Oh, so many books I love lately. Brief list - The Vanderbeekers series by Karina Yan Glaser. Truly delightful middle grade novels about the adventures of a family of 5 kids, their parents, and their pets in an NYC brownstone. Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr - story about a story and how it is passed from person to person, and what it means to each of them. No one does multiple-thread storytelling like Doerr, I liked this one even better than All The Light We Cannot See. The Sentence by Louise Erdrich - a bookseller is haunted by the ghost of a past customer. Set in Minneapolis from November 2019 to November 2020, it was amazing to read about events I remember (early COVID lockdowns, the murder of George Floyd) in a place I know and love through the lens of fiction. Finally, I read Klara and the Sun with Joy Clarkson's Patreon book club and that was good, but it made me seek out and read Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day, which was stunning. It was Austen-esque in its attention to detail, complex characters, and paced reveal of the storyline, and I can pay no higher compliment. Good luck with all your projects and jury duty Laura, I'm cheering for you!
What books would you recommend on the topic of grief? I am taking a social work class on Loss and Grief at a secular university and I want to do some parallel reading from the perspective of the Church. I'm planning on Making Sense of Suffering by Peter Kreeft but would love other recommendations.
Oh, so many books I love lately. Brief list - The Vanderbeekers series by Karina Yan Glaser. Truly delightful middle grade novels about the adventures of a family of 5 kids, their parents, and their pets in an NYC brownstone. Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr - story about a story and how it is passed from person to person, and what it means to each of them. No one does multiple-thread storytelling like Doerr, I liked this one even better than All The Light We Cannot See. The Sentence by Louise Erdrich - a bookseller is haunted by the ghost of a past customer. Set in Minneapolis from November 2019 to November 2020, it was amazing to read about events I remember (early COVID lockdowns, the murder of George Floyd) in a place I know and love through the lens of fiction. Finally, I read Klara and the Sun with Joy Clarkson's Patreon book club and that was good, but it made me seek out and read Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day, which was stunning. It was Austen-esque in its attention to detail, complex characters, and paced reveal of the storyline, and I can pay no higher compliment. Good luck with all your projects and jury duty Laura, I'm cheering for you!
What books would you recommend on the topic of grief? I am taking a social work class on Loss and Grief at a secular university and I want to do some parallel reading from the perspective of the Church. I'm planning on Making Sense of Suffering by Peter Kreeft but would love other recommendations.