What are we reading in December?
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Comments (150)I withdraw what I said earlier about James lee Burke's Swan Peak being disappointing. I finished listening to it yesterday as I spent 10 hours driving from Tennessee to Baltimore (an hour or so in dense fog at both ends.) SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!The character introduced as a depraved bully and for whom I could see no redemption, became the man on whom I pinned hopes at the end. At some point I realized he was our hero David Robicheaux with a slightly different childhood. His violence was not different from Robicheaux's, but his primary victims were. The novel made me question my previous acceptance of Robicheaux's violence as nasty but necessary. The novel does strike me as the final David Robicheaux installment. Carolyn, I know you read it. What did you think? SPOILER OVER I also finished Wodehouse's The Code of the Woosters which had me laughing aloud....See MoreDecember Reading ... before we turn the page on 2016
Comments (66)Under the Flamboya Tree by Clara Kelly was an 'easy' read of a difficult subject. Clara was a Dutch child who grew up on the island of Java at the time of the Japanese invasion. Her father was taken to work on the notorious Burma railway and her Mother with three children, the baby only six weeks old, were put into a camp where they endured ill-treatment, starvation and disease until the end of 1945.They fared little better after their release and another year in a holding 'facility' before their eventual repatriation to Holland on an overcrowded cargo ship. Clare was only four when her ordeal began so her memories are very general. The heat, hunger, beatings and death . . . and the boredom, not forgetting the fights between the inmates that all became 'everyday' events. Even the 'native' people felt ill-will and animosity towards the Dutch and seemed glad to see the women and children suffer. Her Father was reunited with them but had lost interest in the family and had even forgotten that his wife was pregnant when he was imprisoned. The story is really about the courage and strong will to live shown by the Mother and how the three children managed to make new lives for themselves when they became adults....See MoreWhat are we reading in December?
Comments (85)Yesterday I finished The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton. Not exactly a well written book, the message is important. I found myself in tears at times reading how many times our judicial system failed him, as well as the fact that racism and hatred is what led him to be arrested and charged in the first place. Yet for 30 years he never gave up hope and his words of how he managed to make it through are inspiring. Today I was planning to start Force of Nature by Jane Harper. However I think I really need a lighthearted, feel good book. My last three reads were nonfiction, and all left me saddened by all the hatred, greed, etc that dwell in people. Any suggestions for a light read?...See MoreDecember 2022 - What are you reading?
Comments (88)I’m guilty of reading and not commenting lately! Up through Christmas Eve I was very busy with musical rehearsals and performances, but I did get some reading done. Vee, I’m with you…I cannot imagine scraping up 25 relatives! Hubby’s family is larger than mine and their gatherings of 18-20 are very stressful for me. They are all wonderful and they’ve loved me for 40 years, but I am such an introvert that being with that many people at once is too much. I’ve just finished The Rising Tide by Anne Cleeves. I think it’s the first I’ve read by her. I liked it a lot. Before that was The 6:20 Man by David Baldacci and Fox Creek by William Kent Kruger, and I enjoyed both of those. Donna...See MoreUser
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