Book Ramblings Part I

It's Friday and that means it's a day to ramble.

Today's topic is books. It's going to be in two parts.

Part 1

What have you been reading? Do you have a favorite genre of books?

I do, I love thrillers, crime, spy, courtroom dramas, adventure.

Once upon a time, I used to be an avid reader. Then life got in the way, work, motherhood. I still read but not as much, may be one book a month.

Surprisingly, last year, I read more books than I have in a long while.

Plus I went out of my box and gave other genre a chance.

I read "the island of Sea women" because my friend asked me to. I'm glad I did, I wouldn't otherwise know about a tribe of such strong women and the matriarchal society of Jeju island in South Korea.

I read "yes, no, may be so", an young adult book as per my daughter's suggestion. I used to read a children's book to them by the same name and that phrase has stuck with us and often ask them that question after asking them a question. It was having a voice and doing something about it during an election. I needed to read it.

I read "the historians" as my middle child was reading it. It was a fiction about Sweden's role in world war 2.

I read " the jungle", about a refugee camp in France and I stayed up many nights thinking about all the refugees.

I read "My Monticello", short stories and I have been to some of the places from the book, I have stood there and the ignorant me really used to think that " all men are created equal." I was a fool.

But one that stayed with me more than the others was " The last green valley"-by Mark Sullivan. I will talk about them a little more later on in the day.

And of course I read some of my favorite authors. As you can see, one particular shelf is overflowing. I believe I have read all of his novels.

What have you been reading if you like to read. ? Do you have a favorite author? Have you read any of the books from my pile?

This is enough for this morning. More coming up later. Stay tuned.

Happy Friday my friends.