An older newspaper reporter with connections all around Richmond, VA solves a gristly crime and almost is killed for it by a couple people. A good quick read. This is the beginning of a smaller series & already have 2nd book so figured would jump on this when I got it. It is a good read and hopefully a good series.
There was 1 WL for this book so I have already posted it & probably mail off in next few days.
A funny sort of book about a 13 year old that dies & goes to hell and how she changes things. She is a daughter of a super rich celebrity couple that are also just kind of way out there. Lots of references & influences thrown about in the book that make it humorous in ways. A good but very different sort of read.
There are no WL for this version of book--there are for other so I am guessing would get picked if/when I post it.
This is a book of essays about Sheila Nevins life and I guess the people around her. She is a top documentary producer and president of HBO Documentary Films but I hadn't heard of her before this book--I enjoy documentaries but don't pay much attention to who is making them. I am also not a big film buff so she was outside my areas of knowledge. The book looked interesting and it was, some really interesting stories. Some poems too but not really what I like. A very interesting life--I am guessing the stories are true even though some sound more fiction to me. A good and interesting read.
I have posted it on PBS, it is only copy in system so maybe this one will move but will see.
This is a 1970s different sort of spy book. The story is in England & the main character had spent time in the field as a sort of spy for England in South Africa. While there he falls in love and has to coordinate a way to get his black lover out of the country and to England & he does this. He is reassigned to a desk looking at incoming messages from field ops and other things passed along. He is also passing things to the USSR because the communists helped in getting his wife out of S Africa but this wasn't clear at first. There is an internal probe into these leaks and this is where some action starts happening. A different time with no computers, cell phones, etc. Lots of drinking and eating at clubs. A good read that brings you back in time.
There were already 10 copies in system but I still went ahead and posted it, probably going nowhere but figure can leave on bookshelf for now & can always pull and give away if need room.
This is a book that has been on my shelf for more than a few years and finally decided to read. It is from a MO author, part of the reason I got the book & have kept it. It reads more like a young adult book and was written in 2004 time so the whole world gone to hell and a few survivors--what do they do story. An okay read, simple characters but overall sort of a positive we will pull together kind of message. I don't understand why electricity is still running and how they are able to keep cars gassed up but can't let those details bother you too much--like I said more young adult.
I have posted it on PBS and it is the only copy in system but who knows if will move or not.
This is a true story about backpackers that are in Bolivia and that different goals or directions that meet each other & a sort of local guy and get sort of talked into going into the Amazon jungle in Bolivia. They will fly in and backpack a ways and then get to a very isolated native village and then float down river to where would fly out. There are 4 men doing this and while the start seems okay there are factions developing and issues starting. Also a harsh rash on ones feet, causing questions if can do entire trip. Eventually to decide to hike back where started and 2 will skip the isolated village but instead float down river. The story follows the 2 down river and how they became separated. One gets to a village while other is sort of lost but is found after weeks in the jungle--when most thought he was dead. The other 2 sort of disappear--the guide/local guy is suspected of being a criminal sort--at least not who he said he was. The other is lost and presumed dead. Having no interest in doing backpacking like this I really question many of the decisions they were making but I have to understand this is not my mindset. Interesting read overall.
There are 7 WL for the book so I will mail off at some point.
I enjoy Anna Quindlen books, they tell a good story about family struggles. This one is a NE farming valley that the Miller family lived for years. Flooding problems continued while family struggled with family issues. Eventually they and others had to sellout so a dam could be build at the valley flooded for a lake. A good story and interesting characters, nothing great but still a good read.
There are 13 WL for this book, it is a large print edition so I will probably post & send off some time soon.
