Take my advice and listen to the audiobook if you can.
Continue readingMoby Dick by Herman Melville
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Houston Cooks by Francine Spiering
If you’re a foodie in the Bayou City, you need this book. Heck, I might be biased, but I think it’d be a fine addition to the bookshelf of an adventurous cook anywhere in Texas or on the Gulf Coast.
Continue readingBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
It’s an uncomfortable but important tale; pick it up when you’re feeling ready to confront some unsavory truths about our nation’s foundation.
Continue readingJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
It’s the perfect sort of book to snuggle up with under a quilt with a nice big mug of something warm during this dreary season of short days and depressing weather.
Continue readingWatership Down by Richard Adams
Here is a story worth reading for kids and grown-ups alike — and probably for grown-ups to read to their kids, though that recommendation is a little bit outside of my wheelhouse.
Continue readingNaturalist by Edward O. Wilson
We’ve had a copy of this one on our shelves for years. It’s considered a must-read in the science nonfiction genre. Somehow I never got around to reading it until this year.
Continue readingLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
To be honest, I was a bit intimidated by this book. In print, it’s about 960 pages. The audiobook I listened to was over thirty-six hours long; it took me a couple of months to finish. But it was worth it.
Continue readingThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
If you’re in the mood for some good old-fashioned spooky storytelling for Halloween, I can definitely recommend giving this one a listen.
Continue readingCrocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters
I think I’ll add the sequels to this book to my to-read list — there are further nineteen of them!
Continue readingHealing a Divided Nation by Carole Adrienne
All in all, I think this is a comprehensive (albeit overly verbose, which is really saying something coming from me) summary of the American Civil War’s impact on modern medical practice.
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