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Severance
by Ling Ma
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A compelling pandemic read that shares many thoughts we may have had over the past year and a half. Commentary on the way life goes on and how we can get stick if we're not paying enough attention.
Reunion Beach
by Dorothea Benton Frank
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A mix of short stories, letters, recipes, and remembrance for Dorothea Benton Frank. I enjoyed a lot of the short stories and sentiment behind the book.
Later
by Stephen King Books
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This story was also good. The little boy was like the boy in six sense. I remember laughing about the kid getting sick in the first ten minute of the book. The boys special ability were used by the adults in his life. His mother to help her career. And he helps the cop with a case. And the way he found about his mother abuse by his uncle this book kind of upset me the end about the abuse the brother did to his sister.
Finlay Donovan Is Killing It
by Elle Cosimano
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I enjoyed the story and the characters. It kept me from wanting to put the book down. Can’t wait for the next book in the series
Chance Developments
by Alexandr McCall Smith
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The author includes 5 short stories written around photographs given to him ranging from a story about a nun who
The Code Breaker Jennifer Doudna
by Walter Isaacson
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Phew! Finally finished this book about the scientists whose work on gene editing resulted in the development of CRSPR. I found parts of it a real slog and parts fascinating. (The parts that talked about the infighting and legal battles over patents were the slog for me; the parts about the scientific discoveries and the ethical questions of gene editing fascinating.) I'm really glad I finished it after having run out of time and it going back to the library when I was a few chapters from the end. Reading about the events around the Covid vaccine was very interesting, and I actually cried when Doudna reconnected with her French collaborator and they both ended up winning the Nobel Prize. Another 3-1/2 star book.
Malibu Rising
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
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Wow! I couldn’t put this book down. The course of the book tells the happenings of the 24 hours leading up to a party and also the flashbacks of how the family got there and what they went through. All of that built up and came to the surface making them acknowledge who they are, what they need to heal, and what brought them to where they are.
A Minute To Midnight
by David Baldacci
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Another 3-1/2 star read. In this one, Pine and her assistant Blum return to Pine's home town in Georgia, where her sister had been taken so long ago, to try and figure out who, why, and what happened to her sister. What she discovers shakes her to her core.
Summer Of 69
by Elin Hilderbrand
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I enjoyed another beach classic by Elin Hilderbrand. This one followed a summer in 1969 of one family. It covered their day to day lives and the struggles each faced openly or secretly in their lives. I love that each section was songs from the year. It was a good reminder there is always room for another chance.
Dear Senthuran
by Akwaeke Emezi
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I’d read Akwaeke’s grocery list. I knew from past books that they are an incredible writer, but this memoir went above and beyond in vulnerability and language.