Nevermore 6-10-25
Reported by Rita
On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It
Matters by Bonnie Tsui
From the bestselling author of
Why We Swim comes a mind-expanding exploration of muscle—from our
ancient obsession with the ideal human form to the modern science of this
amazing and adaptable tissue—that will change the way you think about what
moves us through the world.
I found this quick read to be both informative and
entertaining. -KM 5 stars
Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy
Over the course of a single week, a woman who is ready to die
discovers an unexpected reason to live. Following the deaths of her husband and
son, Helen Cartwright returns to the English village of her childhood after
living abroad for six decades. Her only wish is to die quickly and without
fuss. Helen retreats into her home on Westminster Crescent, becoming a creature
of routine and habit. Then, one cold autumn night, a chance encounter with an
abandoned pet mouse on the street outside her house sets Helen on a surprising
journey of friendship.
This book is simple yet incredibly beautiful. Very
touching. - NH 5 stars
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby
Van Pelt
After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the
night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping
busy has always helped her cope, which she's been doing since her
eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound
over thirty years ago.
Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant
Pacific octopus living at the aquarium. Marcellus knows more than anyone can
imagine but wouldn't dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human
captors--until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.
Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night
Tova's son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old
invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it's too late.
This was a hopeful and heart-warming story. I couldn't put it
down. -GP 5 stars
Other
Books Mentioned
River Town by Peter Hessler
Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (On a Dead Man) by Jesse
Q. Sutanto
Something for the Pain by Paul
Austin
A Necessary Woman by Helen
Van Slyke
The March of Folly by
Barbara Tuchman
The Piano Lesson by August Wilson
An Arabian Journey by
Levison Wood
Not My Father's Son by Allan
Cumming
Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol
Rifka Brunt
Morbidly Yours by Ivy Fairbanks
New Books
Run for the Hills by Kevin
Wilson
Wartime Book Club by Kate
Thompson
The Golden Road by William Dalrymple
My Name is Emilia Delvalle by
Isabel Allende
A Change of Habit: Leaving Behind My Husband,
Career, and Everything I Owned to Become a Nun by
Sister Monica Clare
