Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I selected this book when it went on a friend's "want to read" list and I requested it from my local library.

The author does a good job of making recent research about personality, behavior, and neurological studies accessible to readers of a general background. It is like having a deep conversation with another friend.

I recommend it for all readers.


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Once a Cowboy by Linda Warren
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This ebook was free when I downloaded it from Barnes and Noble to my Nook library.

I was entertained by this romance that begins with a mystery for private investigator Alex Donavan who works with her father Buck and they both live with Alex's spunky grandmother Naddy. This book is entertaining.

I can recommend it to readers who enjoy this genre from Harlequin.


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The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood by Jane Leavy
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

This ebook was free when I downloaded it from Barnes and Noble to my Nook library.

I did not finish the book because I did not like the author's style of piecing together the myths of what the sportswriters wrote about then with what she could document when she searched for what really happened.

I gave up after the chapter about Maris and Mantle.


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 One Imperfect Christmas by Myra Johnson
My rating: 2 of 5 stars




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  Rebels Resurgent: Fredericksburg to Chancellorsville by Time-Life Books
My rating: 5 of 5 stars




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The Screwball King Murder by Kin Platt
My rating: 3 of 5 stars




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Kindred Voices: Listening for our Ancestors by Geoff Rasmussen
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I received the pdf version of this book as a bonus for purchasing other materials from Legacy FamilyTree products during a limited time offer. If I had to pay full price for this ($14.95 for the paperback or $9.95 for the e-version, I would give it this 3 stars rating.

As a long-time user of Legacy FamilyTree software, a subscription member of the Wednesday webinars sponsored by this company, and a fellow cruiser (the trips that started in Oslo, Norway) I am well acquainted with Geoff Rasmussen and his stories about the serendipity in his search for lost ancestors. Geoff tells an interesting story, even if the reader has heard it before. I was unaware how much these stories reinforced his religious faith.

Because I received this as a pdf file and read it from my Dropbox account on a Nook reader, I had no problem enlarging the photos of the genealogy records, that another Goodreads reviewer, Mary Alaga, mentioned she had with the Kindle version. I do not know if these documents are easy to read in the paperback version.

His chapter 7 "21 Ways to Start Family History Today" contains many excellent suggestions and links, without being a shill for the company for which he currently works by leading those Webinars Wednesdays and teaching classes on their sponsored cruises. I recommend this link, http://familytreewebinars.com/archive... where you may search 75 (as of this writing) free webinars about different topics in genealogy and documenting family history.





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Trials of the Earth: The True Story of a Pioneer Woman by Mary Mann Hamilton
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I read an excerpt from this book on B&N Readouts, and I requested it from my local library.

I cannot say enough good things about this autobiography whose manuscript went unpublished for more than 50 years. Thank heavens for the persistence of people mentioned in "Acknowledgements." The "Preface" was written by Helen Dick Davis in 1933 who explained,

The memories of the busy difficult days of her wifehood and motherhood have been minutely stored in her brain , as bees store honey, so that every smallest event of every day of her life is there: what they had to eat each Thanksgiving dinner, what became of every neighbor they had in the wilderness of the woods, It has been my task to strain the comb from the honey, removing the less interesting material and leaving the dramatic and moving events that happened to Mary Hamilton herself, her husband, and her children.

These people will come alive for you as you read this story. I laughed out loud, worried in suspense, and cried at times.

I recommend this book to all readers: especially, people who enjoy well-written autobiographies, people who are looking for the next selection for their book club discussion, and students of American history.


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War on the Mississippi: Grant's Vicksburg Campaign by Time-Life Books
My rating: 5 of 5 stars




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The Rose of Fire by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
My rating: 2 of 5 stars




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Seeing Things by Patti Hill
My rating: 4 of 5 stars




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California Schemin' by Kate George
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I downloaded this ebook to my Nook library when it was free from Barnes and Noble. I'm always on the lookout for an entertaining cozy mystery.
I recommend it to others readers who are entertained with cozy mysteries.


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