One of several of his Civil War historical novels.

“imaginative, powerful, filled with precise visual details…a brilliant book!” NYT

(A novel, not about climate change.)

That sounds really great. "The kidnapping of two small girls on a remote peninsula in Russia sets in motion a propulsive, evocative, searingly original debut novel. Gripping and tender, evoking with seamless authenticity an extraordinary place on the other side of the world, this thrilling novel with a haunting suspense at its center announces a profoundly gifted writer."

Just need an honest exacting reminder of our past great leaders.

and informative.

The Greater Journey in particular. I’m looking forward to his new one, The Pioneers.

Hope you feel better soon, hermetic!

I hope so, too.

Side note: Not bitter, exactly, but still don't agree that this got the Pulitzer over Plague of Doves. I realize a lot of that is my love of Erdrich coming through, though.

I am reading Mayor Pete's book.

That desk in the picture could be mine. LOL.

by Michael Connelly. It is fairly recent. It tells the same story of the 5th season of the Bosch tv show in a different way. Bosch in the books is contemporary with me age wise. He served in Vietnam. The TV series moves him to being an Iraq or Afghan war vet which makes him younger than me.

You know how television is.

Connelly is executive producer of the series. While details are different - it was very good. They also manage to get some of Bosch's taste in jazz worked into the shows.

am struggling through it, so will pass on the synopsis ...

supposed mystery of Latin scholars at a women's prep school dealing with teenage female suicide ... sigh ...

it's not tying together ☹️
but I'm working on it, hoping it will all come around ...

✌🏼️

It's a reread, although I last read it more than 20 years ago. I'd forgotten a lot of details. When I'm done I'll reread the sequel, From Time to Time.

It's a YA book, so likely will finish before the end of the week. Hoping it is a good fit for the Marginalized Voices class next school year. I don't have a Native People's novel yet (Erdrich is the obvious choice, but given the population of the class, her style might make it hard to access for most kids--I will have it as an option for the better readers).

So far so good. Protagonist is a junior in high school. Her boyfriend (and family) make racist comments about Native People's so she cuts that off but there are clearly ramifications. Plus her brother is hitting some casting issues for the school play that will clearly develop more into racism exploration. About 20% in and a solid read. Author writes like the lawyer she is (I'm married to an attorney, so I recognize the style).