SEPTEMBER READS

[rapa]

RABBIT RABBIT RABBIT!

My favorite month is here! Forgive me but must do the lyrics from Maxwell Anderson:

"Oh, it's a long, long while From May to December, But the days grow short, --------When you reach September. When the autumn weather turn the leaves to flame One hasn't got time----for the waiting game, Oh, the days dwindle down------to a precious few, September, November! And these few precious days I'll spend with you, These precious days I'll spend with you. "

Last night started an engrossing book addressing our attachment to dogs and what can be accomplished with unconditional love. The book, a new release, is THE UNDERDOGS by Melissa Fay Greene. It deals with service dogs for seriously disabled children. If you've ever loved a dog, check out this book!

Happy September!

[Ursula]

I just bought Being Mortal after confronting a librarian at my local library (where else?) because the book was in our catalog, but taken out of circulation.  Couldn't get a decent answer and did so want to read this book.  Here's hoping I'm with the 1/2 that liked the book.  I do think it is a topic we all need to address.

[Carci]

Finished Summer of the Dead and The Killing Hills, both by Julia Keller. She is a Pulitzer prize winning journalist turned author.  I have mixed feelings about her books.  The story line is good and the characters are likable but she takes a 50 page story and fills it with 350 pages of similes, metaphors and descriptions... all of which she does very well but it does get tiresome.

Has anyone else read her?

[Ioruach]

I read Being Mortal a year or so ago. Sad, rather depressing at times, but mostly inspirational.  It is a book that I will recommend to my brother who, sadly, just learned that his wife has terminal cancer, although I'm not sure that a book, at at this time, will give him much peace.

On the brighter side, I just finished a couple good novels, Dark Matter by Blake Crouch and Stealing the Countess by David Housewright. Dark Matter is Science Fiction or Fantasy and I am not sure how many in Bookoholics would like it. Stealing the Countess is, however, one that I can easily recommend and most would like. A concert violinist has had his multi million dollar Stadivarius stolen and the imvestigator, McKenzie, that Housewright often features, is hired to find it. Most of the action takes place in Bayfield, Wisconsin, a wonderful resort town on the shores of Lake Superior.

[rapa]

ATTN: all Cork O'Connor lovers.
William Kent Krueger has released his latest in the Cork O'Connor series MANITOU CANYON.
Here, take a peek:
http://www.bookreporter.com/features/new-release-spotlight/manitou-...

I'm moving rapidly along in A GREAT RECKONING. The story is getting better and better! It's good to have my little French dictionary at my side Am anticipating a super reading week-end!

[Carolyn Tewell]

BEING MORTAL...well, um, er, uh...I kind of sprinted through a lot of it. Sorry!!! To be honest, if it related to someone I LOVED...like a mate or my own Mother I would have cared about the information. Know that sounds very critical. But I am care giving to Princess Peggie, my Mother in law and nothing pleases her! Hard of hearing but will NOT wear a device so I don't have to scream until my eyes water. You get my drift. I keep thinking "okay, so I'll pretend she is my 5 year old darling Daisy...now would I get upset?"

I'm searching for a Care-giver support group at the moment. All I can say I s that those amazing people who are equipped to come here and give her a bath, eat lunch and praise her...I'm blessed for that.

[Carolyn Tewell]

RAPA...I have The Cork O'Conner ...William Kent Krueger (sp?) book on hold in Audio...I'm #2 on list. Been there for awhile...sad to say.

[rapa]

Carolyn, I used Encompass Home Health for DH until he developed pancreatic cancer and then used Vitas Hospice. Indeed those those groups are truly angels!!!! Fortunately he was a good and grateful patient!

I'm #4 for the book edition of Manitou Canyon. Our system only has 3 copies right now. Have missed Cork O'Connor!

[Ioruach]

Rapa, I am number 70 on the list for Manitou Canyon. But this is Minnesota where William Kent Krueger lives and I'm sure there are many copies available. Krueger is up there around the top of the list of my favorite authors and O'Conner's friend, the Indian Mide Henry, one of the wisest characters I have encountered in fiction.

[rapa]

Sharing this fabulous video that tells a story in photography/music sans words. Beautifully done!!!

Richard Sidey lives in Wanaka, New Zealand and earned a Bachelor of Visual Communication Design with Honours in Wellington. He has spent over a Decade photographing the Polar Region and various remote areas of Natural interest working on Expedition Vessels.
For his project "Speechless" he has endeavoured to document scenes of outstanding natural beauty and interest through the eyes of a film-maker.
https://player.vimeo.com/video/41225777

[Ursula]

Stunning photos of a side of nature most of us will never see.  Thanks for sharing.

[grammyk]

I just finished "Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of your Fist", a fictionalized version of the World Trade Organization protests in Seattle in 1990.  Based on actual events, it follows 7 people and their personal stories of their experiences.  I found myself reading fast in places just to find out what happened next; I thought it was a great book and quite thought-provoking.

I'm currently working through "The Righteous Mind:  Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion".  Good book but it's going to take a while!  It's one of those books that you have to read and digest a little at a time; at least I do!

On the lighter side, I just started "Truly Madly Guilty", and have J.D.Robb's newest to read next.

[Mandy Muffin]

I don't know how it happened but my computer disconnected from the TBD link this month.  I have been traveling on vacation for a couple of weeks and didn't have access to the internet for most of the time, but I reestablished the connection yesterday.  I am currently reading the trilogy, "The Passage" by Justin Cronin. The two other books are "The City of Mirrors" and "The Twelve."  In a futuristic world a deadly virus has killed off much of the population and few are trying to survive and find a cure for the disease that has it's origins in the jungles of Bolivia. http://enterthepassage.com/

"Being Mortal" was the best book I have read on life-end issues, including choosing a nursing home.  I am currently working on selling two properties and moving into one run by Otterbein, a excellent innovator in the modern eldercare industry, according to the book.