Reported by Rita
Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
To save her
sister and topple a throne, Marra is offered the tools she needs if she
completes three seemingly impossible tasks with the help of a disgraced
ex-knight, a reluctant fairy godmother and an enigmatic gravewitch and her fowl
familiar.
This sci-fi fantasy is a really fun read! – CW 4.5 Stars
Absolution by Alice McDermott
Sixty years after
they lived as wives of American servicemen in early 1960s Vietnam, two women
reconnect and relieve their shared experiences in Saigon in the new novel by
the author of The Ninth Hour.
A wonderful book
about friendship. - DC 5 Stars
The Rhine : Following
Europe's Greatest River from Amsterdam to the Alps by Ben Coates
The Rhine is one
of the world's greatest rivers. Once forming the outer frontier of the Roman
Empire, it flows 800 miles from the social democratic playground of the
Netherlands, through the industrial and political powerhouses of Germany and
France, to the wealthy mountain fortresses of Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
For five years, Ben Coates lived alongside a major channel of the river in
Rotterdam, crossing it daily, swimming and sailing in its tributaries. In The
Rhine, he sets out by bicycle from the Netherlands where it enters the
North Sea, following it through Germany, France and Liechtenstein, to its
source in the icy Alps. He explores the impact that the Rhine has had on
European culture and history and finds out how influences have flowed along and
across the river, shaping the people who live alongside it. Blending travelogue
and offbeat history, The Rhine tells the fascinating story of how a great river
helped shape a continent.
Full of history and interesting
information, this book is highly recommended. A good travel guide. – WJ 5 Stars
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
In the early
1960s, chemist and single mother Elizabeth Zott, the reluctant star of
America's most beloved cooking show due to her revolutionary skills in the
kitchen, uses this opportunity to dare women to change the status quo.
This book
made our reader laugh-out-loud. Elizabeth’s dog, Six-Thirty, named after the
time of day she found him, is the best character! – VC 4 Stars
Also
Mentioned:
The Secret Recipe of Ella Dove by Karen Hawkins
Trust by Hernan Diaz
The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis
A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross
Beartown by Fredrik Backman
Us Against You
by Fredrik
Backman
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter: The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers
A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary 1785-1812 by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
A Matter of Life and Death: Inside the Hidden World of the Pathologist by Sue Armstrong
The Pioneers: the Heroic Story of the Settlers who brought the American Ideal West by David G. McCullough
The History of Bees
by Maja Lunde
New Books:
The Lost Tomb: and Other
Real-life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder by Douglas J. Preston
New to Us:
The Star Garden: A
Novel of Sarah Agnes Prine by Nancy E. Turner
