Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Nevermore: Nettle & Bone, Absolution, The Rhine, Lessons in Chemistry

 Reported by Rita

Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
To save her sister and topple a throne, Marra is offered the tools she needs if she completes three seemingly impossible tasks with the help of a disgraced ex-knight, a reluctant fairy godmother and an enigmatic gravewitch and her fowl familiar
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This sci-fi fantasy is a really fun read! – CW        4.5 Stars        


Absolution by Alice McDermott
Sixty years after they lived as wives of American servicemen in early 1960s Vietnam, two women reconnect and relieve their shared experiences in Saigon in the new novel by the author of The Ninth Hour.

A wonderful book about friendship. - DC    5 Stars

 


The Rhine : Following Europe's Greatest River from Amsterdam to the Alps by Ben Coates
The Rhine is one of the world's greatest rivers. Once forming the outer frontier of the Roman Empire, it flows 800 miles from the social democratic playground of the Netherlands, through the industrial and political powerhouses of Germany and France, to the wealthy mountain fortresses of Switzerland and Liechtenstein. For five years, Ben Coates lived alongside a major channel of the river in Rotterdam, crossing it daily, swimming and sailing in its tributaries. In The Rhine, he sets out by bicycle from the Netherlands where it enters the North Sea, following it through Germany, France and Liechtenstein, to its source in the icy Alps. He explores the impact that the Rhine has had on European culture and history and finds out how influences have flowed along and across the river, shaping the people who live alongside it. Blending travelogue and offbeat history, The Rhine tells the fascinating story of how a great river helped shape a continent
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 Full of history and interesting information, this book is highly recommended. A good travel guide. – WJ  5 Stars

 


Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
In the early 1960s, chemist and single mother Elizabeth Zott, the reluctant star of America's most beloved cooking show due to her revolutionary skills in the kitchen, uses this opportunity to dare women to change the status quo.

This book made our reader laugh-out-loud. Elizabeth’s dog, Six-Thirty, named after the time of day she found him, is the best character! – VC  4 Stars

 

Also Mentioned:

The Secret Recipe of Ella Dove by Karen Hawkins

Trust by Hernan Diaz

The Echo of Old Books  by Barbara Davis

A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross

Beartown by Fredrik Backman 

Us Against You
by Fredrik Backman

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter: The Member of the Wedding  by Carson McCullers

A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary 1785-1812 by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

A Matter of Life and Death: Inside the Hidden World of the Pathologist by Sue Armstrong

The Pioneers: the Heroic Story of the Settlers who brought the American Ideal West by David G. McCullough

The History of Bees by Maja Lunde

New Books:

The Lost Tomb: and Other Real-life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder by Douglas J. Preston

 Around the World in 60 Seconds: the Nas Daily Journey: 1,000 Days, 64 Countries, 1 Beautiful Planet by Nuseir Yassin

 

New to Us:

The Star Garden: A Novel of Sarah Agnes Prine by Nancy E. Turner

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