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| 3/18/2023 |
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The summer of 2022 I asked my daughters and granddaughters to bring me a book. It had to be a well-written story that would take me to a different world. These are the five books I had time to read. I loved each one. They were just what I needed. 1. Things I Lost to the Water by Eric Nguye: As a pregnant mother holding her husband's hand and carrying her little boy is rushing to a boat to take them from Viet Nam to Ameica, her husband let go of her hand. 2. This is Happiness by Niall Willians: I was transported to Ireland, my ancestral home, to life in a poor village before electricity, thinking as I read, "This is definitely Not Happiness," but I'm glad I kept reading. 3. Where the Crowdads Sing by Delia Owens: In a remote, poor area of 1960's North Carolina lives a young girl I would want to adopt, who has an evil mother, no friends, bullied by monsters, mistreated, taken advangage of figuring out how to live her life. 4. The Mountains Sing by Nguyen Phan Que Mai: While the Viet Nam War was going on, I knew only that South Vietnam was our enemy, our soldiers were fighting and dying there, South Vietnamese refugee were coming here, and I was at anti-war demonstrations and candle-light vigils. This book took me to North Vietnam to experience this horrible war with a wonderful North Vietnamese family. 5. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri: An upper-class, educated family emigrated from India to the United States, and while the parents chose to preserve their Indian culture living their whole lives with fellow immigrant families, their son wanted only to live American. This is his life from 1968-2000, and because he was such an interesting person I went through every decision, wise and unwise, with him. Bette |
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Joyce |
Bob L. |
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Jerri |
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Joanie |
Susan |
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Maddie |
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Joanna |
Nancy |
| 11/2/12: |
| Right now by the pool I'm reading That Used to Be Us by
Thomas Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum. They define four major challenges facing
our country: globalization, the information technology revolution, our chronic
deficits, and our pattern of energy consumption. They point out
that since the end of the Cold War we have never dealt seriously with these issues.
The book's subtitle is "How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back." I always enjoy Tom Friedman's books. The are so readable, as you can tell by the section headings: "If you See Something, Say Something"; "Homework x 2 = The American Dream"; "The War on Math (and the Future)"; "Whatever It Is, I'm agaianst it."; "They Just Didn't Get the Word." |
| Bette Tsoutsouras
tsou@comcast.net |
| 10/31/12: | |
Jazz |
Mother & Daughter |
| 3/4/11: |
| I just finished Stuart Woods BEVERLY HILLLS DEAD which is once again on the book shelf in our clubhouse. It was a very quick read with no interesting twists or turns. I like a book which intests me from the start and keeps me guessing. Not so with this book. |
| Joyce Carter
joyceacarter123@comcast.net |
| 2/26/11: | |
Leo |
Augie |
| 2/17/11: |
| Here is a book suggestion. I recently read a book some people might like to try. NOT chick lit- more like a guy try. Its' "Atlantic" by Simon Winchester, one of the best non-fiction writers I am aware of. It covers from the geological beginnings when Pangea, the first great continent, started 195 million years ago. to it's putative demise, 200 million years + in the future. It is anectodal covering geology, geography, weather, shipping, navigation and history, political and military, etc. |
| Joe King
josephking323@aol.com |
| 1/28/11: |
| I'm reading NEW YORK; THE NOVEL by Edward Rutherford. It is a historical novel that begins when New York was a tiny Indian fishing village on what is now Manhatten with Dutch traders arriving, and continues until the attacks on the World Trade Center. For those who have a special attachment to New York, and those who don't, I think all will find it very enjoyable. |
| Linda Lang
mompie47@yahoo.com |
| 1/21/11: |
| Has anyone ever read Mrs. Bridge, a novel published in 1958, written by Evan S.Connell, Jr.? I'm reading it now and really enjoying it. It's a moving portrait of a woman in the 1950s, and very well written. Anyone who grew up, like me, in a small town in the 50s, would recognize this woman and her world. My daughter got an old paperbook copy of it in a Yankee Swap, which she passed on to me. She liked it very much, and we seem to keep discussing it. I think it would be a wonderful book-club selection. |
| Bette Tsoutsouras
tsou@comcast.net |
| 1/15/11: |
| I'm on the third book of Stieg Larrson's triolgy, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. I loved the first two The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo and The Girl Who Played with Fire. They'll be in our library for anyone who is interested. |
| 1/15/11: |
| Reading my latest e-book, I've been frustrated that I can't mark passages that I like. Then, like a miracle,
I found the print copy that I'd read 50 years ago and was thrilled to find that I'd marked the same places then
Joyce Carter
joyceacarter123@comcast.net |
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