Month: June 2009

I just finished reading Introducing C.B. Greenfield by Lucille Kallen. It a fun read, a mystery loaned to me by my very good friend Linda. It was published in 1979. One of the fun things about the book was the things referenced that are no longer a part of our life.

For example when Maggie is having Greenfield over for dinner she dressed in her "burgundy velvet pants and pale blue angora tunic" and puts records "on the record changer" later Greenfield "got up, turned over the records on the record changer, reset it, and sat down again."

This is my twentieth book read this year. You can see the whole list here.

The Increment by David Ignatius
If you want to read a good spy novel The Increment by David Ignatius is
it. I read it on my Kindle in a couple of days and couldn't put it
down. The book is about the Iranian nuclear program and the American
and British intelligence services. It seems very timely and authentic. It was very entertaining summer reading.

Returning to Earth by Jim Harrison
The Reno Newcomers Club book club selection this month was Returning to Earth by Jim Harrison. I finished reading it last week and the meeting was yesterday. The book is about death and mourning and a family in the upper peninsula of Michigan. Given the subject matter the book is surprisingly,  a hopeful book. I didn't find it at all depressing but instead really enjoyed it.

Jim Harrison is a poet and there is a lot of poetry in his writing. This is a character driven book without a plot and I found that I really cared about the characters. Harrison is also a cookbook writer and his food descriptions, especially the wild berry pies were mouth watering.