Know Your November

I am trying to move into this month without cracking up or breaking down. I’ve lost the run temporarily and even a small interruption sets me back. You know it is with a mental stability that isn’t quite that solid. I don’t want to say anything more than that.

Here are the books. Nonfiction first:

• Living Poor:  a Peace Corps Chronicle by Moritz Thomsen – in honor of the month Ecuador’s civil war for independence ended.
• Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life by Jon Kabat-Zinn – (AB) in honor of the holidays and how much they can stress you out. I’m reading this and listening to it on audio.
• The Fifties by David Halberstam – in honor of finishing what I said I would.
• Baby Doctor by Perri Klass – in honor of National Health Month.

Fiction:

• Goodbye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton –  in honor of National Education Week. This should take me a lunch break to read.
• Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman – in honor of Gaiman’s birth month.
• Advise and Consent by Allen Drury – in honor of November being an election month (and is it ever!).

Series Books:

• Then There Were Five by Elizabeth Enright – (EAB = electronic audio book) to continue the series started in September in honor of Enright’s birth month.
• A Toast To Tomorrow by Manning Coles – to continue the series started in October in honor of Octoberfest.
• Love Songs from a Shallow Grave by Colin Cotterill – to END the series started in May in honor of Rocket Day.