August Awakenings
Posted: 2017/08/29 Filed under: audio book, Book Reviews, Early Review, Fiction, NonFiction | Tags: Andrea Ritchie, audio book, autobiography, biography, Brenda Wineapple, Early Review, Fiction, florida, idaho, Jack Higgins, Joan Didion, leisure, librarything, Miami, mystery, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Nick Bantock, NonFiction, Robert Heinlein, science fiction, series, Vardis Fisher, women, world war ii Leave a commentWhat can I tell you about August? I still have moments of wanting to hurl myself off a cliff. But, but. But! The good news is, by default, that recklessness has made me shed my fear of flying, ants, and flying ants. I went zip lining in Alaska and found myself the first to volunteer; literally throwing myself off every platform.
I was forced to dedicate more time to the run while I punished myself with late-read books from July. As a result of all that, August’s mileage was decent considering 10 days were spent traveling (25 – the most since April) while the reading list was a little lackluster:
Fiction:
- Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein (AB left over from July)
- In Tragic Life by Vardis Fisher – such a sad book!
Nonfiction:
- Hawthorne: a Life by Brenda Wineapple (left over from July)
- Miami by Joan Didion
Series Continuations:
- The Eagle Has Flown by Jack Higgins
- Henry James: the Middle Years by Leon Edel (left over from JUNE)
Early Review:
- Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color by Andrea J. Ritchie
For Fun:
- Pharos Gate by Nick Bantock – I know, I know. I shouldn’t be reading anything for fun while I had so many July books still on my plate. This took me all over an hour to read and besides, Bantock is one of my favorites. How could I not?
