from Marya Johnston (owner)…
My reading is very eclectic. I read everything! My favorite book is always the last one I read. (I have come up with a couple for you, though):
Running with Sherman
by Christopher McDougall
It’s about donkey racing….. OK, I can hear the yawn from here, but bear with me. Christopher McDougall is well known for his book, Born to Run. When he adopted a donkey from an animal hoarder, he thought maybe the best way to rehab this little Eeyore would be to teach him to run. It seems like a decent idea, right? As Christopher decides that the best way to rehab “Sherman” is to train him for the Burro Races in Leadville (they also have them in Buena Vista and Fairplay), he finds that there is a reason donkeys are known to be stubborn. It’s a story about life. It’s a story about a rescue. It’s a story about an animal doing more for humans than humans for the animal. My favorite book this year!
This Tender Land
by William Kent Krueger
I have not read William Kent Krueger before. I thought you had to be from Minnesota to enjoy his books (joke!). After reading several disjointed award-winning books, I picked this up on a whim. I’m so glad I did! Narrated by 12-year-old Odysseus “Odie” O’Banion, and reminiscent of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer stories of the Mississippi river, this story captures your heart from the first page. Odie and his older brother Albert are sent to the Lincoln Indian School when their widowed father dies. There they are subjected to the lives of racism, neglect, and abuse. When circumstances force them to leave the school in a hurry, they take along their Sioux friend Mose and a little girl recently orphaned, Emmy. The four children travel the Mississippi in a canoe in search of a home and along the way learn the realities of good and evil without losing hope for a better future and better life. A wonderful story.
VOX
by Christina Dalcher
Black Out and All Clear
by Connie Willis
respond. The rules may have to go if the 3 are to survive the bombing of London and Dunkirk. Willis will leave you breathless and with a desire to know more as a club of thieves, illegal traffickers, and obsessionists. This is no longer a gentleman’s sport.
Legion by Brandon Sanderson.
A genius cannot hold all of his knowledge in his head, so he imagines many separate experts to help him. Super fun! A thriller that will make you question reality.
– Cameron
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Whiskey When We’re Dry by John Larison.
It is the right time in our collective conversation for this amazing heroine and the themes in this book of self-awareness, belonging, discrimination, exploitation, and loyalty. A resonating story for our time and collective conversation.
The Glass Ocean by Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig and Karen White. This is a modern story entwined with history and a bit of 1915 mystery (the Lusitania’s sinking) and how it impacted a family, generations later. A fun romance and a mix of voices from the authors who collaborated to make this book a terrific read….or a great gift!
– Victoria
from Marya Johnston (owner)… My reading is very eclectic. I read everything! My favorite book is always the last one I read. (I have come up with a couple for you, though): Running with Sherman by Christopher McDougall It’s about donkey racing….. OK, I can hear the yawn from here, but bear with me. Christopher […]
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