by T Wilson | Jul 12, 2023 | Senior Book Break
June 13, 2023 Subject: A book set in the Middle East The Collaborator of Bethlehem and A Grave in Gaza by Matt Beynon Rees These are the first two books of a mystery genre about Omar Yussef, a teacher of history in a school in Bethlehem. He is well thought of but...
by T Wilson | Jun 12, 2023 | Senior Book Break
Subject: A book set in Europe Stella Bain by Anita Shreve An American woman is found suffering from shell shock in a garden in London. A surgeon and his wife agree to take her in. She cannot remember anything prior to four months earlier when she was found wounded on...
by T Wilson | May 16, 2023 | Senior Book Break
Subject: Research or a book that you enjoyed on a rainy day The sun was shining and several who had stayed home during the rainy weather returned. Everyone had read during the rains and our reviews ranged from what we had read to what we intended to read, local...
by T Wilson | Feb 9, 2023 | Senior Book Break
Subject: A Spot on the Globe Our reader could not find a book with the subject of the Azores, so he finished this book. Galileo’s Daughter by Dava Sobel Based on actual surviving letters of Galileo’s daughter Maria Celeste, this is a carefully crafted book about a...
by T Wilson | Jan 13, 2023 | Senior Book Break
Subject: A Present, a surprise book you liked Robots and Empire by Isaac Asimov Our reader enjoys older science fiction more than the modern. The older writers seem to keep him reading. Galileo’s Daughter by Dava Sobel Based on actual surviving letters of Galileo with...