Thursday, April 09, 2026

After a Novel

After you finish reading a book, do you ever have the sense of feeling eager to know what is next? 

After reading a novel, I feel like I just came out of a dark movie theater into daylight. Open to new ideas. From the narrative, images created in my imagination play as my brain voice with closed captions without the sound on. 

This summer’s reading list for me, will a variety of genres, a biography, and one re-read title, as opposed to all mysteries. 

Any recommendations for a biography is appreciated. Thank you


Summer Reading List in progress

Re-read: 1984, G. Orwell

Biography: Emerson: Days of Encounter, J. J. McAleer, Little, Brown & Company, 1984

Mystery Thrillers:

First Lie Wins, A. Elston
Heartwood, A. Gaige


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3 comments:

  1. I finish a book, run to the pile and get another. This is my bios-read in 2025 list. Links to my reviews of all of these are on my January 14, 2025 post, easy to find through the archive list on the right rail of the blog.
    Be Ready when the Luck Happens by Ina Garten
    Taste by Stanley Tucci
    True Gretch by Gretchen Whitmer
    Dinners with Ruth by Nina Totenberg
    Mrs. Kennedy and Me by Clint Hill and Lisa McCubbin
    Famous Father Girl by Jamie Bernstein
    Through the Banks of the Red Cedar by Maya Washington
    A House in the Country by Ruth Adam
    Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
    Let's Just Say it Wasn't Pretty by Diane Keaton
    A Pig In Provence by Georgeanne Brennan
    My Friend Anne Frank by Hannah Pick-Goslar
    When Wanderers Cease to Roam by Vivian Swift

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  2. Jeanie,
    Nice list. Keaton’s book is a must. She was a fascinating actor. Thank you
    May

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  3. A book I would recommend, particularly now, is 'To Obama: With Love, Anger and Hope' by Jeanne Marie Laskas. I read it several years ago and it has stuck with me.

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