My Own Little Book Corner

A month of travel, friends visiting and having some painting done in the house still brought 10 books being read.   Overall it was a good month - no real stand outs, but a lot of good ones.   I'm trying to go back to recording more of my thoughts about the books here and less about plot.   There is a link for each book if you are interested in more.   Happy reading! Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger A murder (actually more than one murder) mystery that is the first in the Cork O’Connor series.    With it being the first book there is a lot of time setting up the background.   Who is Cork O’Connor?   Where does he live?    What is the connection of the area with the people of the Iron Lake Reservation?   At times the background seemed to almost be filler, but in the end it was necessary for the story.     Mr. Krueger describes things, especially scenery, in a way that I can picture clearly in ...

June started out good and kind of settled into average.  But that's OK, average is still a good month.   I read 12 books and had one that went into Mount DNF.   My favorite by far was "Boy Swallows Universe"  followed by "She Rides Shotgun".  The rest of my reads, while are rating highly by many, just didn't draw me in as much.    I am trying to make my reviews more of my impressions of the book and not so much about the book.   If you want more detail about plot, just click the link.    Happy reading and as always, please feel free to share any books that made it to the top of your list this month.  Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton I enjoyed this story of a boy in Australia in a highly dysfunctional family.    The mom and her boyfriend are caught up in the heroin trade, his babysitter and best friend is a convicted murderer and an escapee from prison, his dad drinks too much and his brot...

May was a very good reading month overall for me.   I was busy with trips and a great visit with my granddaughter and daughter, but still managed to get 16 books read.   (I am counting one book that I skipped a few pages, but read most of it, including the end.)  From the books this month I highly recommend "Swimming Lessons."   It was the last book of the month and by far my favorite.  There are several good ones to choose from this month and I'm looking forward to continuing the trend in June.  Happy Reading!! Women of the Word: How to Study the Bible With Both Our Hearts and Our Mind ; by Jen Wilkin This is a wonderful book to help understand how to go about with a personal Bible study.   Ms Wilkin lays out a great approach that anyone of any level Bible knowledge can use to learn more.   Very simple to understand.  If you are struggling going a little deeper in your study of the Word, please check this book ...

April showered me with 12 books.  (Yeah I know terrible pun.)   One of the books was an audio book and another was one I had been reading for a while but finished in April.   So in one way - 9 books again.  I read a mix of genres.   I do like variety but definitely have my favorite genres.   This month I ended up with 3 non-fiction and 3 historical fiction.  One book, "Sing, Unburied, Sing" was a real stretch for my literal mind.   And 2 books were re-reads. My favorite of the month by far was "Harry's Trees".   I liked almost everything about this book.  The bad guys seemed a little over the top, but the story was such a well written, moral story that I can overlook that.   If you read this book, I'd love to hear your views of it. Happy reading to you all! The Age of Light by Whitney Scharer This book is historical fiction based on the life of Lee Miller. Lee Miller was a Vogue m...

March was a pretty good month for reading. I read 11 books and half of another one that I put on my DNF pile. I enjoyed most of the books and they were a wide range of genres. I hope you can find one or two that you like. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle This is the “One Book, One Community” read for Baton Rouge. It is an easy read. Holmes and Watson are called to help solve a mystery of a death and to protect another man from death. The dead man, Sir Charles Baskerville, died of fright. The mystery is – what frightened him so? Was it the hound of the Baskervilles, a legend of a monster dog that has haunted their family, or something not as supernatural? Will the heir, Sir Henry Baskerville, suffer a similar fate? And who is behind it all? These are the questions that must be answered. If you are looking for a lighter detective book, this is the one. The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris This is based on a true story of a...