If your care giving duties allow you time to read.....................I'm interested in what book you are in the middle of or just finished or have waiting on your bedside table.
I'm reading "Total Control" by David Baldacci
It's a crime/thriller drama. Quite compelling.
If you can't find the time to read, you should try. It helps to escape from it all in a good book.
I am afraid to look back to see how long ago I started it.
I enjoy Karen White, haven't read anything of hers for probably ten years. Very interesting twists in a story that uses a 1959 plane crash to spin her story.
What next?
It is easy, fun, and insightful. REnt it at library if you don't lile ot returm it
Are either of these authors of the book you found? Holt a/k/a Plaidy wrote series of historical mysteries, many set in England if I remember correctly.
Just finished Crucible by James Rollins, but I wouldn't recommend it unless you're really fascinated by AI and the possibilities (threats?) posed by AI achieving singularity.
Rollins also incorporates dark subterranean scenes in his books. His earlier ones that I read years ago were so unsettling I decided not to read any more, but didn't realize it was him when I read the synopsis of the book.
I couldn't remember the name of another author, and thought it was one who wrote fascinating tales of mystery and searches, one of them being the search for the Amber Room fortune stolen by the Nazis.
Before that I read The Flight Girls, about the WASPs who flew missions as civilians. It's definitely my kind of book, and I especially enjoyed the discussions of civilian and military planes and their flight profiles.
Now I'm rereading Griffin and Sabine, which I read decades ago. It's a peculiarly crafted series, with a lot of allegory, and a very unusual style of writing. But it's also intriguing.
Lessons From Lucy: The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog (2019) by Dave Barry
Barry wrote about turning 40, turning 50 and now, after a hiatus regarding his sixth decade, considers turning 70. He's unhappy about aging, and boy, he describes it well. The doddering mind, the doddering body, the doddering soul, all get the funny Barry treatment, except he's finding life less funny than exasperating and unfulfilling. So he consults the family dog, Lucy, and she gives him life lessons that she, who has turned 12, didn't have any trouble at all learning. Barry is grateful enough to pass them along to us; I especially liked "Don't lie. You probably don't have a good enough reason, and you'll forget what you said anyway." *paraphrased*
Squirm (2018) by Carl Hiaasen
Hiaasen has adolescence down superbly: the frighteningly sharp mind, the bravery in some things and the shyness in others, and the yearning to emulate parents, but not quite exactly. His protagonist, Billy Dickens, is 14, loves snakes and doesn't want to move around anymore (his divorced mom will only live near a bald eagle nest and when a nesting pair leaves for any reason, she uproots Billy and his older sister, Belinda, to find another nest to live by). Billy hares off to Montana once he discovers his dad's address; Dad has never called or visited since leaving his family when Billy was four. The plot involves Billy tracking down his dad, who "works secretly for the government," and getting to know him with the help of Dad's new family. Hiaasen writes plots that you can follow easily, even if each character is somewhat squirrelly, but in a nice way. Not the villain, though, a wealthy big game hunter who wishes to bag a rare Florida panther "before they're all gone."
Like Hiaasen's Hoot, this book delivers an environmental message, has plenty of action, and an ending that isn't quite pat. Hiaasen satisfies summer reading as nobody else does, even if he didn't write my favorite recurring character of his, Skink, this time.
Mother and I got to see him perform in 1986 and it was awesome~
(This is the 2nd of a 2 volume biography. The 1st is "Frank The Voice")
"The Art of Dying" Peter and Elizabeth Fenwick
"The Rational Bible: Genesis" Dennis Prager
I took the offer of 3 months free Kindle Unlimited during prime days, so I guess I will find something new there when I'm finished with the Honorverse.
If you like ereaders, check out your local library. I started using the eReads program to "check out" Kindle books (default loan is 2 weeks and you can renew most books). I got started with Kindle when I was getting on a plane every week for work and kept going because the Kindle is lighter than a hardcover and I can set the print to be as large as I need to read without my glasses!
If I couldn't read I'd go insane.
The book talks about Frances Glessner Lee and her Nutshell Studies. Never heard of it before, but googled it, found Smithsonian Art Museum article on her.
https://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/nutshells
AlvaDeer - I liked The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon and will have a look at Spot of Bother.
I have plans to read all of McCall Smith's books including another one in The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series which is yet to come out. They are light enough for me right now,