Back From Vacation...
Well, I've been away on vacation, but I haven't stopped reading. Before leaving for New Mexico, I crossed two more Battle of the Books books off my list: The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner and Finding Buck McHenry by Alfred Slote. Two very different books, and I enjoyed both. The Thief is set in a fictional land in a long ago time. The main characters are on a quest to steal a legendary stone which was a gift from the gods. If you like fantasy and mythology, get your hands on a copy of this book. It's a fast-moving story with a surprise ending!
Baseball fans will like Finding Buck McHenry. It made me interested in finding out more about the Negro Baseball Leagues and the players who played on its teams.
I always take several books on vacation with me and this year I decided they would NOT be kids' books! On the flight out, I read Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst. This was a mystery, and a rather odd one. The main character comes home to find his wife dead, having fallen 25 feet out of an apple tree in the backyard. He's not sure whether her death was an accident or not, and he's determined to learn the truth. There is only one witness-- his dog. He decides that if only he could teach the dog to communicate, he could know what really happened. His friends, of course, think he's nuts, but that's what he sets out to do. The story has some funny parts, some sad parts, and some parts that are disturbing. Overall, I enjoyed the book and thought the dog, a Rhodesian Ridgeback was pretty cool.
Then I read It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life by Lance Armstrong. I've wanted to read this one for a few years now. Knowing how sick Armstrong was makes his achievements as a cyclist even more amazing. An inspiring story which I finished reading while sitting by the pool in Albuquerque on the first day of the 2005 Tour de France-- Lance's final professional race.
On the flight home, I started reading House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer, another book I've wanted to read for a long time. I haven't finished it yet, but it made the flights home go really fast!
Baseball fans will like Finding Buck McHenry. It made me interested in finding out more about the Negro Baseball Leagues and the players who played on its teams.
I always take several books on vacation with me and this year I decided they would NOT be kids' books! On the flight out, I read Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst. This was a mystery, and a rather odd one. The main character comes home to find his wife dead, having fallen 25 feet out of an apple tree in the backyard. He's not sure whether her death was an accident or not, and he's determined to learn the truth. There is only one witness-- his dog. He decides that if only he could teach the dog to communicate, he could know what really happened. His friends, of course, think he's nuts, but that's what he sets out to do. The story has some funny parts, some sad parts, and some parts that are disturbing. Overall, I enjoyed the book and thought the dog, a Rhodesian Ridgeback was pretty cool.
Then I read It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life by Lance Armstrong. I've wanted to read this one for a few years now. Knowing how sick Armstrong was makes his achievements as a cyclist even more amazing. An inspiring story which I finished reading while sitting by the pool in Albuquerque on the first day of the 2005 Tour de France-- Lance's final professional race.
On the flight home, I started reading House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer, another book I've wanted to read for a long time. I haven't finished it yet, but it made the flights home go really fast!
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