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I am reading my way through the Newbery list, beginning with The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon. Our family is reading The Magic Thief: Found by Sarah Prineas aloud together before the kids' bedtime. My spouse appears to be reading The Book of War by John Keegan.
Started Stieg Larsson's "The Girl Who Played with Fire", the second book in the "Dragon Tattoo" trilogy. I can't get enough of his writing, even though there was a terrible, inexcusable plot defect in Dragon tattoo.
I'm reading Summer at Buckhorn by Anna Rose Wright. It's a children's book, written in 1945, which takes place in 1907.
When I was in elementary school, about 4th or 5th grade, my best friend and I LOVED this book and took turns checking it out of the library and occasionally reinacting scenes from it. Although we've been in touch over the years, we recently started having lunch again about once a month, after going 8-9 years without having seen each other. Last week she gave me a copy of the book and said that she'd bought it about 10 years ago and knew when she bought it that she'd give it to me someday. It was an amazingly thoughtful gift and brought tears to my eyes.
Reading it now, I can see how and why the book captivated us. It's the story of 5 kids who go to stay with their aunt when their mother is sick. They're staying on an old plantation and have a series of free-wheeling adventures that all children would love to have. At the same time, the black characters are portrayed in a hair-raisingly stereotypical way that I don't remember recognizing in 1972 when I was 10. They are all one-dimensional faithful servants who live to cater to the white characters. I guess the book was just a product of the times. In any case, I'm enjoying the walk down memory lane.
"Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand. Although I actually listened to the book vs reading it. One of the best I have ever heard. My wife actually listened to it on her commute and she normally doesn't get into anything war related. This story is incredible and one everyone should read.
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"Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand. Although I actually listened to the book vs reading it. One of the best I have ever heard. My wife actually listened to it on her commute and she normally doesn't get into anything war related. This story is incredible and one everyone should read.
It's in my "to read" pile. I would never have thought to get it -- like your wife, I'm not interested in war-related anything -- but based on recommendations from folks on this forum, I thought that I'd really be missing out on something special if I never read it. I don't know when I'll get to it, but I'm happy to have it there waiting for me. I'm glad to hear another person is giving it props.
I read an exerpt of Unbroken in Vanity Fair (I think), and had to buy the book immediately. One of the best I've read, gave it to my husband to read, he agreed. Excellent book!!
"Dust & Decay" by Jonathan Maberry. Sequel after "Rot & Ruin". It is a zombie story but it talks about a community re-organizing after the apocalypse, survival, etc. The important part is the human part. Actually the zombies are a circumstance more than anything else.
"Dust & Decay" by Jonathan Maberry. Sequel after "Rot & Ruin". It is a zombie story but it talks about a community re-organizing after the apocalypse, survival, etc. The important part is the human part. Actually the zombies are a circumstance more than anything else.
I really like Mayberry's book. The best author I have encountered in this genre is J.L. Bourne. I only started reading zombie books this year. It's not the zombies I am interested in. It's the ability to survive that is so interesting to me. I love the way that strangers will come together, take care of each other in the worst of times and survive.
I know it sounds strange but when these folks find a "safe" place I always feel like I'm with them in a safe place.
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