Title: The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
Author: Jim DeFede
My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Why I gave this rating: I was very young when 9/11 happened so I don’t really have a lot of memories other than what I’ve learned in school and what friends and family have talked about. However, everything I read or heard about was from the perspective of the United States and had not really read how this event affected other countries. Also, I read this book on my way to and from work everyday on the Chicago Metro (train system) and was pretty much sobbing so learn from my mistake and maybe don’t read in public. But, it wasn’t tears of sadness, it was tears of me being so amazed of the kindness of humans in this small town. This was a fantastic non-fiction that I would recommend for everyone.
Who would like this book: People wanting a heart warming story in a time of utter sadness. People who need to cry.
Favorite Quote: “They placed their lives on hold for a group of strangers and asked for nothing in return. They affirmed the basic goodness of man at a time when it was easy to doubt such humanity still existed. If the terrorists had hoped their attacks would revel the weaknesses in western society, the events in Gander proved its strength”.
Title: How Y’all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived
Author: Leslie Jordan
My Rating:⭐⭐⭐⭐
Why I gave this rating: I had kind of known Leslie from his television acting, but when I came to really watch him, and 5 million others as he points out, was when covid first was starting and he would post on Instagram. To be honest, his videos and comedy were a bright light in a very stressful time. You can’t help but smile when you watch him. And that was what his book did. Within the first page I was laughing out loud. He’s just a well spoken, a well lived, well loved, comedian.
Who would like this book: People wanting to get into memoirs (this is like 180 pages and very small book). People in need of a laugh.
Favorite Quote: “I think our dreams are what sustain us in hard times. Dreams are what keep us childlike. I love that they can grow and expand as we grow and expand.”
Title: The Island of Missing Trees
Author: Elif Shafak
My Rating:⭐⭐
Why I gave this rating: This was totally a me thing and not the author/book thing. I just could not get over the fact that a fig tree was a character and that they had chapters talking about how they saw the world. This is no way a spoiler as it gets brought up within the first 15 pages of the book. I tried to get past this but just struggled trying to get in the mindset of a tree so I ended up putting this down. It is a Reece’s book club pick, which I normally do like the picks she chooses, however, this was just not it for me.
Who would like this book: Reece book club fans. Naturists.
Title: A Girl of the Limberlost
Author: Gene Stratton-Porter
My Rating: ⭐
Why I gave this rating: This book was for my family book club and it happened to be my great-grandma’s favorite book but it was definitely not mine. I’ve come to terms that I just can’t read books written before like 1970s cause I get so frustrated with how it’s written. The old english (or old american writing in this case) are just not for me. I know there are many classics but I will honestly never read them for how annoyed I get by the way the books are written. I can’t really tell you much about this plot as I made it 50 pages before reading the plot online.
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