Comments on: Books read in January https://lauravanderkam.com/2018/02/books-read-january/ Writer, Author, Speaker Tue, 17 Apr 2018 13:56:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Marcia (OrganisingQueen) https://lauravanderkam.com/2018/02/books-read-january/#comment-36774 Mon, 12 Feb 2018 13:43:07 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=7055#comment-36774 If you like random facts interspersed with story, you should read Lab Girl – Hope Jahren. I’m 1 hour from the end (11 hrs 30 on audio) and LOVING it!

]]> By: Marthe https://lauravanderkam.com/2018/02/books-read-january/#comment-36773 Thu, 08 Feb 2018 20:21:47 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=7055#comment-36773 I started Mr Penumbra after reading this post and quite enjoy it! Crisp style and some suspense, set in a bookstore (as far as i’ve read), what’s not to like! Funny fiction, as I normally read non-fiction.

]]> By: Christine https://lauravanderkam.com/2018/02/books-read-january/#comment-36772 Sat, 03 Feb 2018 14:23:03 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=7055#comment-36772 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is one of my favorites. A great read – enjoy! 🙂

]]> By: Sarah Springfield https://lauravanderkam.com/2018/02/books-read-january/#comment-36771 Sat, 03 Feb 2018 01:55:08 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=7055#comment-36771 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is one of my favorite books. I think it is more interesting to read when you know that the first version of the book was more autobiographical based on Betty Smith’s life, but her publisher returned it to her and said it was too depressing. ATGIB is her second, more fictionalized version.

It’s fascinating to me to imagine which parts are real and which imagined.

]]> By: Lisa https://lauravanderkam.com/2018/02/books-read-january/#comment-36770 Fri, 02 Feb 2018 17:16:27 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=7055#comment-36770 In reply to lauravanderkam.

Great! Look good, thanks!

]]> By: lauravanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2018/02/books-read-january/#comment-36769 Fri, 02 Feb 2018 16:01:08 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=7055#comment-36769 In reply to Kathleen.

@Kathleen – I have a line in Off the Clock about how I’m not the archetypal self-help narrator who’s hit rock bottom and now wants to share how I (and you, the reader!) can climb up from the muck. My life is just not that interesting. Which is a really, really good thing.

]]> By: lauravanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2018/02/books-read-january/#comment-36768 Fri, 02 Feb 2018 13:21:28 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=7055#comment-36768 In reply to lauravanderkam.

Addendum- Kindle price was $5 so I will check it out now!

]]> By: Nan https://lauravanderkam.com/2018/02/books-read-january/#comment-36767 Fri, 02 Feb 2018 09:31:01 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=7055#comment-36767 All Creatures Great and Small and other James Herriot books are also great to read out loud. I loved hearing my mom read these to us as kids – the chapters are very short so they’re easily digestible.

]]> By: Kathleen https://lauravanderkam.com/2018/02/books-read-january/#comment-36766 Fri, 02 Feb 2018 03:14:53 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=7055#comment-36766 I share your feeling about Brené Brown. After listening to a few of her audio books, my thoughts were (1) wow, that is someone with a LOT of feelings, and (2) that is a person who spends a lot of time managing those feelings. For some of us, life and relationships just don’t involve much drama, and amen for that!

]]> By: lauravanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2018/02/books-read-january/#comment-36765 Fri, 02 Feb 2018 03:01:25 +0000 http://lauravanderkam.staging.wpengine.com/?p=7055#comment-36765 In reply to Kimmie.

@Kimmie- I have not read My Year of Running Dangerously – I’ll have to check it out.

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