A Novel by Mark Sullivan
• Taste of Home Copycat Restaurant Favorites: Restaurant Faves Made Easy at Home by Taste Home
• Night of the Tyger by David Klass
• When They Took Away the Man in the Moon by Kate Lehrer
• Me: Elton John Official Autobiography by Elton John
• The Pope: Francis, Benedict, and the Decision That Shook the World by Anthony McCarten
• The Cosmonaut Who Couldn't Stop Smiling: The Life And Legend Of Yuri Gagarin by Andrew Jenks
• Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For by Susan Rice
• This Tender Land: A Novel by William Krueger
• The Perfect Wife: A Novel by JP Delaney
• God Help the Child: A novel (Vintage International Series) by Toni Morrison
• Justice for Bonnie: An Alaskan Teenager's Murder And Her Mother's Tireless Crusade For The Truth by I. J. Schecter and Karen Foster
• American Hate: Survivors Speak Out by Arjun Sethi
• Set Free: A Biblical Case for Restoring Religious Freedom for All by Anne R. Bradley
• Cross Her Heart: A Novel by Sarah Pinborough
• Liberalism at Large: The World According to the Economist by Alexander Zevin
• Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography by Charles Moore
• Grace: More Than We Deserve, Greater Than We Imagine by Max Lucado
• The Dog I Loved: A Novel by Susan Wilson
• The Ambassadors: America's Diplomats on the Front Lines by Paul Richter
• Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference, and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls by Jessica McDiarmid
• The Innocents: A Novel by Michael Crummey
• Citizen 865: The Hunt for Hitler's Hidden Soldiers in America by Debbie Cenziper
• A Song for You: My Life with Whitney Houston by Robyn Crawford
• Her Last Promise: The bestselling author of The Letter returns with an uplifting story of hope by Kathryn Hughes
• Victory City: A History of New York and New Yorkers during World War II by John Strausbaugh
• City of Jasmine by Olga Grjasnowa
• The Boy Who Belonged to the Sea by Denis Thériault
• Back Up by Paul Colize
• Anne of Green Gables: The Complete Collection (Legend Classics #1) by L. M. Montgomery
• The Martha Manual: How to Do (Almost) Everything by Martha Stewart
• Get started on Android with TalkBack by Homiyar Mobedji
• Overkill by Linda Castillo
• Sullivan's Crossing Collection Volume 1: What We Find Any Day Now (Sullivan's Crossing Ser. #1) by Robyn Carr
• The Kent Family Chronicles: Volumes One Through Three (The Kent Family Chronicles) by John Jakes
• The Kent Family Chronicles Volumes Four Through Six: The Furies, The Titans, and The Warriors (The Kent Family Chronicles) by John Jakes
• The Lawless (The Kent Family Chronicles #7) by John Jakes
• The Americans (The Kent Family Chronicles #8) by John Jakes
• As Time Goes By by Mary Higgins Clark
• Biohazard: The Chilling True Story of the Largest Covert Biological Weapons Program in the World--Told from the Inside by the Man Who Ran It by Stephen Handelman
• The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne
• Oliver Wendell Holmes: A Life In War, Law, And Ideas by Stephen Budiansky
• Desperate Characters: A Novel by Paula Fox
• Family Life: A Novel by Akhil Sharma
• Capital: A Novel by John Lanchester
• Anxiety: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Overcoming Anxiety Disorder by Joshua Fletcher
• In Her Eyes: an unputdownable, twisty psychological thriller by Sarah Alderson

Lynn's List (November 8, 2019)

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

• The Dollhouse: A Novel by Fiona Davis
• My Darling Clementine: The Story of Lady Churchill by Jack Fishwick
• A Jury of Her Peers by Jean Hanff Korelitz
• Robert F. Kennedy: The Brother Within by Robert E. Thompson and Hortense Myers
• Black Man in the White House by E. Frederic Morrow
• The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand
• This Side of Innocence: A Novel by Taylor Caldwell
• Tender Victory: A Novel by Taylor Caldwell
• Deadly Greed: The Riveting True Story of the Stuart Murder Case, Which Rocked Boston and Shocked the Nation by Joe Sharkey
• Sharon Tate and the Manson Murders by Greg King
• Sleep, My Child, Forever: The Riveting True Story of a Mother Who Murdered Her Own Children (Onyx True Crime Ser. #Vol. 335) by John Coston
• Decluttering For Dummies by Jane Stoller
• The Way Home: Tales from a Life Without Technology by Mark Boyle
• Red Snow by Will Dean
• The Day I Found You by Pedro Chagas Freitas
• Women Who Dared: To Break All the Rules by Jeremy Scott
• Where the Light Enters by Sara Donati
• Billy Graham: A Biography of America's Greatest Evangelist by W. Whalin
• The Cooper-Hewitt Dynasty of New York by Polly Guérin
• 100 Small Steps: The First 100 Pounds You Gotta Think Right (100 Small Steps #1) by Keith Trotter
• Not Another Word! by Judith Logan
• The Golden Moment: A Survival Story by Bic Parker
• The Connection by Martin Gagen
• The Film by George Amos
• Confessions of a Fumbling Believer by Margaret Mary Sickles
• Waves by Ingrid Chabbert
• Hold on to Love by Mollie Hunter
• Master of Thin Air: Life and Death on the World's Highest Peaks by Andrew Lock
• Cost of Life by Joshua Corin
• Captains and the Kings: A Novel by Taylor Caldwell
• We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights by Adam Winkler
• Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America by Adam Winkler
• A Separation: A Novel by Katie Kitamura

