I was happy to post yet another review of a book about a female scientist. For a review on The Code Breaker, go to Reader Recommendations on this blog and look for Book Review. I read Lab Girl about five years ago, before I read the book about Jennifer Doudna. What is similar between the two stories is that both women were time and again
Review of Lab Girl by Hope Jahren review written by Richard May Several years ago, I had the good fortune to read Lab Girl by Hope Jahren. It is a wonderfully engaging story of a complex young woman from Minnesota whose passion for plants and trees leads her to become a botanist.Through her experienced eyes, nature comes alive in ways that I could never
After I posted an entry about the history of ‘summer reading’, a friend suggested that I ask blog readers to share the names of some of the books they especially enjoyed this summer. All it took was an e-mail to Sandcastle Book Club members and my ‘You’ve Got Mail’ light lit up!! Thanks to all who shared. Below are their responses in their own words–
I have to say that the term ‘summer reading’ elicits mixed feelings for me. As a parent, I found myself, by August, exhausted in efforts to coax my girls to finish their summer reading assignments for school. Passive resistance was their strategy for making me crazy. As a former educator, I see the value of summer reading assignments but not if the only follow-up is
On Friends & Fiction–Interview with Christina Baker Kline, author of The Orphan Train Kline discusses her new book The Exiles Log in to Friends and Fiction to view interview– http://friendsandfiction.com
2021-2022 American Dirt Jeanine Cummins The Daughters of Yalta Catherine Katz Surviving Savannah Patti Callahan Secrets of Happiness Joan Silber The Night Portrait Laura Morelli The Long Petal of the Sea Isabel Allende When the Stars Go Dark Paula McClain Facing the Mountain Daniel James Brown The Fortunate Ones Ed Tarkington
The Code Breaker, Walter Isaacson—book review by Frances Boyd Do you remember what you were doing on March 13, 2020? It was a Friday!! I had a friend visiting from Atlanta, and we were trying to decide if it was safe enough for us to go to the Gaillard Auditorium to see Ranky Tanky. News was spreading fast about Covid-19 cases, particularly in the northwest.
If you like true stories involving animals and adventure, this book is for YOU!! West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge. A cross-country road trip in 1938 was of itself an adventure. Add two West African giraffes, an eighteen year old from the Dust Bowl Panhandle, an Old Man who has a way with animals and a secretive past, and a young red-headed woman photographer yearning
On Tuesday, July 27, from 7:00 – 8:00, Marie Benedict, author of The Personal Librarian, will interview Kristin Harmel about her new book The Forest of Vanishing Stars. Remember the book about Jews who hid in forests from the Nazis the entire duration of WWII? Remember the blog entry on Kristin Harmel? If you were interested in this author or her new book, the program
Many of us will be watching the Olympics on television soon, and we will be hearing human interest stories about the athletes. If you can’t wait until then, there are some very good books about former Olympic stars. Some of the stars may be new names to you. Beautiful on the Outside, Adam Rippon In 2018, America met Adam Rippon, and we loved him. He
