Reported by Garry
The Sweet Trade by Elizabeth Garrett. This work of historical
fiction follows the exploits of two of the most famous female pirates of all
time: Anne Bonny and Mary Read, who both sailed with Calico Jack Rackham in the
early 1700s. Anne is a Southern belle who has a vicious temper and a wild
streak. She marries penniless James Bonny and with him runs off to Nassau where
she meets Calico Jack. Mary has been a fighter all of her life – just simply to
survive. Disguising herself as a man from an early age, she was a foot soldier,
innkeeper and cavalry brigadier before joining the crew of a Dutch ship that was
captured by Calico Jack. For three years, this trio scours the Caribbean seas
in search of loot and treasure until they are captured and sentenced to death
in 1720. Our reader found this novel to be very interesting and filled with
details about life aboard a pirate ship.
WJ
A Tyranny of Petticoats: 15 Stories of Belles, Bank Robbers & Other
Badass Girls edited by Jessica Spotswood. Strap in for a delightful ride through
history with a collection of young women adventurers from the 1700s up to
modern times. Written by some of the leading Young Adult authors of our time,
this book of short stories provides plenty of adventure, humor, and historical
context for the engaging content. Our reader states that all of the stories are
very, very different from one another, and that this anthology was a
fascinating read. MH
I Love It When You Lie by Kristen Bird is a tribute to all sassy Southern
women. It begins with the unexpected death of the Williams family matriarch.
Gran has long been under suspicion for the death of her husband. All of the
Williams family girls, including all three granddaughters, as well as a
great-granddaughter, are included in the local sheriff's surveillance...perhaps
with good reason. As the family gathers for her funeral, Gran may not be the
only one to be buried this weekend. LK
The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli. Why do we remember the past, but
not the future? Does time pass the same everywhere? Does time even exist, or is
it an artifact of the way we interpret our existence? In this fascinating,
mind-bending, but straight-forward book, Rovelli brings together physics,
mathematics, philosophy, and literature to lay out what we currently know about
the phenomenon that rules our lives with a seemingly iron fist: time. Written
for the layperson, this immensely enjoyable book comes highly recommended by
our reader. HJ
Also mentioned:
Whale Day: and Other Poems by Billy Collins
Night Flight to Paris by Cara Black
My Name is Selma: The Remarkable
Memoir of a Jewish Resistance Fighter and Ravensbrück Survivor by Selma van de
Perre
The Little Wartime Library by Kate Thompson
The Music of Bees by Eileen Garvin
The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon: A Graying American Looks
Back at his Suburban Boyhood and Wonders What the Hell Happened by Bill McKibben
The Middle of Somewhere by Suzanne Stryk
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Edward S.
Herman and Noam Chomsky
Midnight at the Blackbird Café by Heather Webber
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
New Books:
London Séance Society by Sarah Penner
The Watchmaker’s Daughter: The
True Story of World War II Heroine Corrie ten Boom by Larry Loftis
Pushcart Prize XLVII: Best of the Small Presses edited by Bill
Henderson
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