When you recommend a book the first thing you do is explain what the book is about. I sometimes struggle to accurately describe a book without giving too much away while still capturing the plot. For today's diversion you can throw that all away. Today we will attempt to describe a book in the … [Read more]
The Year of the Wind by Karina Pacheco Medrano
Not only have I given The Year of the Wind by Karina Pacheco Medrano the ol’ “college try,” I’ve given it a Masters and almost a Doctoral try. Needless to say, I really did try to read this book, but it is (in the spirit of one of the CBR Diversion – Describe a Book Badly): about a woman who goes on … [Read more]
Platform Decay by Martha Wells
Bingo Square: And (part of a series) I usually read these right when they come out but I realized when I did that with the seventh one that I would need to do a series reread before the next one because I was a bit lost and didn’t remember anyone. Thanks to my library’s Hoopla account, I listened … [Read more]
The Art of Living by Thich Nhat Hanh
Rating: 4 Stars In a nutshell: Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh shares insights from his spiritual practice that can help readers. Best for: Anyone interested in Buddhism but still sort of just dipping their toe in. Anyone open to some positive life advice. Quote that made me think: I … [Read more]
In the Shadow of Eight: Surviving the Reality of My Childhood by Collin Gosselin
Rating: 3.5 In a nutshell: One of sextuplets featured over many years in Jon and Kate Plus Eight, Collin shares his story of abuse by his mother and how he has worked to take back his story. Best for: Anyone who has an interest in how parents monetize their children for social media and … [Read more]
Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel by Lucy Foley
Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel finds Lucy Foley, a very popular thriller writer whom I've never read, taking over the world's best-selling novelist's second-best known character. Because I've never read Foley's other novels, I can't tell if she seems like a natural fit for Miss Marple, but from … [Read more]
Swordheart by T. Kingfisher
Daggerbound by T. Kingfisher
Paladin's Faith by T. Kingfisher
I have been reading these severely out of order, but they're so readable that I've been able to follow what's happening and I enjoy every one of them. I hadn't realized that Swordheart and Daggerbound were in the same world as the Paladin novels, which was a really welcome surprise when I … [Read more]
