Hey there, fellow home bodies. I am here to tell you about a great book I recently read called Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want to Come, by Jessica Pan. I don’t know about all of you, but I am somebody who is very content being home. I love when…
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Hello, hello, aspiring nonfiction readers! Here is a recommendation to all the animal watchers out there. I know many people in Gillette love to go to the fishing lake and watch the geese, watch the deer in their backyards, or simply be excited when you find a bird’s nest near…
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January 3, 2023 Becky Check Out If You Like Heroic Holocaust Biographies This title by Holocaust survivor, Eddie Jaku, grabbed my attention and interest immediately. One of my favorite books to read when I was younger was Diary of Anne Frank and I tend to gravitate toward Holocaust stories and…
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Check out if you like actors and actresses Movie stars Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift first met in 1949 on the set of A Place in the Sun, where they demonstrated a chemistry that could be felt by anyone observing their acting. Their acquaintance blossomed into a (almost) romantic friendship…
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Check out if interested in human rights/women’s rights In the 1930’s, Ann Cooper Hewitt, daughter of inventor Peter Cooper Hewitt, was set to inherit her father’s estate when she came of age at 21. In his will, he stipulated that she would receive two-thirds of his estate if she were…
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Check out if you’re interested in complex court cases as well as mental health advocacy. From a pay phone in an impoverished area of a big city, 911 is called and a voice pleadingly says, “My baby… my little grandbaby, he fell.” Police arrive to find the body of a malnourished…
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Check out if you love a good story of crime and passion. This book is gripping from the beginning. It’s a sad story about the disappearance of Virginia Uden and her two small sons. In 1980, Virginia was Richard Uden’s third wife. She convinced him to adopt her two sons…
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Check out if you’re a closet Anglophile or if the history of World War II fascinates you. Winston Churchill’s time as the Prime Minister of England during World War II is chronicled through the eyes of those who knew him best. Erik Larson uses diary entries and historical facts to…
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Check out if you enjoy redemption stories, world changing entrepreneurs Scott Harrison is a drug and alcohol addicted New York City club promoter, or at least he was. Thirst is the story of Scott’s transformation from a life of debauchery, to a life of giving back. After years of living…
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Check out if you like true crime, stories about man’s descent into madness, and general chaos and destruction Imagine, someone so angered by events in his life that he built an impenetrable bulldozer to take down a town, along with the townspeople who slighted him. On June 4th, 2004, Marv…