This is a book of stories or essays by Mary Laura Philpott. They are essays on her life, some are a little sappy and others retrospective but overall mostly entertaining. Her life growing up, meeting her eventual husband, having kids, moving, etc. A nice and sometimes different perspective on things.
There are 5 WL for this book so I will post & send off at some point.
A really interesting read about the whole climate change discussion. The author looks at various issues in climate change and comes to different thoughts and conclusions that what is reported in media and other sources. Author is a big proponent of nuclear energy and really shows how this should be used more instead of using other sources of energy--green sources and fossil fuel sources. He talks about how groups are out there with ulterior motives in fighting new nuclear power plants and also wanting to close the existing ones. The numbers he has from deaths from Chernobyl and then the Japanese plant seem much less than what I have heard before. He also talks about things like saving the whales and looks at it as instead innovations in other things like palm oil probably did as much to save whales as protestors. He also looks at 3rd world energy issues and argues they should be able to adopt using coal & other fossil fuels for their energy instead of forcing them to use green energy that is not as consistent or workable for them. The fossil fuels will provide energy for these 3rd world countries to develop their economies which would help overall those countries combat climate change. A lot of interesting and thought provoking ideas in this book.
There are 20 WL for this book on PBS but for now I am keeping it, will see if others want to read it.
A young man confined to a wheelchair with SMA, sees a girl get picked up in front of his house. She is a student from China and was walking to her classes at University of Georgia. It comes out that now she is missing. The you man, Daniel, is also not verbal but is able to communicate with typing and a voice box. The book goes through his struggles in getting this information to the police and others. That storyline runs with just Daniel's life and how he has been successfully coping with SMA and the good people around him. An interesting read about a character not seen much in books, at least the ones I come across. Throw in the sort of detective story aspect as well and just adds to this book. I did enjoy this one too.
There is 1 copy in PBS system already but I will go ahead and post this one too. A newer book so I think could move at some point yet.
This is the last book written by A.E. Hotchner, a writer from St Louis. This book tells the story of a young boy--12 years old in St Louis during the Depression, that because of circumstances is on his own. He father is arrested and being held as a witness to a murder. His mother is in a home for tuberculosis. Aaron the 12 year old, is locked out of their apartment and with little money. But he is a smart kid and is able to maneuver and investigate the murder. A good read with action moving quickly. A fun smart read with good characters. I enjoyed this book.
There are no copies on PBS but since a St Louis book and author, will be a keeper at least for now.
This is a volume of short stories by Mari Sandoz, a NE writer that writes of times in early 1900s. Growing up in Western NE in the sandhills is a major theme of her writing. I really enjoyed her probably most popular book Old Jules, about her father and growing up. A good writer and good stories. Some of the stories brought me back to memories from Old Jules and some sort of updated things about her life. I enjoyed this book.
This is a keeper for me like most NE books.
This is the 6th book in the Scot Harvath series. After reading it, I am not sure what the First Commandment actually is--could be don't mess with family--this is what was happening to Scot or could be follow orders from superiors--Scot wasn't doing this. Oh well, a good action quick read story. A little goofy in that the assassin wanted to hurt Scot and friends by Biblical plagues. Sort of the James Bond enemies that come up with some complicated way to kill him instead of just killing him--Austin Powers movies was great about this. Still for simple action and page turner this was good. Also can see where Scot is getting to point where working for government might not be best for him--not sure when he jumps to private work but does at some point. Not sure if next book is when I started up with series but think it was but I think I also have a copy so will probably read it to be sure.
Right now this series is on keeper, at least this early books. I have mailed off the newer one as I get them read. Will probably do something with these older ones at some point but I think there are copies in PBS so probably not bother posting them.
I thought this was a work of fiction looking back at the end of the 1960s and into the 1970s with the hippie movement. I realized only at the end that it was non-fiction, the author looked back at this time in his life. He grew up in Brazil and met a girl from Yugoslavia area and traveled with her in South America but after a frightening arrest & captivity in a Brazilian jail, he leaves to Europe. In Europe he finds a girl and takes a Magic Bus that goes through Europe & into Asia dropping off in Nepal and going back. Crazy happenings and good story. Just a different time for sure.
This is a large print edition and no WL for it but there are for the other prints--paperback & hardback. I will post this on PBS and would expect it to get selected but never know.
The writer goes into the history and production of 45 hit songs that as he says, "changed rock, R&B and Pop. An interesting dive into these songs and how songs are inspired and then put together. A lot of the how to is beyond my knowledge, the overdubbing, recording the different instruments and songs separately and then putting together at the end, is something I guess would have to see done to actually be able to picture it. It is a lot more to singing & song writing than I imagined. Book has 2 Rolling Stones songs so of course like that very much--Street Fighting Man and Moonlight Mile.
This one will be loaned away to friends that are big music fans to enjoy.
I thought this was a sort of straight forward type book, a couple kids steal a truck that they were riding along from a drug mule and make for east coast--CT and along way pickup a girl. It starts along US Mexico border and the 2 boys barely know each out but both want out of their situations. They thought was just a trip to KC but saw the old guy driving pay off an ICE agent during a stop and they realized was a drug mule. Fearing they might be killed at end of trip, they decide to steal truck when old guy is away at a stop. They pickup a girl in small town MO that just wants to get away from her situation as well. The twist comes in that what is being carried in truck isn't drugs but instead a disease that does eventually get released and causes mass dying and a collapse of society. At the end one boy and the girl are alive and preparing for a long winter and probably longer at their destination land of CT. A weird story change for sure.
There were no copies in system so I posted it right away and it has already been requested so I will probably get mailed off later this week.
