From WH:
Ben Macintyre’s “A Spy Among Friends,” a study of the weird relationships in England – fueled by social class and Oxbridge connections and shocking volumes of alcohol -- that made Kim Philby so successful.
Nonfiction: Helen Macdonald’s “H Is for Hawk” is one that you might like, with lots of sharp and well-crafted description of the natural world.
In fiction, Anthony Doerr’s “All the Light We Cannot See” might well be worth all the hype and attention that it continues to receive.
From CH:Grandma Gatewood’s Walk. Nonfiction about a 67 year old who decided to walk the Appalachian Trail. I loved it.
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd. Fiction but based on many true stories
The Aviator’s Wife. Nonfiction about Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Dead Wake. Nonfiction by Eric Larsen, sinking of the Lusitania
Interesting discovery about myself: I saw that the subtitled Swedish movie version of this book is now playing at the Mariemont Theater - so I looked at the trailer online and realized that some of the very violent scenes in the book, which I handled fine when reading, were likely to be (to me) unbearable when viewed on screen - think I'll give the movie a pass!
ReplyDeleteThe two main characters are really engaging....so much so that I read late last night, slept a little, then woke at 3:30 am to finish the book! I'm not sure that my body can take the next two books in the series. If you like mysteries, you definitely should get this book. We have all three in the series if you'd like to borrow them.
ReplyDeleteThere are several references in the three books to Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren - at one point, Lisbeth Salander warns Blomkvist not to compare her to Pippi! - so I decided to read Pippi Longstocking. Despite my fondness for children's books, it didn't do anything at all for me I didn't even finish it. Oh well.
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