Nevermore 3-3-26
Reported by Rita
Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard by Kiran
Desai
After years of failure at school, failure at work, and
spending his days dreaming and singing to himself, it does not seem as if
Sampath Chawla is going to amount to much. Then Sampath climbs a guava tree,
and becomes unexpectedly famous as a hermit.
This book was funny and mysterious with a strange ending. - AH 5 stars
The Near Witch by Victoria Schwab
The Near Witch is only an old story told to frighten children.
If the wind calls at night, you must not listen. The wind is lonely, and always
looking for company. There are no strangers in the town of Near. These are the
truths that Lexi has heard all her life. But when an actual stranger, a boy who
seems to fade like smoke, appears outside her home on the moor at night, she
knows that at least one of these sayings is no longer true. The next night, the
children of Near start disappearing from their beds, and the mysterious boy
falls under suspicion. As the hunt for the children intensifies, so does Lexi's
need to know about the witch that just might be more than a bedtime story,
about the wind that seems to speak through the walls at night, and about the
history of this nameless boy.
Too unbelievable. I'm glad I read it, but I probably won't
read anymore books by this author. - MH
3 stars
A Death in the Family by James
Agee
Published in 1957, two years after its author's death at the
age of forty-five, A Death in the Family remains a near-perfect work of art, an
autobiographical novel that contains one of the most evocative depictions of
loss and grief ever written. As Jay Follet hurries back to his home in
Knoxville, Tennessee, he is killed in a car accident--a tragedy that destroys
not only a life but also the domestic happiness and contentment of a young
family. A novel of great courage, lyric force, and powerful emotion, A Death in
the Family is a masterpiece of American literature.
This book was not an easy read, but I thought it was
magnificent and very touching. I loved it!
- DC 5 stars
Other Books Mentioned:
Bad Science by Ben Goldacre
Fresh Air Fiend: Travel Writings – Paul Theroux's
Literary Memoir from Five Continents on Becoming a Stranger by Paul
Theroux
Under the Tulip Tree by
Michelle Shocklee
The Librarian Spy by
Madeline Martin
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty
Smith
Rough Sketches: Short Stories of a Traveling
Artist by Don Andrews
Tangle All Around: Our Art, Our Journey by Alice
Hendon
The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the
American Founding by Joseph J. Ellis
The Award by Matthew Pearl
My Sister, the Serial Killer by
Oyinkan Braithwaite
The Amalfi Curse by Sarah Penner
New Books:
How to Build Your Very Own Little Free Library: 11
Mini Structures You Can Build by Little Free Library by
Philip Schmidt
The Central Appalachians: Mountains of the
Chesapeake by Mark Hendricks
99 Ways to Die: And How to Avoid Them by
Ashely Alker
The Little Book of Secret Societies: 50 of the
World's Most Notorious Organizations and How to Join Them by Joel
Levy
