Nevermore 3-12-24
Reported by Rita
Brave Enough by Cheryl Strayed
A collection of quotes from the columnist and author captures
her wisdom, courage, honesty, spirit, and outspoken humor.
Quick and fun – a real attention grabber. – CD
5 stars
Parable of the Sower by
Octavia E Butler
In 2025 California, an eighteen-year-old African American
woman, suffering from a hereditary trait that causes her to feel others' pain
as well as her own, flees northward from her small community and its desperate
savages.
Very well written – sometimes horrifying. – MH Not rated
Move Like Water: My Story of the Sea by
Hannah Stowe
As a young girl, Hannah Stowe was raised at the tide's edge on
the Pembrokeshire coast of Wales, falling asleep to the sweep of the lighthouse
beam. Now in her mid-twenties, working as a marine biologist and sailor, Stowe
draws on her professional experiences sailing tens of thousands of miles in the
North Sea, North Atlantic, Mediterranean, Celtic Sea, and the Caribbean to
explore the human relationship with wild waters.
Spiritually beautiful with great illustrations. – AH
5 stars
Other Books Mentioned
Always Faithful by Jerry McNeal
Three Years a Traveler: One Woman, One Dog, Seven
RVs, and the Path Less Traveled to Heal the Heart by
Leslie White
Home Again: a Novel by
Kristin Hannah
The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant
A Room With a View by E.M.
Forster
The Wilderwomen by Ruth Emmie Lang
The Rosewood Casket: a Ballad Novel by
Sharyn McCrumb
We'll Call You if We Need You : Experiences of
Women Working Construction by Susan Eisenberg
The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning, Elevate Your Life by Robin
S. Sharma
A Wild and Heavenly Place: a Novel by Robin
Oliveira
Always Looking Up: the Adventures of an Incurable
Optimist by Michael J. Fox
New Books
The Fortune Seller: a Novel by
Rachel Kapelke-Dale
Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting
Oppression and Changing the World-- and How You Can, Too by
Ijeoma Oluo
Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials by
Marion Gibson
They Included Me: A Five-Decade Teaching Career by Jerry
L. Jones
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