I just finished reading The Genetic Strand, by Edward Ball. I have been loath to attempt to read a book involving genetics. It fascinates me. But I didn’t think I had either the level of concentration or the time to enjoy such a book. DSC02543 by KF-in-Georgia I stumbled on two of Balls books in [...]
Since I’m still obsessing over the family tree, and the fact that I can discover what life was like on Guam during the Japanese occupation by researching, since no relative would ever tell me, I am reading Hold the Marianas: The Japanese Defense of the Mariana Islands . I got an inter-library loan, thinking it [...]
I’ve been reading Dreaming in French, by Megan McAndrew. I’m enjoying it. But it is filled with fancy words, as though the author has a word a day calendar beside her and is inserting several of these words per chapter. Or I’ve accidentally checked out a book for required reading for teens and there will [...]
It probably is no coincidence that I stumbled upon a new book in the library, written by a woman from her own diaries kept during World War II, on the same day that footage of Anne Frank was released on YouTube. I’ve got to hand it to those librarians. They’re on top of it. Video [...]
I just finished Candace Bushnell’s latest novel, One Fifth Avenue. It was a nice, fun read. If you’re not familiar with her; she wrote Sex and the City and Four Blondes and Lipstick Jungle.
