Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Nevermore: Girls Who Stepped Out of Line, Art of Danish Living, In Your Face

 


Reported by Rita

 


The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line by Mari K. Eder

This book takes you inside the lives and experiences of 15 unknown women heroes from the Greatest Generation, the women who served, fought, struggled, and made things happen during WWII―in and out of uniform―for theirs is a legacy destined to embolden generations of women to come.

I didn't think it was very well-written or engaging.    - NH   2 stars

 


The Art of Danish Living: How to Find Happiness In and Out of Work by Meik Wiking

A guide on getting more out of work and living like the world's happiest people: the Danish.

Underwhelming - the presentation is pretty, but it doesn't offer much new information.    - HM    4 stars

 

 

In Your Face: A Cartoonist at Work by Doug Marlette

The creator of the nationally syndicated "Kudzu" comic strip offers a revealing glimpse inside the world of a cartoonist. He describes the creative process, discusses the art of cartooning, and provides anecdotes about his own career.

It's one of the most enjoyable books I've read in a long time. It's full of great pictures and cartoons.   - VC   5 stars

 

 

Other Books Mentioned

 

The Wings of the Dove by Henry James

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle by Chris Hedges

A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism by Jeffrey D. Sachs

The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry

So Human an Animal: How We Are Shaped by Surroundings and Events by René Dubos

The Vanishing Kind (Alex Carter, #4) by Alice Henderson

After Rome: A Novel of Celtic Britain by Morgan Llywelyn

The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson

The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

Grave Expectations by Alice Bell

How to Buy a Planet by D.A. Holdsworth

James by Percival Everett

 

New Books

 

One Good Thing by Georgia Hunter

Midnight on the Scottish Shore by Sarah Sundin

Kills Well with Others by Deanna Raybourn

When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance by Riley Black

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Laughter is the Best Medicine: 101 Feel Good Stories by Amy Newmark

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