Nevermore: Boom! Talking About the Sixties; Fire Weather; If I’d Killed Him When I Met Him

 

Nevermore 2-11-25

Reported by Rita

Boom!: Talking About the Sixties: What Happened, How it Shaped Today, Lessons for Tomorrow by Tom Brokaw

The author of the best-selling The Greatest Generation redefines the tumultuous and history-making decade of the 1960s, a decade that saw the rise of the rebellious children of the greatest generation, to reveal how American social, political, economic, and cultural institutions were transformed by an era of dramatic change and upheaval.

Wonderfully written, the stories tied together beautifully. Powerful.     –NH     5 stars

Fire Weather: a True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant

The best-selling author of The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival describes the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire disaster that drove 88,000 people from their homes instantly and how this is a shocking preview of a hotter, flammable world.

Valliant is a tremendous writer. This book was very interesting, easy to follow, and highly relevant.     –VC      5 stars

 

If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him : An Elizabeth Macpherson Novel by Sharyn McCrumb

In the eighth Elizabeth MacPherson novel, the Southern sleuth with the Scottish ancestry acts as official investigator for her brother's Virginia law firm and tests her skills solving two sensational murders and a third crime unsolved for a century.

Delightful, light, and funny.    –DC      4 stars

 

 

Other Books Mentioned

The 6:20 Man by David Baldacci

Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938 by R. A. Scotti

This is Happiness by Niall Williams

The French Winemaker's Daughter by Loretta Ellsworth

The Last Year of the War by Susan Meissner

This Motherless Land by Nikki May

Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis

Wolf Hall: a Novel by Hilary Mantel

Dawn by Elie Wiesel

13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do by Amy Morin

 

New Books

The Farmer's Wife: My Life in Days by Helen Rebanks

Sweet Vidalia: a Novel by Lisa Sandlin