3.5 Magical realism is usually not my favorite, but I was one of the many fans of the Midnight Library and looked forward to this next novel by Matt H3.5 Magical realism is usually not my favorite, but I was one of the many fans of the Midnight Library and looked forward to this next novel by Matt Haig. I was hoping for another magical page turner but The Life Impossible did not hold the same magic for me. It felt a bit slow a bit plodding and a bit too weird. ...more
A short and cynical (in a good way) self help book that focuses on acceptance of the limited time we are all given and how to focus not on racing throA short and cynical (in a good way) self help book that focuses on acceptance of the limited time we are all given and how to focus not on racing through everything, whether work or travel or emails but instead choosing what is most important and being fully present for it. Where a typical self help book would focus on how to how to do more, be more, travel more…., this book turns the table and instead focuses on acceptance. There will always be more work, more emails, more tasks to accomplish, an infinity of destinations to which one can travel. You can’t and should not try to do it all. I may have to listen to this a second time! And will be telling all my friends they need to read this too. ...more
Fast paced WWII historical thriller based in the Warsaw ghetto. It’s not brilliant writing, it may have jumped the shark a bit at the end, but it keptFast paced WWII historical thriller based in the Warsaw ghetto. It’s not brilliant writing, it may have jumped the shark a bit at the end, but it kept my interest and more. Great narration too....more
This is a book I wish I had read with my book club. It is an original, very well written coming of age story of brilliant Ada and her mysterious fatheThis is a book I wish I had read with my book club. It is an original, very well written coming of age story of brilliant Ada and her mysterious father David and their world of artificial intelligence in the early years of its inception. While I did not love every minute I listened to this book, I still appreciated its mastery, mystery and the deep webs of the story as it unfolded to a place I did not anticipate at the beginning....more
Terrific historical fiction addressing a holocaust story I have not previously encountered: what happened to the Jewish orphans hidden in France who sTerrific historical fiction addressing a holocaust story I have not previously encountered: what happened to the Jewish orphans hidden in France who survived, how did they survive and how were they brought to Israel, combined with the story of Israeli ingenuity and chutzpah in late 1960’s France to rescue war boats Israel commissioned to be built in France but the French govt would not release to them. I have not read about either story previously and am impressed not only with the author’s storytelling but also her research. The postscript is particularly fascinating and led me to the author’s website, her other books which I will now need to read, the story of the sa’ar missile boats, the dates the author will be on book tour and the books she reads, a fascinating world to be further investigated!...more
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