Monkey Mind--#34 finished

 The rest of the title: A Memoir of Anxiety.  The author has a real struggle with anxiety and really looks back at his life and things that have triggered it.  I have to admit that the reason I got this book is because of the toy monkey with symbols on the cover--my son has one & loves these toys--I guess since Toy Story 2 or 3.  I think everyone has some anxiety about stuff but not nearly to the degree of the author, good read and info on what he has done to get through it as best he can.

Not sure yet if I will post, like I said I like the cover.  There are 9 WL for it so can move at some point if I want.

Playing For More--#33 finished

 This is a book by QB Case Keenum about his football life and his relationship with God.  Not really a book I would read but I picked up at a thrift store and since he was in St Louis for a year--I think the last year the Rams were here, I figured I would give it a try.  I didn't know much about him so reading his story of high school and college was interesting and then his bouncing around in the NFL.  This was written right after his big season with the Vikings but they still wanted a different QB so he just signed with Denver at end of book.  Story since then is still bouncing around in NFL but glad to read about his success too. Quick read.

I have posted it on PBS, it is the only copy but no idea when if ever it will move.

Captive Audience--#32 finished

 The writer Lucas Mann, looks at his life and then also the lives of people on reality TV.  I had enjoyed his book about Class A baseball in IA area and thought I would try this one too.  I don't watch the reality TV shows that he does--Housewives, Kardashians, The Little Couple and many more it seems.  That part of the book didn't always make sense and the parts about his life just seemed like part of the story.  I think if these were shows I watched I probably would have enjoyed it more.

I got this as a throw in from an order on PBS--it is an Advance Reader copy so not a published copy.  I cannot post it on PBS so it will go in my giveaway pile.

Caught--#31

 I had read a short story book by the author & had put this book on my request list but not really sure why. Her short story book I remembered as okay.  Oh well, I got this book and on the cover says "Now a major CBC Television Series...".  I didn't remember hearing about this but figured just missed it.  A couple guys get arrested taking a boat of marijuana into Newfoundland Canada in 1970s, one of the guys skips bail & disappears while the other Slaney goes to prison and after 4 years escapes.  Reconnects with pal & pal has a life now but knows they have to repay people that lost money on last adventure so another boat trip is setup, pal stays home because has new life now while getting out of Canada for Slaney is good thing.  They hope to make enough money to escape into the world. Some good twists & turns, basically the police are helping Slaney--get away from prison and do the boat trip back to Canada with more marijuana so they can arrest him again & also his pal--Hearn.  They do arrest both, Slaney no bail & sentenced to 20 years.  Hearn gets bail & then police get caught listening in on a meeting with lawyer & let him off.  Troubling ending I guess.

I posted it already on PBS & there were no copies & woke up this morning a day later & it is requested.  I will mail it off today or tomorrow with a couple other WL books I had posted.

I'm Living Your Dream Life--#30 finished

This is a non-fiction book about a young couple living in San Francisco area of CA that wanted to do something different.  The looked for & found a resort on a lake in northern Wisconsin and bought it.  The title comes from people that come to stay saying they--the owners--are living my dream life.  She is basically pointing out the hard work involved the struggles of remodeling and then building new cabins of finding good workers and dealing with the people that come in every week.  Nothing too surprising really once you step back a bit & think about it.  I wanted the book because they also say they are the first Disc Golf Ranch/Resort--they have put in more than the normal 18 disc golf holes on their resort & host tournaments there and also people just come by to play.  Not as much disc golf mentioned in the book as I would have liked but I guess DG is not a big audience.

I have posted it on PBS & it is the only copy so hope it will move but not much moving off my shelf right now.

Paul and Me--#29 finished

It was a few months ago that I first heard of AE Hotchner, it was on a Living St Louis tv show that talked about him and his recent passing.  I didn't know he was a St Louisan and had no idea about his long time friendship with Paul Newman.  The rest of this title is:  53 Years of Adventures and Misadventures with My Pal Paul Newman.  A really interesting and entertaining read.  I new of Newman's Own salad dressing and sort of remember seeing other products too but didn't know Hotchner was his business partner & how it all started and how this business was run in their own way.  Glad I read this book and I am glad there were people like this in our world--we can probably use a few more like these two.

I am not sure if I will post it or not, leaning toward not since author is from St Louis.  Might be a good one to offer to friends if they would be interested.

Vanishing Act--#28 finished

 This is a start of a series book by Thomas Perry--I really like several of his books that I have read.  This is an older book, published in 1995 and you notice it--no cell phones and the main character uses public pay phones several times throughout the book.  She also buys newspapers and searches the ads several times as well, just funny because that is just not done anymore.  The main character, Jane Whitefield, is a person that helps other people disappear, people that need to get away and stay away for their own safety--bad marriage, mob after them--that sort of thing.  A guy comes to her with a story & he is being followed & they have to leave ASAP.  Getting away and how she develops new personas for the people is interesting but I could tell something wasn't quite right and this guy was a bad guy tracking down someone she helped disappear in the past.  He finds & kills that guy & Jane now has to track this bad guy down & get him.  Some big leaps of faith in her abilities, throw in some NE Native American stuff--almost mystical, makes parts of the book hard to buy but still a good page turner at least.

I have posted it on PBS, this is only copy in system so hopefully will move at some point.