Category Archives: books
Everybody reads: The Girl Who Fell From the Sky
Multnomah County Public Library sponsors everybody reads in February. They also sponsored a photo challenge–to locate a place named in the book and take your picture there and submit it to the library website. That is something you can do … Continue reading
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Triangle: The Fire that Changed America
I had heard of the Triangle factory fire and the locked doors and that it changed labor law and I think the union movement. But reading the book made it so much more harrowing. Although the book gets off to … Continue reading
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“The Final Cut” and “My Antonia”
I’ve done two things my friends have been raving about: signed up for Netflix and read an electronic book. I enjoy movies, but tend to read more. I figure I need to watch two a month to get my money’s … Continue reading
A novel about Twin Boys and another about Three Sisters
The order in which I read books sometimes makes a difference in what I see. Before the novels, I had read Half the Sky, a book full of case stories about women’s mistreatment in third world countries. Case studies are … Continue reading
Retired! and reading Anthill and The Circling Song
I have really retired, and while I am doing some knitting–especially while I listen to news–I am mostly reading this week. I am in a group that reads books and knits while we discuss the book. Well sometimes we discuss … Continue reading
A Reading Break
I have been putting off reading Follett’s Pillars of the Earth until I had time to deal with all 900+ pages, and I finally started it. It was indeed a page turner. Had it been shorter, I’d have been tempted … Continue reading
