This is on my list, a friend of mine is a friend of the author so I thought I have to read it! (my friend was in the publishing business in the past.)My final book for October:
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Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
A stand-alone satirical comedy - some have called it historical fiction in which case I am also past history!
Why did you choose it?
There are not too many books in English in my local bookshop - perhaps the cover took my attention! The German translation was among the best-sellers.
Were you pleased with your choice?
Well, I couldn't take it too seriously. Romped through it - can't remember if I actually laughed out loud or if the humour made me cringe at any point. I wasn't displeased.
It was an easy, quick read - a fairy-story featuring Elizabeth Zott, a self-taught chemist who is extremely attractive, has plenty of energy and a huge amount of self-confidence to survive working at the Hastings Research Institute at a time when women were expected to stay at home and have babies. She falls in love with the brilliant scientist, Nobel-Prize nominated Calvin Evans. They are inseparable and become the subject of gossip eagerly spread by colleagues, both men and women alike. A tragic accident finds her on her own, and pregnant. Of course she is fired immediately losing her salary and her identity - her new one being unmarried-mother and her child illegitimate.!
Fortunately, she had co-ownership of Evans' house and her first task was to convert the kitchen into a laboratory. But helping other scientists did not pay the bills so she accepts a job at the local television studios presenting a cookery show "Supper at Six". She continually upsets her producer by ignoring his instructions, wearing trousers, encouraging women to change their lives "fearlessness in the kitchen translates to fearlessness in your lives!" and teaching them chemical formulae and reactions which take place during cooking. The show is a success but the sponsors are nor happy and Elizabeth starts to fall into depression.
In this book you will meet Mad(elaine) Zott, her very precocious daughter and Six-Thirty, the extremely, intelligent and faithful dog. Neither of them are convincing but it's a fairy tale and ......... as a fairy-story should - it does end happily.
What was the format of the book?
Paperback
How did you acquire the book?
Bought new
What did you think of choosing your own book to read this month?
Would you like to do this again, on occasion?
Yes, certainly, though I'm sure I'll never again manage to read 6 books in one month!
Well, since you ask:Mamanyt1953 I haven't seen any of those boojs and just checked my library and they dont have any. Next time I call in I will ask if they can get one in for me. Any book in particular I should start with.
CALLAHAN’S CROSSTIME SALOON |
1 Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon |
2 Time Travelers Strictly Cash |
3 Callahan’s Secret |
4 Callahan’s Lady |
5 Lady Slings the Booze |
6 The Callahan Touch |
7 Callahan’s Legacy |
8 Callahan’s Key |
9 Callahan’s Con |
10 The Callahan Chronicles |
11 Off the Wall at Callahan’s |
Well, I think I bit off more than I can chew here. This a very difficult book and I can only read so much at once. I won't finish it this month for sure. The other books I have read this month are not worth reviewing. I will try to put together a review of a book I read a few months ago.How's "Wilmington's Lie" coming along. Or have you read something else you can review?
pearl99 : That sounds like it should be required reading for every human on earth, as too many people, particularly those with money and power, just don't care what happens to our precious planet. Course the deniers wouldn't believe anything they read. But whether they believe or not, that doesn't change the fragile state of our planet, or what we need to do to try to save it. I just, in fact, saw this headline today: Brazil's presidential election may determine the fate of the Amazon rainforest — and the entire planet's climateWhat book did you read?
"Braiding Sweetgrass" by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Standalone book.
Boris Diamond : Oh, that's too bad that the book is a difficult read. But if you want to write a "part-way" review that would be fine. Or wait till you finish. Whichever works best for you.Well, I think I bit off more than I can chew here. This a very difficult book and I can only read so much at once. I won't finish it this month for sure. The other books I have read this month are not worth reviewing. I will try to put together a review of a book I read a few months ago.
Not technical at all, written for us everyday people. I wouldn't say it was a fast read, but one to savor the thoughts she presents. Her beliefs- actually I think they are not just beliefs but urgent actions needed to save the planet and nature and humans- are driven home over and over, she repeats them with different examples of what we need to do and how we are destroying nature.pearl99 . That sounds an interesting book but not a fast read. Did it get technical and require a lot of concentration or was it simplistically written.
I agree wholeheartedly, rubysmama ! I'm a nature lover, actually have to have nature to stay sane and happy, as well as cats, and I get really down seeing what's happening.pearl99 : That sounds like it should be required reading for every human on earth, as too many people, particularly those with money and power, just don't care what happens to our precious planet. Course the deniers wouldn't believe anything they read. But whether they believe or not, that doesn't change the fragile state of our planet, or what we need to do to try to save it. I just, in fact, saw this headline today: Brazil's presidential election may determine the fate of the Amazon rainforest — and the entire planet's climate
My library has the e-book, so I may put it on my "to-read-someday" list.
tarasgirl06 : I know this book would totally resonate with you. Have you read it?
No. Thank you for the thought, but I have very little time to read and when I do, I stay away from these types of books as they just bring me down. I'm well aware of climate change, overpopulation, human carelessness, greed, and ignorance in these matters, unfortuantely.pearl99 : That sounds like it should be required reading for every human on earth, as too many people, particularly those with money and power, just don't care what happens to our precious planet. Course the deniers wouldn't believe anything they read. But whether they believe or not, that doesn't change the fragile state of our planet, or what we need to do to try to save it. I just, in fact, saw this headline today: Brazil's presidential election may determine the fate of the Amazon rainforest — and the entire planet's climate
My library has the e-book, so I may put it on my "to-read-someday" list.
tarasgirl06 : I know this book would totally resonate with you. Have you read it?
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Boris Diamond : Oh, that's too bad that the book is a difficult read. But if you want to write a "part-way" review that would be fine. Or wait till you finish. Whichever works best for you.
As for the other books you read, you don't have to review them, but you could list them, you know as a warning to others to avoid.
ha!!!!I'll hot foot it down to my library
I have not, but I should add it to J's Christmas/birthday list!Lari : Congrats on finishing the book. I'm sure a lot of the tips suggested will be helpful as J gets older.
Since I don't "corral tiny humans on a regular basis", I probably won't put it on my to-read list.
BTW, have you seen this book?
So You're Going to be a Big Sister: Richmond, Marianne: 9781402261725: Amazon.com: Books