Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

A young writer decides to interview the children of a scientist primarily responsible for the creation of the atomic bomb.

Thought-provoking and deep – full of irony – recommend.  – VC     5 stars

 

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto

When she discovers a dead man in the middle of her tea shop, Vera Wong, a suspicious Chinese mother with time on her hands, calls the police but not before tidying the crime scene and deciding she’s going to solve the case herself.

Fun with a twist ending – great book – highly recommend.  – MH     4.5 stars

  

This Impossible Brightness: a Novel by Jessica Bryant Klagmann

Caught in the unexplainable aftermath of one of Violette's deadliest storms, Alma Hughes, as the deaths devastate her new community, uses her unique link to the lost to help those left move on, while confronting a tragic loss of her own to discover the power of hope among the living.

Very strange but very readable. – CW     5 stars

 

Other Books Mentioned

I Could Pee on This, Too: and More Poems by More Cats by Francesco Marciuliano

The River: a Novel by Peter Heller

The Speckled Beauty: a Dog and His People by Rick Bragg

Wings of Fire: the Graphic Novel. Book Six, Moon Rising by Tui Sutherland

The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper Wandering

Through Life by Donna Leon

Harvest by Catherine Landis

Prayers the Devil Answers: a novel by Sharyn McCrumb

A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand

Stephen Fry in America by Stephen Fry

Cruise ship S.O.S.: the Life-Saving Adventures of a Doctor at Sea by Ben MacFarlane

 

New Books

Appalachian Elegy: Poetry and Place by Bell Hooks

Perfect Black by Crystal Wilkinson

Moonrise over New Jessup by Jamila Minnicks

The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden