June Reads

[rapa]

"RABBIT RABBIT RABBIT". Eastern time

Am currently overwhelmed with lots of family moving around so will welcome the new month with you with the familiar quote from James Russell Lowell.

"And what is so rare as a day in June?
Then, if ever, come perfect days;
Then Heaven tries earth it be in tune,
And over it softly her warm ear lays:
Whether we look, or whether we listen,
We hear life murmur, or see it glisten."

James Russell Lowell

[Carci]

Just ordered Beartown from the library.  I'm #50  ... lol

rapa,  we usually like the same books but I don't care for John Sanford... too gruesome & violent

[rapa]

Carci, you're right! I hadn't taken out a Sanford in a long time and didn't even get through one chapter!

Started BEARTOWN by Fredrik Backman and am loving it. Backman wrote A MAN CALLED OVE. Backman dedicated this book to his grandmother. The dedication reads:
"For my grandmother, Saga Backman, who taught me to love sports, What a quiet life I would have lived without her. I hope that the big bar in heaven serves proper dry martinis, and that they always show Wimbledon on the big screen. I miss you."

[rapa]

Just for the record, have not enjoyed BEARTOWN. Have never liked ice hockey and the book is testoserone oriented! Will start the new Baldacci tonight.

[Carci]

rapa, I am almost finished with The Fix, Baldacci's latest...  I have read all of his and this one is not his best.   A lot of maybe, perhaps, but and what if's... 

Too much supposition without any fact and it is clearly confusing...  alas...  and the fact is... I really don't care who done what.  :(

I think I will have forgotten the whole plot within a week's time.

[rapa]

Darn! So far I've liked it better than Beartown! Will probably finish the Baldacci as I usually can't remember many plots as just read for entertainment, not knowledge.

[Ioruach]

I just finished Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson. For most who have delved into the world of astrophysics and cosmology, there is little new there. But for the uninitiated, it opens an astounding world---no, that should be an astounding universe---full of wondrous puzzles and mysteries of all kinds.  Many of you may not be interested in this field of science,  but at least read the final chapter, “Reflections on the Cosmic Perspective.” It puts the day to day events of the present times in perspective beautifully.  Just a couple brief examples:

“How about air? Also vital. A single breathfull draws in more air molecules than there are breathfulls of air in Earth’s entire atmosphere. That means some of the air you just breathed passed through the lungs of Napoleon, Beethoven, Lincoln, and Billy the Kid.”

And: “We do not simply live in this universe. The universe lives within us.”

Tyson seems to have assumed the role of our popularizer of physics, and especially astrophysics, previously held by the late Carl Sagan.  Highly recommended.

[Ursula]

Thanks for the review, Loruach, I just started reading this book, which I actually bought because of the waiting list at the library.  I took a class on Cosmology at the Osher program a few years back and it was so much new information (I am not a science person) that I thought my head would explode, so I bought the book because I knew I would need more than 2 weeks to absorb it.  Hope that makes sense!  Anyway, your review tells me I made a good decision.   Look for my review, which won't be any time soon.  :-)

[Mandy Muffin]

Not much reading went on this month but I am finishing the month with good Sci-Fi novel, NOMAD.  It is and end of the world scenario with some good action taking place in Italy.  https://www.amazon.com/Nomad-Thriller-New-Earth-Book-ebook/dp/B013T...