Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Nevermore: American Spirits, Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, The Warmth of Other Suns

Reported by Rita 



American Spirits by Russell Banks

Three interlocking tales about the locals in a rural New York town, including two criminals who kidnap an elderly couple to blackmail their grandson and a man who is hounded on social media after selling his property to a stranger.


  The stories are sad, but it is a fast read and a good book.    – KM     5 stars

 

Tom Stoppard's Arcadia by Tom Stoppard

Focuses on the lives of those who visit the Derbyshire house, Arcadia, throughout the years. 

  Very uplifting and funny – so good.   – DC     5 stars

 


The Warmth of Other Suns : the Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

In an epic history covering the period from the end of World War I through the 1970s, a Pulitzer Prize winner chronicles the decades-long migration of African Americans from the South to the North and West through the stories of three individuals and their families.

 

Informative and very eye-opening. Worth reading.   – VC     5 stars

 

Other Books Mentioned

Ball, Bat, and Bitumen: A History of Coalfield Baseball in the Appalachian South by L. M. Sutter

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

Lionboy: the Chase by Zizou Corder

Lionboy: the Truth by Zizou Corder

The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck

The Book of Doors: A Novel by Gareth Brown

Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America by Leila Philip

The Whispering Room by Dean R. Koontz

The Bone Garden: the Chilling True Story of a Female Serial Killer by William P. Wood

Until August  by Gabriel Garcia  Marquez

Family Family: a Novel by Laurie Frankel

 

New Books

 

Super-scenic Motorway: A Blue Ridge Parkway History by Anne Mitchell Whisnant


Says who? : a Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words by Anne Curzan

The Mystery Writer: a Novel by Sulari Gentill

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