Cari Mora--#7 finished

 This is a new book from Thomas Harris--2019, the author that did The Silence of the Lambs books.  I saw a couple of the movies and they are plenty creepy so wasn't too sure I wanted to even bother with this one.  This has enough creepy parts that to me are just not enjoyable but overall the action kept moving and good people won in the end.  Not a bad read but probably won't search out his earlier books either.  Not sure if this will be a series or not but would probably continue if there is another book.

I have posted it on PBS there were already 3 copies in system but since a newer book and popular author figured I would post it & see if gets requested down the line.

The Unraveling of Mercy Louis--#6 finished

A book about a high school girl growing up in a rough sort of refinery town on the Gulf coast of Texas.  The girl, Mercy Louis, is a star basketball player that sort of provides cover for the other areas of life where she is struggling.  She is being raised by her grandmother--who is a sort of religious freak type--world ending in months kind of way.  Mercy's best friend is a loose cannon sort of girl with her own struggles.  In the background is the other main focus of the book, the girls team manager a shadow of a person Illa.  I wasn't so sure about this book when I started but it did manage to come together in ways at the end. Book at least makes you think about things & story kept things moving.

I have it posted on PBS already, it is the only copy in system so maybe it will get requested at some point. 

Little Weirds--#5 finished

 I wasn't really sure what I was getting with this book.  It was sort of a throw in to an order on PBS.  I didn't know Jenny Slate the author at all--I have since found out comedienne, voice & regular actress and other sort of Hollywood things.  This is a short vignette type book--not short stories but usually just a few paragraphs about some random thoughts.  I really did get this book--the thoughts, the style or much of anything.  There were a couple that I thought were interesting but otherwise mostly just disappointing for me. The book has 9 pages of advance praise of this book by various reviewers--I just don't get it.

There are like 8 or 9 WL for this book on PBS so I will get mailed off at some point probably soon.

The Dependents--#4 finished

 This is a book I started over Christmas, had taken with me to parent's house as one to start if I finished one there.  Well I did so started this.  In grabbing it I hadn't spent much time thinking about it, a kind of spur of the moment packing thing.  About a longtime married couple and the wife dies and how the husband tries to adjust to life now.  Their daughter lives on the west coast--far away distance and also far away from real communication with her father.  I was sort of surprised how much I liked the book.  Some parts & decisions seem a little out there but certainly can understand with a man in his situation being like that. 

There are around 13 WL for the book on PBS so will get it posted & mailed off at some point.

Stalingrad--#3 finished

 This is one I had been working on for some time, I think started it back in November.  A lot of good information here about the different armies involved in Germany advancing into USSR and getting stalled at Stalingrad and then the USSR surprise offensive that circled the German army and wore it down to almost nothing to where it had to surrender.  Really interesting to see the interplay between the German generals and Hitler.  The propaganda the Germans used to justify there invasion sounds in some ways similar to what Putin used to justify his invasion of Ukraine.  This is still a time and battle of such enormous size that I really can't put my head around it--just such a huge waste of life.

This book is older & a little beaten up so I will not be posting it on PBS, for now is a keeper.

The Wars of Heaven--#2 finished

This is a short story book, I had taken it along when went out of town over Christmas and started it then after finishing a book there.  This is published in 1990 so the stories are from the 1980s I guess.  The short stories then just don't seem to appeal to me much--sort of weird and abstract.  A couple of them here were good including the novella at the end--The Love of a Good Woman but overall just okay.  It is a short book and mostly a quick read.  I finished this on the 1st during afternoon.

I have posted it on PBS & is only paperback copy and there is a WL for the hardback copy but so far not being requested.  Maybe it moves but short story books don't seem to move much.  I did order it from PBS so I guess some do move--ha ha.

Maybe We'll Have You Back--#1 finished

 First book finished in 2023.  I had only started it a couple days before but since stayed up late to get to midnight and then stayed past that still reading finished in the early morning of 2023.  I didn't recognize the name Fred Stoller but recognized his face on the cover of the book.  A guest star on many, many shows and a usually funny and memorable character too.  Glad to see that while he doesn't have a long stay on any shows, he is still a successful working actor.  I checked his IMDB and seems like he has moved to more voice acting and kids shows--both he mentions toward the end of his book.  Interesting read and a funny guy.

There was 1 WL for this book so I already posted it & is accepted.  I will get mailed off later this week.