The Amazing Adventures of Aaron Broom--#92 finished

 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. 

The Boy From the Woods--#91 finished

As the title indicates, the main character was a boy found in the woods of New Jersey, not far from New York City.  The boy was a mystery in that he was living on his own in the woods but could speak and read and was overall intelligent.  No one knew really how he survived and how he learned what he knew.  The boy is now grown up and still lives in the woods.  He goes by Wilde and was in foster care through school, time in military and secret ops kind of stuff.  Investigator later and now not really sure what does for money.  His life is intertwined with a family there in town and a few from this family are part of the story as well.  He helps out on a girl that disappeared and found her and then she disappears again and also a boy of prominent parents.  A quite a few moving parts here but story is still easy to follow and moves along well.  Good read.  I have the 2nd book already, reason I ordered the first and will get to it probably sometime soon.

I will post this on PBS, there are 4 copies already in system so not sure how quickly it will move but if series takes off I think it would.

Sandhill Sundays and Other Recollections--#90 finished

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. 

The First Commandment--#89 finished

 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.

Hippie--#88 finished

 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.

Anatomy of a Song--#87 finished

 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.

Nobody's Pilgrims--#86 finished

 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.