December Updates

Posted: 2018/12/03 | Author: gr4c5 | Filed under: E-Books, Early Review, Fiction, NonFiction | Tags: africa, alabama, Anthony Burgess, Arabia, books, Carl Raswan, civil rights, Confessional, Delia Owens, Diana Athill, Dorothy Dunnett, e-books, Early Review, editor, fantasy, feminism, Fiction, Germain Greer, historical, illness, insane moments, librarything, lists, Mark Owens, memoir, NonFiction, Philip Pullman, research, science fiction, Sena Jeter Naslund, series, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Terry Beard, Ursula Le Guin, women | Leave a comment

So, by the end of November I was a blathering mess, wasn’t I? I know I was. Mea culpa. Three xrays, five vials of blood taken, one CT scan, and two therapy sessions later, here are the updates. The protruding ribs are being blamed on chiropractic appointments even though I felt the rib cage move before I started see Dr. Jim. The nerve pain is being controlled by medication. The spot on the lung and possibly tumor…no results as of today. White blood cell count still elevated. Possibility of cancer…still a possibility.
But. But! But, enough of all that. Here are the books: I have a week off at the end of the month so I am anticipating it will be a good reading month. Here are the books planned:

Fiction:

• Any Old Iron by Anthony Burgess (EB) – in memory of the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th.
• The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin – in memory of Le Guin passing in 2018.
• Four Spirits by Sena Jeter Naslund – to honor Alabama becoming a state in December.

Nonfiction:

• The Female Eunuch by Germain Greer – to honor women’s suffrage law.
• Cry of the Kalahari by Mark and Delia Owens (EB) – to honor the wedding anniversary of Mark and Delia.
• Lost Moon by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger – in honor of the moon landing.
• Stet: an Editor’s Life by Diana Athill (EB) – in honor of Athill being born in December.

Series continuation:

• The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman (AB) – to continue the series His Dark Materials, started in November in honor of National Writing Month.
• The Unicorn Hunt by Dorothy Dunnett (EB) – to continue the series Niccolo House, started in August in honor of Dunnett’s birth month.

Early Review for LibraryThing:

• Squelched by Terry Beard.

If there is time:

• Black Tents of Arabia by Carl Raswan – in honor of Lawrence of Arabia.
• This Blinding Absence of Light by Tahar Ben Jelloun – in honor of Jelloun’s birth month.

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