Nevermore: Finlay Donovan Is Killing It, Anywhere You Run, The Covenant of Water, Four Thousand Weeks

Reported by Andrew 

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano

This novel about a single mother and novelist who is mistaken for a hitman-for hire has been making its rounds through the library staff and Nevermore readers for a little while now, but is still one of the most frequently talked-about book series. Our reader loved the mystery and humor found throughout the book, and is excited to continue reading the other books in the series: Finlay Donovan Knocks ‘Em Dead, Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun, and in 2024, Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice. PP

Anywhere You Run by Wanda M. Morris

A story of two sisters on the run, each with their own demons. Set in the South in 1960s Mississippi, these two black women try to escape their past, one on the run from the law, the other running from the segregation prevalent in the South during those times. Our reader appreciated the accuracy in which this time period is represented in the book, and was intrigued reading about the tough choices these two women had to make. WH

 

The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

Set in South India from 1900 to 1977, this story follows the lives of three generations of a family, starting with a twelve-year-old girl’s arranged marriage to a forty-year-old man she has never met before. This book was on Oprah’s Book Club list. –DC 

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman

This book is for people who feel like there is never enough time in the day, and that life is constantly throwing them an endless list of chores, to-do projects, and work. This book draws on the historical concepts of time-management, and how these ideas have changed over the years. Our reader enjoyed the ideas presented in this book, finding them humorous and insightful, and even changing some of the ways she views time-management. -HM

Also mentioned:

Tastes like War: A Memoir by Grace M. Cho

The Last to Vanish by Megan Miranda

The Wisdom of Morrie: Living and Aging Creatively and Joyfully by Morrie Schwartz

The Kentucky Trace: A Novel of the American Revolution by Harriette Simpson Arnow

To Die Beautiful by Buzzy Jackson

Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust by Michael Hingson and Susy Flory

The Art of Making Memories: How to Create and Remember Happy Moments by Meik Wiking

As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man’s Escape from a Siberian Labor Camp and His 3-Year Trek to Freedom by Josef M. Bauer

The Dutch Wife by Ellen Keith

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel