#Book22
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
For Pi day (3/14), a story in letters about the people of Guernsey, an English Channel island, during their occupation by Germany during WWII. Enjoy!
#Book22
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
For Pi day (3/14), a story in letters about the people of Guernsey, an English Channel island, during their occupation by Germany during WWII. Enjoy!
#Book31
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles
#Book31
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles
#Book35
Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton
“A captivating and heartbreaking meditation on how America decides who is sick or criminal, who is worthy of our care or irredeemable.”
#Book35
Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum by Antonia Hylton
“A captivating and heartbreaking meditation on how America decides who is sick or criminal, who is worthy of our care or irredeemable.”
#Day3 #📚💙
Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. What if scientists developed a substance (Ice-9) that, upon contact, could cause liquid to freeze? I have a theory that your first Kurt Vonnegut novel will become your favorite for life—so choose wisely.
#Day3 #📚💙
Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. What if scientists developed a substance (Ice-9) that, upon contact, could cause liquid to freeze? I have a theory that your first Kurt Vonnegut novel will become your favorite for life—so choose wisely.
#Book28
The Painted Drum by Louise Erdrich
How do you choose your favorite Louise Erdrich novel? This one is mine.
#Book28
The Painted Drum by Louise Erdrich
How do you choose your favorite Louise Erdrich novel? This one is mine.
#Day4 #📚💙
James by Percival Everett
A brilliant re-imagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn told from the viewpoint of the enslaved Jim.
#Day4 #📚💙
James by Percival Everett
A brilliant re-imagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn told from the viewpoint of the enslaved Jim.
#Book36
The Promise by Ann Weisgarber
Against the backdrop of the devastating Galveston hurricane of 1900, a taut relationship develops between the new bride of a widowed farmer and his housekeeper over the care of the farmer’s grieving son.
#Book36
The Promise by Ann Weisgarber
Against the backdrop of the devastating Galveston hurricane of 1900, a taut relationship develops between the new bride of a widowed farmer and his housekeeper over the care of the farmer’s grieving son.
#Book24
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Imagine having to invent a secret language in order to correspond with your best friend. A beautiful story of friendship and so much more.
#Book24
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Imagine having to invent a secret language in order to correspond with your best friend. A beautiful story of friendship and so much more.
#Book41
Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life by Ferris Jabr
According to the author, “we, and all living things, are more than inhabitants of Earth—we are Earth, an outgrowth of its structure and an engine of its evolution.”
#Book41
Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life by Ferris Jabr
According to the author, “we, and all living things, are more than inhabitants of Earth—we are Earth, an outgrowth of its structure and an engine of its evolution.”
#Book49
The Women with Silver Wings by Katherine Sharp Landdeck
The inspiring story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II
#Book49
The Women with Silver Wings by Katherine Sharp Landdeck
The inspiring story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II
#Book40
The Good Wife of Bath by Karen Brooks
It’s April, when folk long to go on pilgrimage. Chaucer’s story is retold with a little less ridicule, a bit more empathy without ruining the story.
#Book40
The Good Wife of Bath by Karen Brooks
It’s April, when folk long to go on pilgrimage. Chaucer’s story is retold with a little less ridicule, a bit more empathy without ruining the story.
#Book32
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
I loved this book so much that I wrote book reports on it 3 years running! AND it holds up even for grownup reading.
#Book32
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
I loved this book so much that I wrote book reports on it 3 years running! AND it holds up even for grownup reading.
#SeriesSaturday
#ReadBabyRead #booksky 📚💙
#Book44
The Slough House Series by Mick Herron
What do you do with a spy who screws up, one who knows too much to let loose on the world? Send them to Slough House, where all the “slow horses” go to die.
#SeriesSaturday
#ReadBabyRead #booksky 📚💙
#Book44
The Slough House Series by Mick Herron
What do you do with a spy who screws up, one who knows too much to let loose on the world? Send them to Slough House, where all the “slow horses” go to die.
#Book15
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
#Book15
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
#Book38
The Women by Kristin Hannah
A moving story of a young woman who joins the Army Nurse Corps in 1965 and goes to Vietnam and how her life is changed.
#Book38
The Women by Kristin Hannah
A moving story of a young woman who joins the Army Nurse Corps in 1965 and goes to Vietnam and how her life is changed.
#Book45
American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal by Neil King Jr.
In 2021, a journalist and cancer survivor walks from Washington DC to New York City, seeing the history of our country with new eyes. Remarkable, inspiring story.
#Book45
American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal by Neil King Jr.
In 2021, a journalist and cancer survivor walks from Washington DC to New York City, seeing the history of our country with new eyes. Remarkable, inspiring story.
#booksky 📚💙
#Book57
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
The founder of the Equal Justice Initiative tells its mission: to defend the most desperate and in need: the poor, wrongly condemned, and trapped in our justice system.
#booksky 📚💙
#Book57
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
The founder of the Equal Justice Initiative tells its mission: to defend the most desperate and in need: the poor, wrongly condemned, and trapped in our justice system.
#booksky 📚💙
#Book54
Seven Days in May by Fletcher Knebel & Charles W. Bailey II
A chillingly plausible portrait of a military coup attempt by a mad ambitious US general asserting that only he can fix it. Think it can’t happen here? God, let’s hope not!
#booksky 📚💙
#Book54
Seven Days in May by Fletcher Knebel & Charles W. Bailey II
A chillingly plausible portrait of a military coup attempt by a mad ambitious US general asserting that only he can fix it. Think it can’t happen here? God, let’s hope not!
#Book39
Oath and Honor by Liz Cheney
A gripping and well-told chronicle of January 6th, 2021 from inside the Capitol and the aftermath. I do not agree with her politics but I am a great admirer of her strength of character and love of our country.
#Book39
Oath and Honor by Liz Cheney
A gripping and well-told chronicle of January 6th, 2021 from inside the Capitol and the aftermath. I do not agree with her politics but I am a great admirer of her strength of character and love of our country.
#booksky 📚💙
#Book61
The Weather Makers: How Man is Changing the Climate and What it Means for Life on Earth by Tim Flannery
#booksky 📚💙
#Book61
The Weather Makers: How Man is Changing the Climate and What it Means for Life on Earth by Tim Flannery
#Book25
Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves by Nicola Twilley
We all take our refrigerators for granted; read here why we should not. Fascinating!
#Book25
Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves by Nicola Twilley
We all take our refrigerators for granted; read here why we should not. Fascinating!
#Book19
Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea & of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools Including the Author Who Went in Search of Them by Donovan Hohn
And it’s a great read!
#Book19
Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea & of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools Including the Author Who Went in Search of Them by Donovan Hohn
And it’s a great read!
#Book26
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Sixteen sunrises and sunsets make up one day in orbit aboard a space station—the last flight of its program. Six men and women from five countries experience our blue planet from above.
#Book26
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Sixteen sunrises and sunsets make up one day in orbit aboard a space station—the last flight of its program. Six men and women from five countries experience our blue planet from above.