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There are times in life when we need a mental picker-upper, a happy read, a good book, a feel-good book. The Book That was the Catalyst for this Post Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi This was the good book, scratch that, the feel-good book I didn’t even know I needed. The story…
We all have books that stick with us for years: A memoir that captured something similar we went through, a fiction book that brought us joy, and/or a nonfiction book that taught us a life lesson. Today, I’m sharing three nonfiction books that have stayed on my mind since I first read them. BOOK #1…
“…every time you make a choice you are turning the central part of you that chooses, into something a little different from what it was before.” C. S. Lewis in “Mere Christianity” Not Big Life-Altering Decisions I’m not talking about the choices that can lead to prison, injury, or death. Those are the big ones,…
February was a heavy library month – meaning I checked out physical books from the library to read. I love the library, best thing ever! Let’s jump right in to all the books I read in the February 2022 Non-Fiction Reads Actually, read should not be plural because I only read one non-fiction book this…
I’m a bit late to the game on this round-up. The lateness is because I didn’t think to even do such a thing. However, I have been on a roll with my reading this year, as of the last three months it has been a downward roll. At the beginning of January, I had surgery,…
The Book of Cold Cases Written by: Simone St. James Berkley Hardcover Edition 344 Pages 2022 Other Information that writers and/or readers may find interesting: Genre: Paranormal, Mystery Agent: Pam Hopkins Point of View and Tense: The story has two character viewpoints. Shea’s is First person, present tense. Beth’s chapters are Third person, present tense….
The Hacienda Written by: Isabel Canas Publisher: Berkley (Hard cover – BOTM version) 345 Pages 2022 Other Information that writers and/or readers may find interesting: Genre: Paranormal, Mystery Point of View and Tense: The story has two characters POV. Both are first person and the whole book is in past tense. Agent: Kari Sutherland Reviewer’s…
The Sanatorium information: Written by Sarah Pearse Penguin Books Paperback 392 pages 2021 Other Information that writers and/or readers may find interesting: Is this an author’s Debut novel? Yes. Author’s Agent: Charlotte Seymour Point-of-View and Tense: Third person for all character insights. Told in present tense. The Sanatorium Premise Elin, a traumatized police officer-on-leave, is…
Shirley Jackson‘s The Lottery was published in 1948. Apparently, she knocked out this this piece that will forever (it seems) remain on reading lists in college, in a mere afternoon. That’s pretty darn impressive. Premise of The Lottery A small village is preparing for the annual lottery. The majority of the story is the buildup…
The Stories Survivor stories capture our attention, for better and worse. On the one hand, we celebrate that someone survived such a horrible ordeal. We’re happy they made it home. On the other, we feel gross. What’s wrong with us reading about such harrowing events? Yes, there are some who read for entertainment. I think…