January Come Lately
Posted: 2019/01/04 | Author: gr4c5 | Filed under: Early Review, Fiction, NonFiction | Tags: african american, alaska, australia, biography, birds, books, Carrie Brown, childrens book, coming of age, Dana Stabenow, David Allen Sibley, Dorothy Dunnett, Early Review, fantasy, Fiction, Glory Edim, historical, inventions, Isaac Asimov, Julia Blackburn, librarything, lists, Lynda Barry, meditation, murder, mystery, NonFiction, Patricia Carrington, Philip Pullman, reading, romance, science fiction, self help, series, Tom Standage | Leave a commentI try not to think about white rabbits running around with time pieces muttering about being late. Whenever I do I am reminded this is being written three days behind schedule. Nevertheless, here are the books:
Fiction:
- Foundation by Isaac Asimov – in honor of Asimov’s birth month.
- Lamb in Love by Carrie Brown – this is a stretch…All Creatures Great and Small first aired as a television show in January and there is a creature in the title.
- The Good Times are Killing Me by Lynda Barry – in honor of Barry’s birth month.
- A Cold Blooded Business by Dana Stabenow – in honor of Alaska becoming a state in January.
Nonfiction:
- Daisy Bates in the Desert by Julia Blackburn – in honor of Australia’s National Day on January 26th.
- The Turk by Tom Standage in honor of Wolfgang Von Klempelen’s birth month.
- Freedom in Meditation by Patricia Carrington – in honor of January being National Yoga month.
- Sibley’s Guide to Bird Life and Behavior by David Allen Sibley – in honor of Adopt a Bird Month. I read that somewhere…
Series continuations:
- To Lie with Lions by Dorothy Dunnett – to continue the series started in August in honor of Dunnett’s birth month.
- Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman – to continue the series started in November in honor of National Writing Month (Fantasy).
Early Review for LibraryThing:
- Well-Read Black Girl by Glory Edim – I know what you are thinking. I am neither black nor a girl. I am a middle-aged white woman who barely remembers being a girl. I requested this book because I work in an extremely diverse environment and let’s face it, I want to be known as well-read, regardless of color.
For fun:
- Sharp by Michelle Dean – my sister gave this to me as a Christmas gift. I wonder if she is trying to tell me something.
Library Week and the April Reads
Posted: 2018/04/05 | Author: gr4c5 | Filed under: audio book, E-Books, Fiction, NonFiction, Poetry | Tags: Andre Norton, autobiography, Baltimore, biography, books, crime, Czeslaw Milosz, Dave Eggers, David Simon, Edna St Vincent Millay, Elizabeth Lowell, fantasy, Fiction, George Plimpton, golf, Henry Petroski, hurricane, inventions, Janet Frame, lists, Maryland, mystery, new orleans, NonFiction, Nora Roberts, Poetry, reading, romance, series, sports, Steven Saylor, technology | Leave a commentYes, it is now April 4th and I am just getting to this. April is slowly becoming one of those coulda, woulda months. I was supposed to run nine miles on Sunday. Instead, I had Easter dinner with the family and chilled out. I could have run on Monday but it snowed and I had Cairo. Coulda, shoulda, woulda, didn’t. April is supposed to he a half marathon (and you can see how well the training is going) and a 10k one week later. Here are the books:
Fiction:
- Amber Beach by Elizabeth Lowell – in honor of Lowell’s birth month being in April.
Nonfiction:
- Zeitoun by Dave Eggers – in honor of April being the month Louisiana was founded.
- Bogey Man by George Plimpton – in honor of the PGA tour.
- Corner by David Simon – in honor of Maryland becoming a state in April.
- Evolution of Useful Things by Henry Petroski – in honor of April being Math, Science, and Technology month.
Series continuations:
- Venus Throw by Steven Saylor – to continue the series started in March for Saylor’s birth month.
- Charmed by Nora Roberts – to continue the series started in February for Valentine’s Day.
Poetry:
- New and Collected Poetry by Czeslaw Milosz – to continue honoring Poetry Month
- A Few Figs From Thistles by Edna St. Vincent Millay – see above.
- “Wild Geese” by Edna St. Vincent Millay – see above.
If there is time:
- To the Is-Land by Janet Frame – in honor of Anzac Day in New Zealand.
- Jargoon Pard by Andre Norton (I had to request this one through interlibrary loan so I’m not sure it will be read in time to be in the April category.
