January reads
Once upon a time I picked up a Robert B. Parker Spenser novel. These books start in 1973 with The Godwulf Manuscript. For me, Spenser has become a sociological study, watching him change with the times while still being true to himself. He is smart-mouthed, thoughtful, loyal, and honorable. He doesn't stop until there is resolution. He's a hard-boiled detective in the truest sense of the word.
Parker wrote 40 Spenser novels before his death in 2010. After his death, the family chose Ace Atkinson to carry on the series and he added 10. Mike Lupica is now carrying the torch. His first in the series was released in November 2023. I read many of them years ago then decided in 2020 to start again at the beginning and work my way through. In January, I finished #31, Bad Business. They are fast and enjoyable. Maybe I can knock out another 10 this year.
I listen to a lot of reading podcasts and often they discuss reading personalities in terms of Myers-Briggs or Eneagram. To refresh my memory on these personality types, I grabbed The Book of Personality Tests: 25 Easy to Score Tests that Reveal the Real You by Haulwen Nicholas from the library. It is a quick look at these tests, plus several I had never heard of. Good resource for improving my podcast experience.
5⭐ Our January book club selection was Horse by Geraldine Brooks, a must-read author for me. Brooks is a meticulous researcher and her ability to re-create time and place immerse you
in the setting. Her novel takes you through the Antebellum period in the South, Civil War, Reconstruction, to the 1950's and into the present as it tells the story of Lexington, a record-breaking thoroughbred through art and it's preserved skeleton. Like all of her novels, this one to takes us somewhere we can't go otherwise. Her other novels - Caleb's Crossing (Puritans and Native Americans on Martha's Vineyard), March (Civil War chaplain), Year of Wonders (plague in England 1666),The Secret Chord (Old Testament's King David) and People of the Book (historic manuscript from the 15th century to present day). Every one was a 5⭐ read.
in the setting. Her novel takes you through the Antebellum period in the South, Civil War, Reconstruction, to the 1950's and into the present as it tells the story of Lexington, a record-breaking thoroughbred through art and it's preserved skeleton. Like all of her novels, this one to takes us somewhere we can't go otherwise. Her other novels - Caleb's Crossing (Puritans and Native Americans on Martha's Vineyard), March (Civil War chaplain), Year of Wonders (plague in England 1666),The Secret Chord (Old Testament's King David) and People of the Book (historic manuscript from the 15th century to present day). Every one was a 5⭐ read.
Not the quantity in January, but definitely quality.
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