My Message in a Minute blogs are back I have been so busy that I have not taken time to send my short and hopefully sweet blogs for many weeks. Here I go again and as always welcome your feedback and comments.
I am addicted to keeping lists and data bases. Several of my blogs have been devoted to sharing some of my favorite reads with you and enjoying your feedback with titles of your favorites as well. Thus another installment.
My lists include (dating back to 2005 or so) books I have read and I choose to occasionally share my favorites with you in trade for your favorites. I am now starting my books I have read, volume #6. Each log gets so long that I add new lists favoring the genres of Historical fiction and literature, classics, poetry and non fiction on themes of biography, autobiography, medicine, civilization, history some fantasy and mystery.
Here are a few titles to share;
The History of Rain by Niall Williams, a woman, destined to be bedridden in her father’s home reads through his library of over 3000 books, sharing the titles and stories related them to stories to keep you glued to the page.
The Lost Girls of Paris, by Pam Jenoff; it is a tough read set in the UK and Paris during WWII. It features, bravery, espionage, Nazi torture, relationships, ego, loss, gain, love and hate.
Two by Nicole Krauss;
Forest Dark: a Novel and The History of Love, a novel
An Autobiography, Dust Tracks on a Road by Nora Neale Hurston written in 1942. What a story, what a life she led. Always a favorite author of mine.
When we Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O’Neal.
A new addition, a discovery and my current read; A Giver of Stars, by Jojo Moyes; Set in Depression in a small Kentucky Town. It follows five woman who take on the challenge of setting up a traveling library under the edict of Eleanor Roosevelt. They travel, by horseback in a town of Misogynists, tough times and rise slowly to the challenge defying the nasty leaders of the town. Disasters and perils are non stop but their will and strength rules in the end. As several of the other stories listed here, many books are mentioned in the book.
Next read for me? Off to my data base list entitled Books I want to read and my wish list on Amazon Kindle. Too many books, too many films and docus, too many countries to cover in a lifetime. Making choices is a challenge.
Please, let me know what you are about.