Posted: 2019/04/01 | Author: gr4c5 | Filed under: audio book, Fiction, NonFiction | Tags: alaska, Antarctica, Apsley cherry garrard, Barbara Kingsolver, Becca Blond, books, David Halberstam, David Sedaris, Dorothy Dunnett, Edna Ferber, Fiction, ghosts, historical, Isaac Asimov, Laurie King, Lina Lisetta, lists, Luiz Garcia-Roza, Michelle Dean, mystery, Nevada Barr, NonFiction, Patricia Schultz, political, Ray Riegert, Robert Crais, Sara Wheeler, science fiction, series, southwest, Stan Jones, Tammy Gagne, texas, Thorne Smith, travel, women |
What can I say about the previous month? Career-wise it was a busy month. I’m short staffed, budgets were due, accreditation teams loomed large, and my hockey team was breaking new records left and right. On the personal front friends were going through personal crisis after personal crisis (Just so you know, bad things are more than capable of arriving in multiples of five and six, not just three), I’m hip deep in planning a southwest trip with my sister and her sons, my mom’s dog is on Viagra, and! And. And, there was a little road race I always obsess about way too much. Somewhere in there I had a little time to read:
Fiction:
- Monkey’s Raincoat by Robert Crais
- Topper by Thorne Smith
- Giant by Edna Ferber
- ADDED: Flashback by Nevada Barr – in honor of Barr’s birth month. (AB)
- ADDED: White Sky, Black Ice by Stan Jones – on honor of Alaska.
Nonfiction:
- Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam
- Cherry by Sara Wheeler
Series continuations:
- Gemini by Dorothy Dunnett – I admit, I did not finish this one.
- Blackout by Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza
- Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov
- The Moor by Laurie R. King
Fun:
- Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver – still reading
- Sharp by Michelle Dean – finally finished
- Calypso by David Sedaris (AB)
- Living with the Little Devil Man by Lina Lisetta
- Hidden Southwest by Ray Riegert
- 1,000 Places to See Before You Die edited by Patricia Schultz
- Exploring the Southwest by Tammy Gagne
- Arizona, New Mexico and Grand Canyon Trips by Becca Blond
Early Review for Librarything:
- Nothing. The book did not arrive in time to be reviewed in March.
Posted: 2019/03/02 | Author: gr4c5 | Filed under: audio book, E-Books, Fiction, NonFiction | Tags: addiction, Apsley cherry garrard, audio books, Barbara Kingsolver, biography, books, Brazil, David Halberstam, David Sedaris, Dorothy Dunnett, Edna Ferber, europe, Fiction, historical, humor, Isaac Asimov, Laurie King, leisure, Lina Lisetta, lists, Luiz Garcia-Roza, Michelle Dean, movie, mystery, NonFiction, Patricia Schultz, political, Ray Riegert, Robert Crais, Sara Wheeler, science fiction, Sherlock Holmes, southwest, texas, Thorne Smith, travel, vietnam, women |
I will make a return to racing in two weeks. My last public run was in July. I’m not ready. Simply not. March is also two Natalie Merchant concerts. A return to my favorite voice. Here are the books:
Fiction:
- Monkey’s Raincoat by Robert Crais – in honor of March being a rainy month. Dumb, I know.
- Topper by Thorne Smith – in honor of Smith’s birth month being in March.
- Giant by Edna Ferber – in honor of Texas becoming a state in March.
Nonfiction
- Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam – in honor of March being the month the U.S. finally pulled out of Vietnam.
- Cherry: a Life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard by Sara Wheeler in honor of March being the month Apsley ended his depot journey.
Series Continuation:
- Gemini by Dorothy Dunnett – to finally finish the series started in August in honor of Dunnett’s birth month.
- Blackout by Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza – to finish the series started in February in honor of the Carnival festival in Brazil.
- Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov – to continue the series started in honor of Asimov’s birth month.
- The Moor by Laurie R. King – to continue the series started in January in honor of Mystery Month.
For fun:
- Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver – still reading
- Sharp by Michelle Dean – still reading
- Calypso by David Sedaris – needed for the Portland Public Library reading challenge.
- Living with the Little Devil Man by Lina Lisetta – written by a faculty member.
- Hidden Southwest edited by Ray Riegert – for my May trip.
- 1,000 Places to See Before You Die by Patricia Schultz – for my May trip…and the 2020 Italy trip.
Posted: 2019/02/01 | Author: gr4c5 | Filed under: E-Books, Early Review, Fiction, NonFiction, Poetry | Tags: australia, Barbara Kingsolver, biography, birds, books, Carrie Brown, childrens book, Connie Willis, Dana Stabenow, David Allen Sibley, Dorothy Dunnett, Early Review, Edgardo Rodriguez Julia, fantasy, Fiction, Frederick Busch, Glory Edim, historical, Isaac Asimov, Julia Blackburn, Laurie King, librarything, lists, Lynda Barry, medicine, meditation, Michelle Dean, mystery, Patricia Carrington, Philip Pullman, reading, Sana Goldberg, science fiction, series, Tom Standage |
I definitely didn’t do this on purpose because I never structure my reading this way, but January turned out to be a month of mostly woman authors (notated with a ‘w’). I am including the books I started in January but have not finished. Because they are not Challenge books they do not need to be finished in the same month. And. And! And, I have started running again. After a six month hiatus, I think I am back! Sort of.
Fiction:
- A Cold-Blooded Business by Dana Stabenow (w & EB)
- The Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie R. King (w & AB)
- Firewatch by Connie Willis (w & EB)
- The Good Times are Killing Me by Lynda Barry
- Lamb in Love by Carrie Brown (w & EB)
- Foundation by Isaac Asimov (AB)
- Take This Man by Frederick Busch
- ADDED: The Renunciation by Edgardo Rodriguez Julia
Nonfiction:
- Daisy Bates in the Desert by Julia Blackburn
- The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior edited by Chris Elphick, John Dunning & David Allen Sibley
- The Turk by Tom Standage
- ADDED: Freedom in Meditation by Patricia Carrington
Series continuations:
- Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
- To Lie with Lions by Dorothy Dunnett
Early Review Program for LibraryThing:
- Well-Read Black Girl by Glory Edim
- How to be a Patient by Sana Goldberg – not finished yet
For Fun:
- Sharp by Michelle Dean – not finished yet
- Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver – not finished yet
