Monthly Archives: May 2015
The Things They Carried, by Tim O’Brien
Apropos of Memorial Day Weekend, I finished The Things They Carried. I have been discussing the book as I read it with a friend at work who was a Marine in Vietnam. It is really a collection of short stories, … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Fiction
Tagged aimlessness, army, death, guilt, humor, killing, land mines, medics, misery, mud, Mystery, sickness, soldier, Vietnam, war, youth
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The Cage by Audrey Schulman
You probably have seen a shark cage, where the diver is inside the cage with his or her camera, while the great white sharks bang into the cage with their blunt snouts. Now image a slight young woman with her … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Fiction
Tagged adventure travel, arctic, danger, graphic violence, ice, National Geographic, nature photography, photographer, polar bear, snow
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Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw
This is a darling board book by Nancy Shaw and illustrated by Margot Apple. It caught my eye at the library as we were headed off for a weekend of off road travel with our jeep club, the Diablo 4 … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Literature
Tagged adventure, board book, frog, jeep, pigs, sheep
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