One
of our Nevermore readers decided to pick up something different to share this
week by selecting The Dairy Goat
Handbook: For Backyard, Homestead, and
Small Farm by Ann Starbard. It's a comprehensive guidebook about selecting and raising goat breeds, maintaining a
healthy herd, and using dairy goat products, like milk and cheese. Our reader picked Starbard’s book up on a
whim, spying it on a display shelf, and she said she just couldn’t resist. She enjoyed reading The Dairy Goat Handbook and, more importantly, she liked learning
something new. “If you’re into vicarious
farming, as I am, this is a very good book,” she told her fellow Nevermore
members, and she highly recommended it to others with an interest in
homesteading or simply like goats.
Nevermore
also looked at The Kingdom of the Golden
Dragon by Isabel Allende. Although
Allende has appeared a number of times, it was the first time her young readers’
series was introduced to Nevermore. In The Kingdom of the Golden Dragon,
Alexander Cold and his best friend, Nadia, are reunited in a new adventure that
takes them to the highest reaches of the Himalayas and a forbidden kingdom
protected by the fabled Golden Dragon.
Our reader enjoyed reading Allende’s novel. While it reflects the younger age of its
audience, she said it has a very good story and she thought the author did a
wonderful job of making the setting come to life. It was even better than the first book, City of the Beasts, she enthused.
Next,
Nevermore looked at Across Open Ground
by Heather Parkinson, a fascinating epic about Walter Pascoe, a sheep herder in
Idaho, and Trina Ivy, a beautiful young trapper, as they struggle to give root
to their growing affection—and survive the First World War. Our reader said she was “so glad I go to read
this book.” Beautifully written and
breathtakingly eloquent, Across Open
Ground was immediately labeled as a fantastic book. She said it reminded her of the Red Badge of Courage, threaded with
moments of beauty and tragedy that gave the story impact and presence. A magnificent and searing story about war and
love and, ultimately, the fragility of human life, Across Open Ground received some very high marks and a great recommendation
from our reader.
Skipping
to the tail end of the Second World War and veering right into the 1950s,
Nevermore took a look at Ike’s
Bluff: President Eisenhower’s Secret
Battle to Save the World by Evan Thomas.
After assuming the presidency in 1953, Dwight Eisenhower set about
ending the Korean War by whatever means necessary—or so he lead the American
public to believe. A detailed and
in-depth biography portraying foreign relations of the United States during the
presidency of Eisenhower, Ike’s Bluff proved
to be an intriguing book for our reader.
He said the writing was excellent, and he added that the author did a
wonderful job of shedding new light on his subject. Overall, he rated it highly, saying it was a
“very good book.”
Last,
Nevermore looked at a lovely comedic romance by Tawna Fenske. In Now
That It’s You, Meg Delaney decides that, after two years of radio silence,
it’s time to let bygones be bygones with her cheating ex-fiancé, Matt Midland,
and she hopes to make amends for leaving him at the altar. But when Matt unexpectedly passes away, Meg
is left with the lingering debt of their still-broken engagement sans
closure—and suddenly Kyle, Matt’s younger brother, is back in her life, leaving
her wondering about what could have been.
Our reader really enjoyed reading Fenske’s latest novel, calling it a
wonderfully hilarious depiction of both romantic and familial
relationships. She said she enjoyed the
humor, the sweetness, and even the awkward moments; however, she noted she was
hooked after discovering the group of LARPers (Live Action Role-Players)
dressed in fantasy gear in the second chapter.
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