A good read. Not great but it made it past the 50 page mark, so I will finish it.

"A witty and irresistible story of a mother and daughter regarding each other through the looking glass of time, grief, and forgiveness... it will make readers laugh and cry and wonder how we become the adults we always knew we should."

I'm always on the lookout for great pictures of books. And libraries.

Hours long procedure. Cut. Lab check. Cut some more. Comforting cozy read in between cut times. Lots of quibbles about her books BUT my best friend in difficult time.

I agree, her books can be quite comforting.

Recovering well. Excellent doc and clinic. My modeling days are over but probably no scar!

Wow, Santa was good to you!

I gave this title to a few friends in an effort to fight the War on Christmas. It's actually a cute story about a tow truck and snow plow who save Christmas, but I love the spoof.




I finally started reading "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss. This is the book my friend said was really good. I haven't read fantasy in a long time. It's over 600 pages & I'm only about 70 into it & it just started to get really good, so I'm happy.

On the non-fiction side, I'm reading "Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe" by Steven H. Strogatz. I never took calculus, but I know it's integral to so much in our life. This book is great at explaining how. An interesting read. I'm about 1/3 of the way through.

https://www.amazon.com/Infinite-Powers-Calculus-Reveals-Universe-ebook/dp/B07FKF9DVJ/ref=sr_1_1

From preeminent math personality and author of The Joy of x, a brilliant and endlessly appealing explanation of calculus—how it works and why it makes our lives immeasurably better.

Without calculus, we wouldn’t have cell phones, TV, GPS, or ultrasound. We wouldn’t have unraveled DNA or discovered Neptune or figured out how to put 5,000 songs in your pocket.
Though many of us were scared away from this essential, engrossing subject in high school and college, Steven Strogatz’s brilliantly creative, down-to-earth history shows that calculus is not about complexity; it’s about simplicity. It harnesses an unreal number—infinity—to tackle real-world problems, breaking them down into easier ones and then reassembling the answers into solutions that feel miraculous.

Infinite Powers recounts how calculus tantalized and thrilled its inventors, starting with its first glimmers in ancient Greece and bringing us right up to the discovery of gravitational waves (a phenomenon predicted by calculus). Strogatz reveals how this form of math rose to the challenges of each age: how to determine the area of a circle with only sand and a stick; how to explain why Mars goes “backwards” sometimes; how to make electricity with magnets; how to ensure your rocket doesn’t miss the moon; how to turn the tide in the fight against AIDS.

As Strogatz proves, calculus is truly the language of the universe. By unveiling the principles of that language, Infinite Powers makes us marvel at the world anew.

That calculus books sounds quite intriguing, as well. Avoided it in school, myself.

Sent by my sister and looks pretty good!

I need to finish 1922 by Stephen King before starting my new book.
It has been sitting in my iPad for ages (literally years) and finally started it last week.

".. a shocking psychological thriller of a woman's act of violence against her husband -- and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive." I'll have to read that one, for sure.

and In The Woods by Tanya French. Books very different from each other and both from the same person.

I was confused there. How could they be the same person? Duh...

A Grief Observed is a collection of C. S. Lewis's reflections on the experience of bereavement following the death of his wife, Joy Davidman, in 1960. The book was first published in 1961 under the pseudonym N.W. Clerk, as Lewis wished to avoid identification as the author. Though republished in 1963, after his death, under his own name, the text still refers to his wife as “H” (her first name, which she rarely used, was Helen).

Tana French wasn't born until 1973. I did read In the Woods and it was good.

He is my other top fav author.

Protagagonist lawyer, Andy Carpenter & his team, including his Golden Retriever, Tara, help a wrongly accused reporter. Exceptional read!

Dymanic quirky characters, interesting story, & lots of laughs.

In real life, the author runs a dog rescue org. Each of his books is are titled in a manner related to dogs & several dogs are characters in each of his books.

And Best in Show is one of my favorite movies. Can't wait to read this one.

This book keeps me interested but I find that certain references are confusing. A good read but I won't put it in my "read again" pile.

Death in the Vatican and a long-lost gospel. I should think it's entirely fiction. But....

he is a pro-Israel conservative which kind of colors his writing, especially in the Obama era. But the writing....man, so good. And he does hate trump....

A Christmas crime story from 1937. It's OK, but the world generally is making me grumpy so I'm not really enjoying anything right now.

Omicron is sweeping the country. My current plan is to stay away from the health service until all the anti-mask anti-vaxx dickheads are dead. Hopefully it won't be long.

On the bright side I got 14 books for Christmas.

Happy New Year!

I know just how you feel, though. Totally the same here. Sigh. Here's to a better new year.

Do NOT start reading this just before bedtime.

That said, it is really quite well done. I’m a fan of Louise Penny’s, and ultimately Three Pines makes a cameo (yay!) The description of Trump aka Dunn’s horrible character and outsize charisma is very well executed.

Now, back to the last 50 pages.