Nevermore 5-5-26 Reported by Rita
Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski
The land was theirs, but so were its hardships. Strawberries -
big, ripe, and juicy. Ten-year-old Birdie Boyer can hardly wait to start
picking them. But her family has just moved to the Florida backwoods, and they
haven't even begun their planting. Don't count your biddies 'fore they're
hatched, gal young un! her father tells her. Making the new farm prosper is not
easy. There is heat to suffer through, and droughts, and cold snaps. And,
perhaps most worrisome of all for the Boyers, there are rowdy neighbors, just
itching to start a feud.
Slightly weird, but fascinating. -AH 5 stars
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady
Hendrix
Fried Green Tomatoes and Steel Magnolias meet Dracula in this
Southern-flavored supernatural thriller set in the '90s about a women's book
club that must protect its suburban community from a mysterious and handsome
stranger who turns out to be a blood-sucking fiend.
Funny at
times - it was pretty good.
-MH 4 stars
The Unlikely Thru-Hiker: An Appalachian Trail
Journey by Derick Lugo
Derick Lugo had never been hiking. He didn't even know if he
liked being outside all that much. He certainly couldn't imagine going more
than a day without manicuring his goatee. But with a job overseas cut short and
no immediate plans, this fixture of the greater New York comedy circuit began
to think about what he might do with months of free time and no commitments. He
had heard of the Appalachian Trail and knew of its potential for danger and
adventure, but he had never seriously considered attempting to hike all 2,190
miles of it. Until that summer left him with a wide-open schedule and a burning
curiosity to know: Could he do it? The Unlikely Thru-Hiker is the story of how
a young black man from the city, unfamiliar with both the outdoors and
thru-hiking culture, sets off with an extremely overweight pack and a willfully
can-do attitude to conquer the infamous trail. What follows are lessons on
preparation, humility, and nature's wild unpredictability. But this isn't a
hard-nosed memoir of discouragement. What sets Lugo apart from the typical walk
in the woods is his refusal to let any challenge squash his inner Pollyanna.
Through it all, Lugo perseveres with humor, tenacity, and an unshakeable
commitment to grooming--earning him the trail name "Mr.
Fabulous"--that sees him from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Katahdin in
Maine.
I thought
this was sweet, and I appreciate how respectful the author is of the region.
It's a great book. -HM 5 stars
Other
Books Mentioned
The Book of Vice by Peter Sagel
The Edge of Nowhere by
William Johnstone
The Aviator's Wife by
Melanie Benjamin
Tom Paine's War by Jack Kelly
Brooklyn by Colm Tobin
The Patron Saint of Lost Dogs by Nick
Trout
How the Heather Looks: A Joyous Journey to the
British Sources of Children's Books by Joan Bodger
A Short History of Ancient Rome: Experience the
Daily Life and Dramatic Conquests of the Roman Empire by
Pascal Hughes
New
Books
Death in the Palace by
Barbara Hambly
The Widow Hamilton by
Mollie Ann Cox
Starry and Restless by Julia
Cooke
Murder Mindfully by Karsten Dusse
North of Ordinary by Sue
Aikens
You Only Live Nine Times by Gwen
Cooper
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