I heard the author of this book interviewed on NPR and immediately ordered it. Recommended, as long as you have a high tolerance for really heartbreaking family stories.ĥ. It’s really well written and really hard to read: an intense story of a highly dysfunctional family (think The Glass Castle) but with the added dysfunctionality that the abusive family patriarch is essentially pretending to be Native American. This book was recommended by a fellow volunteer on a trip I took with our animal rescue group to the Navajo Nation. The Pale-Faced Lie, a memoir by David Crow. have looked like if Germany and Japan had won World War II? Recommended!Ĥ. Dick’s stuff is weird, no way around it, but the premise of this book is fascinating: what would the U.S. I’m admittedly a little late to the party, as this book was published in 1962, but I got completely hooked on the TV miniseries based on the book, which prompted me to read it.

The Man in the High Castle, a science fiction novel by Philip K. It’s the story of extreme adventurer Colin O’Brady’s solo crossing of Antarctica, an incredible story and he’s a good writer. Now here’s a book that you probably could read in a day, or at least a weekend. The Impossible First, a non-fiction outdoor adventure book by Colin O’Brady. Perhaps it particularly resonated with me because it’s about middle-aged parents with young adult children (my life in a nutshell), but I stayed up way too late reading this book. But I don’t even know where to start with how good this book is. The summary of this book is pretty unassuming: basically a day in the life of a family in the American mid-west. At almost 600 pages, you’re not going to read this in a day, but it’s so worth it. I read 13 books this year, and I have two on deck for my holiday break, spanning the full range from current events, to humor, to really good novels:ġ. I hope that all of you get some well-deserved time off to enjoy the people and activities that make you happy!

To close out 2022 and in case you’re looking for some holiday reading, here’s a list of the books I read this year and a short review of each one.

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