The Greatest Love Story Ever Told--#96 finished

This is a book by celebrity couple Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman.  Megan was on Will & Grace and Nick later became famous on Parks & Rec.  I liked both of these characters and thought it was funny they were married since I saw Megan on Parks & Rec as Nick's crazy ex.  This is a book that I got through Thriftbooks just a few weeks ago and started reading right away as a kind of light funny read.  It was light but only sometimes funny.  Was written more as a back and forth interview between them on different topics.  Some interesting things about their backgrounds but just seemed they tried too hard to be funny.  Oh well, I now know more about them and their lives.

There are 6 WL for this book on PBS so will probably post & mail off at some point but I am back to where I have enough credits so in no hurry to post anything.

Ordinary Hazards--#95 finished

This was the fiction book I was reading, it was one that I picked up fairly recently so kind of surprised myself when it became the one I started reading a few weeks ago.  I never know what I will be in mood for and this was it.  All that being said this was an interesting book.  I liked the style that the chapters went by as hours in a bar after work.  The characters seemed real enough and also were small townish that also worked with main character being a moneyed New York/CT type that seemed to not like her type.  There were conflicts but it was also building to something that kind of kept you guessing at too.  It did get pretty sad but ended on a note of maybe they will get through it afterall.  Good read and a little different from other stuff that I have been reading--probably why I grabbed it when I did.

There were no copies in PBS system so I posted it right away & it has already been requested.  Will probably mail off this weekend.

Homegrown--#94 finished

The rest of the title: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism.  The author Jeffrey Toobin looks back at Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City bombing of the federal building there.  The right wing thoughts of McVeigh that included Waco and the Idaho shooting of Weaver.  Also being the 1990s there was no social media propelling things so McVeigh never really found others he fit with but today's extremists do not have that problem.  At end he looks at some of what has happened since and looking at that to Jan 6th.  This was written in 2023 so almost wanting a update for him to discuss what has happened since but in 2 years will be wanting this again.  Election is happening with early voting now and election day next week will see what changes come.  I think another thing that has to be dealt with is there will always be the extremists--how do we deal with them??  There is a question waiting for an answer.

There are 4 WL for this book on PBS but it is going onto a keeper shelf for me for now.

The Truth Is...My Life in Love and Music--#93 finished

This is a memoir by Melissa Etheridge.  I have to admit I really didn't know much about her, I know I had heard some of her songs but I never searched them out.  This was written in 2001 so a lot has happened since then.  A good history of her growing up and then getting started in music and relationships.  I did do a wikipedia search on her and sounds like she has a lot of success but also some real hardships with recently losing her young adult son to a drug overdose.  

I pulled up UTube while typing this & am listening to some of her songs, a couple I recognize.  I am more of a classic rock guy so have missed a lot of her music but I do like what I am hearing.  Might have to make room in a rotation.

I have posted this book on PBS, it is only copy in system so will see if goes anywhere.  I had too many books on my PBS bookshelf so removed a few that I figured were never going anywhere--will now be donated away instead.

Juliet in August--#92 finished

Juliet is a small town in Saskatchewan Canada.  This is about the lives of people in this small town.  It is a really small town in a farming ranching area also with a desert nearby.  It is a tough life there and really gets into some of the struggles of the people as well as living in a kind of isolated place.  I grew up in small town NE.  While the farming more and no ranching but the small town thoughts seemed similar.  I really enjoyed this book, was a fun read.

There are no copies on PBS so I will go ahead and post it there.  Like sending out good books to people that want to read them.

Drunk Mom--#91 finished

This was a tough read, it is a memoir by Jowita Bydlowska.  She is an alcoholic and was 3+ years sober when after the birth of her baby in a kind of celebration she has some champagne.  That is the start of her drinking again.  This really gets into her mindset as an alcoholic--where she wants to drink to try to control it, how she hides bottles, goes on walks with the baby in a stroller and knows where all the liquor stores are on the route.  In the end she is back at AA and sober but with all she has gone through me as the reader worry about her and her family's future.  I did wikipedia her a week or so ago and not much detail there but has success as writer so hopefully her and her family are doing good.

I did get this copy from PBS but is kind of warped a little from water so not really postable on PBS.  I will put this in my donate away pile instead.

"You Just Need to Lose Weight" and 19 Other Myths About Fat People--#90 finished

That is probably the longest book title I have typed on my title line.  I ordered this book as part of a Wishlist Multipies list on PBS--where you order usually at least 2 or 3 books that others have on their WL and maybe ones you have.  This is a way to save mailing cost by mailing 3 books for 3 credits in one mailing instead of 3 separate mailings.  I usually look there when my credits pile up or if nothing is going on as far as requests or ones to mail.  Anyway this is one that looking at title I thought might be a kind of comedy take on people harassing fat people, instead it is more of a you need to treat us better kind of read.  A lot of good information about fat people and how it is not simple to just lose weight and how often diets just make things worse once off the diet.  Good information about just respecting people and not attacking them.  I am overweight, maybe obese by BMI but book also points out how basically useless the BMI rating is too.  It does seem like parts of the book are just kind of repeated but still a worthwhile read.

There are 6 WL for this book on PBS and since my credits are now under 10 finally, I will go ahead and post this book to mail out.