Review: The Way Home: Tales from a Life Without Technology

The Way Home: Tales from a Life Without Technology by Mark Boyle
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Have you ever imagine what life would be like without technology? No phone (landline or smart phone). No Internet. No central heating. No running water. No indoor plumbing. Mark Boyle made the choice to build and live in a small cabin without all of these things. Plus, he and his girlfriend chose to live mostly off the land on what they could grow or hunt.

I've been interested in reading about these types of experiences for many years. People have all sorts of reasons for making drastic changes in life style. Some of these reasons are not unique, but the people who choose to go off the grid certainly are. And their choice to do so are just as valid as mine not to do so.

Mark Boyle writes clearly about his experiences. At first, I found the story interesting, but I gave this book 3 stars because it seemed to go on and on and ... on. Since this is his story, he, of course, as the right to tell it his way, but I found his strong opinions, inserted into nearly every paragraph, to be a bit much, and I stopped reading at the 90% mark, as a result. Still it is an interesting story, worth the read if the subject interests you.

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Lynn's List (November 1, 2019)

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

• The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience by Chelsea Clinton and Hillary Clinton
• My Dearest Dietrich: A Novel of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Lost Love by Amanda Barratt
• Saving Bravo: The Greatest Rescue Mission in Navy SEAL History by Stephan Talty
• The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War by A. J. Baime
• With Malice by Eileen Cook
• The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World by A. J. Baime
• $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America by Kathryn J. Edin
• The Calligrapher's Daughter: A Novel by Eugenia Kim
• The Berlin Wall: August 13, 1961 - November 9, 1989 by Frederick Taylor
• If: A Mother's Memoir by Lise Marzouk
• The Fall of Richard Nixon: A Reporter Remembers Watergate by Tom Brokaw
• Home Now: How 6000 Refugees Transformed an American Town by Cynthia Anderson
• How to Beat Trump: America's Top Political Strategists on What It Will Take by Mark Halperin
• Surviving the Apocalypse: The Ultimate Guide to Surviving Nuclear War, Floods, Fire, Earthquakes, Civil Unrest, Pandemics, and More by N. E. MacDougald
• The End Is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses by Dan Carlin
• The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words 1000 BC-1492 AD (Story of the Jews #1) by Simon Schama
• Runaway Genres: The Global Afterlives of Slavery by Yogita Goyal
• Finding Home Again (Catalina Cove) by Brenda Jackson
• The Survivors: A Story of War, Inheritance, and Healing by Adam Frankel
• A Castle in Wartime: One Family, Their Missing Sons, and the Fight to Defeat the Nazis by Catherine Bailey
• Leadership in War: Essential Lessons from Those Who Made History by Andrew Roberts
• What Your Cat Is Thinking: Everything you need to know to understand your pet by Bo Söderström
• Coming to America (Second Edition): A History of Immigration and Ethnicity in American Life by Roger Daniels
• Love Lives Here: A Story of Thriving in a Transgender Family by Amanda Jette Knox
• My Husband's Wife: A Novel by Jane Corry
• First: Sandra Day O'Connor by Evan Thomas
• The Earthquake Bird: A Novel by Susanna Jones
• Perfecting Ourselves to Death: The Pursuit of Excellence and the Perils of Perfectionism by Richard Winter
• Voices Of Freedom: A Documentary History Vol. 1 (Fifth Edition) by Eric Foner
• Voices of Freedom: A Documentary History, Volume 2 (3rd Edition) by Eric Foner
• Blacklisted!: Hollywood, the Cold War, and the First Amendment by Larry Dane Brimner
• Spooked!: How a Radio Broadcast and The War of the Worlds Sparked the 1938 Invasion of America (null) by Gail Jarrow
• Rescue by Jessie Haas
• Stolen Secrets by L. B. Schulman
• Booth's Daughter by Raymond Wemmlinger
• Shadow Network: Media, Money, and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right by Anne Nelson
• The Chelsea Girls: A Novel by Fiona Davis