Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Nevermore: Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here, Alarm of the Black Cat, Noel Letters

 



Reported by Rita

Everyone Who is Gone is Here: the United States, Central America, and the Lives in Between by Jonathan Blitzer

An epic, heartbreaking, and deeply reported history of the disastrous humanitarian crisis at the southern border that tells the story of the migrants forced to risk everything and the policymakers determining their fate.

Well-researched. It is a good book about a horrible situation.    – DC     5 stars

 


The Alarm of the Black Cat by Dolores Hitchens aka D. B. Olsen

This classic mystery features a family feud, feline intervention, and the spirited septuagenarian sleuth from The Cat Saw Murder.

I didn’t care for it.      – WJ     2 stars

 


The Noel Letters: From the Noel Collection by Richard Paul Evans

The best-selling series by the award-winning author of The Christmas Box explores themes of faith, love, and redemption during an illuminating holiday season.

I thought this was a fun book. I really enjoyed the quotes from famous writers at the beginning of each chapter.     – WJ       5 stars

 

 

Other Books Mentioned

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis

Lincoln: a Novel by Gore Vidal

In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face-to-Face with the Idea of an Afterlife by Sebastian Junger

Murder in Georgetown by Margaret Truman

Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune

Blink: the Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell

New Books

Before We Forget Kindness: a Novel by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

Invisible Kitties: a Feline Study of Fluid Mechanics or the Spurious Incidents of the Cats in the Night-Time by Yu Yoyo

A Walk in the Park: the True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko

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