Thanks for your comments. Sounds like spinners are a pack of whackers, or a whack of thwackers or…
After weeks of clear blue skies, the grey days are beginning in Northern New England. Freezing rain and snow are forecast for the next couple days, a nor'easter. The thought sends a shiver down my spine. I guess I'm never ready for this change in the seasons. This year in particular. Don't get me wrong. I love winter and I love snow. Not yet. Lots of trees still have their leaves. Snow on top means bent trees, snapping limbs and, please no, power outages possible. The change in the weather signals that the time has come to gather up my projects for the dark days ahead. Let them circle my chair, a wagon train rounding the campfire.
I'm taking note of books that other bloggers are reading. Stocking up. With both us at home waiting for our feet to repair and the television blaring the financial news, I've had some time to read. It has been a relief to plop myself down somewhere else and lose myself in a book. Here are some I'd recommend:
Finding Nouf
– Zoë Ferraris
I heard a review of this book early in the summer on NPR. It was in the library system with a short wait. Good mystery set in contemporary Saudi Arabia. Wonderful depiction of family and in particular, life for women in the Middle East.
The Sparrow
-Maria Doria Russell
Carole sent me this recommendation. Thank you. Science fiction rolled in with religious philosophy as are many of this gender. Wonderful character studies. I found myself waking up thinking about some of the descriptions and ideas in this book.
The Red Tent
-Anita Diamant
I may have been the last person I know to read (I listened to this one) The Red Tent. If you haven't, do so.
The Fire
-Katherine Neville
Twenty years ago I read The Eight, twice. This is the sequel. So far, just as good. Historical mystery, mysticism, chess.
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9 responses to “change in the weather”
I haven’t been over to the not so local bookstore in ages. Now I have a list to take with me.
Hope both feet are healing well.
I’m glad you enjoyed The Sparrow and The Red Tent. Thanks for the other recommendations.
I hope those feet are healing up quick. Snow and ice + boot casts = bad.
A whack of thwackers! Love it! Thanks for the read recommendations. I just started Water For Elephants and love it so far.
Thank you for the book recommendations! I have several on my Amazon wish list for xmas gift ideas, but most of those are from writer interviews I’ve seen on Colbert, so I need some juicy novels to balance out the list.
I too, am a thwacker. We just have rain right now (and all last night) but it’s supposed to turn to snow this evening. I can *not* believe it. I’m not ready either. We’ve just begun enjoying Fall!
Katharine Neville wrote a book after The Eight that was entertaining, not quite as good, but worth a read. And Maria Doria Russell wrote a sequel to The Sparrow. I haven’t read that yet. Thanks for letting me know about the Eight sequel. LOVED that book.
Read Red Tent and Sparrow, putting the others on my to read list. Weird, but, you’ve given mye a thwacking guage to go by, ha. 🙂
I recently downloaded the Red Tent and it is on my short list. Wait. I don’t have a short list, just a long one.