Every year, Book Thoughts from Bed hosts a book challenge designed so that participants get to enjoy books they may have otherwise not read. For example, last year’s reading challenge introduced me to great reads such as The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Chenneville. Continue reading
The Berry Pickers is an insightful and poignant novel that explores the impact of a kidnapping on the victim and the brother who last saw her. Continue reading
All the Broken Places is a gripping historical fiction novel that tells the story of Gretel Fernsby, whose father oversaw one of the Nazi’s worst concentration camps during World War II. Gretel’s brother was Bruno, one of the main characters in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. Continue reading
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is C. S. Lewis’s classic fantasy novel that spins the tale of four children who discover and explore the magical land of Narnia. It’s a story of the fight between good and evil, with good prevailing in an unexpected but very familiar way. Continue reading
Local Woman Missing is a highly engrossing suspense novel that explores the disappearance of two seemingly unrelated people and the toll it takes on family and neighbors over a decade later. A cleverly engineered plot that provides several surprising twists makes this story a winner for me. Continue reading
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is Douglas Adams’ well-known and much lauded satirical science fiction novel. It follows the adventures of Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect who stowaway on a spaceship just as Earth is being destroyed. Continue reading
Hello, my book loving friends!
I raise funds every year for the ALS Association (ALSA), and this is my annual appeal for donations.
ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) is a progressive neurological degenerative disease that affects a person’s ability to control their muscles because it destroys the motor neurons that connect the brain to those muscles. An ALS patient loses the ability to walk, use their hands, raise their arms, eat, speak, and even breathe on their own. Continue reading
Absolute Power is a gripping political thriller that pits the powerful elite against everyday people. An interesting, suspenseful plot, well-developed characters, and just the right amount of action make this novel an engaging and entertaining read/listen. Continue reading
The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a young adult, coming of age story that explores the challenges of being a young teenager through the eyes of a guy named Charlie. While I’m not in the target audience for the novel, I did admire that it tackled some tough issues, including mental health, homosexuality, drug and alcohol use, and sexual abuse. Continue reading
My Friends is chock-full of the wisdom and poignancy we’ve come to expect from Fredrik Backman. This time, he uses his insightful storytelling skills to spin the tale of four teenage friends who weather the hardships of growing up poor and dealing with stressful home lives. Twenty-five years after their last summer together, some of the now adult friends cross paths with a teenage kindred spirit and she becomes an ad hoc member of their tribe. Continue reading
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