Reported by Rita
Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips
In 1874, in the wake of the War, erasure, trauma, and
namelessness haunt civilians and veterans, renegades and wanderers, freedmen
and runaways. Twelve-year-old ConaLee, the adult in her family for as long as
she can remember, finds herself on a buckboard journey with her mother, Eliza,
who hasn’t spoken in more than a year. They arrive at the Trans-Allegheny
Lunatic Asylum in West Virginia, delivered to the hospital’s entrance by a war
veteran who has forced himself into their world. There, far from family, a
beloved neighbor, and the mountain home they knew, they try to reclaim their
lives.
Excellent! Beautifully written with well-formed characters. A real page-turner. -KN 5 stars
Ornithography: An Illustrated Guide to Bird Lore
& Symbolism by Jessica Roux
In Jessica Roux’s Ornithography, each of 100 entries
focuses on one bird species, featuring a full-page color illustration in her
detailed, darkly romantic style, and the lore behind each bird.
This is an easy read with gorgeous illustrations. I found the
mythology of birds very interesting.
- KM 4 stars
Conclave by Robert Harris
The Pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine
Chapel, one hundred and eighteen cardinals from all over the globe will cast
their votes in the world’s most secretive election. They are holy men. But they
have ambition. And they have rivals. Over the next seventy-two hours, one of
them will become the most powerful spiritual figure on earth.
This was a quick, easy read with a surprise ending. It gave
great insight into the Catholic church.
- GP 5 stars
Other
Books Mentioned
River of No Return: Tennessee Ernie Ford and the
Woman He Loved by Jeffrey Buckner Ford
Stars in Their Courses: The Gettysburg Campaign,
June-July 1863 by Shelby Foote
Life in the Coal Camps of Wise County by Brian
D. McKnight
The Brothers Karamazov by
Fyodor Dostoevsky
A People’s History of the United States by
Howard Zinn
The Midnight Library by Matt
Haig
How They Croaked by Georgia Bragg
The Gates of Evangeline by
Hester Young
The Seamstress by Allison Pittman
New Books
Raising Demons by Shirley Jackson
Change the Recipe by Jose
Andres
The Eights by Joanna Miller
Waiting for the Long Night Moon by
Amanda Peters
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