AUGUST READS

[rapa]

August it is! Are you enjoying summer reads? I've had to skim Doerr's ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE as it's due next week. If you enjoy WWII novels don't miss this one.
Today I will start C. J. Box's short stories SHOTS FIRED. It should be good to take to the hospital.

What are you reading now?

[Countryphyl]

I agree. Was disappointed in The Skin Collector. I am reading "The Boys in the Boat" by Daniel James Brown. Can't believe I am reading a non fiction book about boat racing but I am really enjoying it. It is about "Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics". Very well written and fascinating.

[Mandy Muffin]

I'm finishing up the month with "True Evil" by Greg Iles: http://www.amazon.com/True-Evil-Greg-Iles/dp/1469233924  This is not a James Patterson type story that only touches the surface, but an detailed account of evil doings in Natchez, Miss. The scenes take you to the Natchez Trace Trail, swamplands and Mississippi backwater country as high biotech techniques are being used to kill off divorce contestants. The book is loaded with medical research for those who like to learn more about the medicine and drugs involved.  Gripping action!

[Countryphyl]

Reading the new book by Louise Penny. "The Long Way Home" is really good. I love this series.

[Ioruach]

For my friends on Bookoholics, please bear with me. On Monday, August 25 my wife Eddie, the love of my life, suddenly passed away. It changes the focus of your life entirely. But being a reader and book lover, it becomes possible, even if temporarily, to remove oneself from the here and now and enter another world. Very specifically, I found myself delving again into the poetry of Dylan Thomas (especially And Death Shall have no Dominion), Robert Frost (many of them) and even Act V, Scene III of King Lear, because I can certainly understand the “Howl, howl, howl howl” that Lear emits at Cordelia's death.  

[Ursula]

Dear Loruach, I am so sorry to hear of your loss.  Our words never seem to be adequate at such a time, so I am glad you have taken solace from the words of great literature.  Please be gentle with yourself as you deal with the loss of Eddie.

[Countryphyl]

So sorry to hear about your loss. Hope your reading gives you some peace.

[rapa]

Oh, loruach, I mourn with you. Be grateful that Eddie completed her journey suddenly. May the years you had together elicit comforting memories.

[Mandy Muffin]

All my sympathies on your loss.  I hope you find some solace in the books that have  been your companion through life. 

[Lip Service]

Loruach, I am sorry for your terrible loss.

Like you say visiting poignant writing and poetry my be the only thing to do when sanity is no help.

Take heart 

[grammyk]

Loruach, I am so sorry for your loss.  I pray that your memories will bring you comfort and peace.  In the meantime, I hope your reading gives you that other world when you need it.

[Eaglewoman]

So sorry for your loss, Hope you can find some peace.

[Ioruach]

Thank you so very much for your kind words.