My Own Little Book Corner

A little later than normal, thanks in part to Ida.   When the internet went out, I couldn't get online.  After that I took my time getting back to my reviews.   It was a decent reading month in August though.   It was mostly 4 ⭐books.  As usual I read a wide range of genres.  The only book that I really struggled with was the non-fiction one, "The Vinyl Frontier".   It was a little technical in parts and as can be in a non-fiction book dry.   But I still found it interesting enough to finish.   I hope you all had a good reading month.   As always, I welcome any recommendations to add to my bulging shelves.  Here's my thoughts for the month -    The Vinyl Frontier: The Story of the Voyager Golden Record  by Jonathan Scott In 1977, a team from different walks of life, led by Carl Sagan developed a 90 minute golden record to go to outer space on NASA's Voyager probe.   This is...

July brought 10 physical books read and 3 audio books listened to into my life.   Overall it was a really good month.  It was top heavy with 4 and 5 star books - 8 in all.   Of the remaining 5, 3 were 3 stars which is still good in my eyes.  I had 2 sinking to 2 stars, "Bonnie" and "Fourth of July Creek".  It's not the books were stinkers, they just weren't for me.  Picking a top of the top is a hard call but I'd have to say "Every Now and Then".  There was something about that story that grabbed me in.   Overall though there's not a one that I would say "Don't waste your time."   I do have a question for you - Do you listen to audio books?   I know it can be a "hot topic" as to whether that is considered reading or not.   I personally don't say that I read it, because in my mind, I wasn't the reader.   But I don't care if others use that term.   I find value in listening to a story....

June was a busy month.   It started off with celebrating my birthday.   That was followed by a good friend visiting for a few days and then a few days away from home for baseball and exploring.   That resulted in fewer books being read this month - a total of 8. I spanned some different genres this month - suspense, psychological thriller, historical fiction, fantasy and a romcom of sorts.    My favorite was "Hour of the Witch" by Chris Bohjalian.   (You can tell he's one of my favorite authors in that I now know how to spell his last name. 😀)  A close second was my Book Club book - "The Four Winds" by Kristin Hannah.   She has such a great way of making you exist in whatever story you are reading.   My disappointment was "Tamarack County" by William Kent Krueger.   It was a good book, just didn't live up to what I'm use to with a Cork story.    Here's my short impressions -  Someone We ...

Twelve books in the month of May.   Three out of the park ones - "Tricksters Point", "Molina" and "Anxious People".  Three were above average - "Somerset", "The Identicals" and "Celestial Navigation".  Two were stinkers to me - "The Bookstore on the Beach" and "The Breakdown"   The other four were average reads.   Which average and above are worth reading to me.   I will note that every book I read this month was rated on Goodreads as 3.78 stars or above with 9 of them in the 4 star and above range so as I've often said - my stinkers may be your favorite.    May was a good month as I had a great visit with my bestie and got to travel to California to spend time with our granddaughter, daughter and son-in-law.  I hope you all had a good month and that June has started out with a good book and good friends.   "Somerset" by Leila Meacham   This covers 150 years of the Toliver, Warwick and Dumonts...

N ine books for April.   The best to me was "Midwives" by Chris Bohjalian.   In fact it was my only 5 star read this month.   The only one I read that I wouldn't recommend was "Baseball Life Advice."  I've also included a review of the Bible study book I completed this month.   I'm not including it in the count, but wanted to let those of you who may be interested in a good study book know about it.    Once again, I hope you all had a great month of reading.  If you've read any of these books I would love to hear your opinions on them.  And as always I am always happy to add to Mount To Be Read.     "Good Hope Road" by Lisa Wingate The story of how a devastating tornado brought a town together and provided healing in many ways.   Surprising friendships formed, spiritual renewal and a realization of what is important in life. This is the second in the Tending Roses series.  It takes place in a ...