Nobody's Angel by Sarah Hegger
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

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

I dropped a star because several scenes were TMI for this prude.

I recommend it for readers who enjoy a contemporary romance.


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Sherman's March: Atlanta to the Sea by David Nevin
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I continue to read the text in the books from the Time-Life series, The Civil War, that has been in my home library since 1986.
I continue to learn a lot more than I knew before because much of my "knowledge" about Sherman's march comes from impressions created by  the movie Gone With The Wind.
I recommend it for all students of the Civil War.


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 The Whole Town's Talking by Fannie Flagg
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I requested this book from my local library because I enjoy Ms. Flagg's stories about characters who feel real to me.
There is an updated "Our Town" theme to the storyline that works for this book.
I recommend it for all readers, especially fans of this author.


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In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox by Carol Burnett
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I requested this book from my local library when I heard it was published in 2016 because this is a book I would have purchased for my mother to read. She so enjoyed the show plus all the performers who contributed to the show. This book mad me sad because Mom died before she could read this book, and it reminded me of times we laughed together.



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Must Love Mistletoe by Christie Ridgway
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

This ebook was a recent Free Friday selection from Barnes and Noble to download to my Nook.

Whatever happened to being able to tell how racy a romance might be from the amount of skin revealed on the cover photo? With only one bare arm on the cover I expected only a chaste romance, like one of the Hallmark movies. This was racier and I found myself skimming parts until the sex scene was finished.

I recommend this only to readers who prefer the romance genre and who do not blush as much as this prude.


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The Killing Ground: Wilderness to Cold Harbor by Gregory Jaynes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is another book in the Time-Life series, "The Civil War, "and it has been in my home library since 1986. Pictures in this book include reproductions of photos taken by Timothy O. Sullivan and Matthew Brady.

During this campaign, Grant lost 50,000 men and Lee lost 30,000 men.

i recommend this book and the others of the series to readers who want more information about this period of our history.


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Listening Is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the StoryCorps Project by Dave Isay
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I listed to a copy of my library's audiobook after Emily added it to her want-to-read list.

My library's audiobook file was only 54 minutes long so the book may have more stories than this. I wanted to hear it as I enjoy those stories in the voice of the storytellers.

I recommend it for all readers.


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Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man by William Shatner
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I heard about this book when it won the 2016 Goodreads book of the year in its category, and I immediately put it on my requested list from my local library for I have been a Trekker since 1966.

This is definetly a memoir from Shatner's point of view. It is still an enjoyable read.

I recommend it for any reader.



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From This Day Forward by Lauraine Snelling
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

My father enjoys these "Dakota books" so much this year that I gave him the recently published hardback book for Christmas (not a spoiler because he started reading it as soon as it was delivered) and I purchased the Matchbook copy for my Kindle.

By now, these books about the people of Blessing and their stories are familiar. Reading the book reminds this reader of a good reunion.

While this book can be read as a stand alone for readers who enjoy a chaste romance set in historical times or as Christian fiction, a new reader may be suspectible to boredom when Ms. Snelling updates us on circumstances and people that may seem unrelated to the story of Deborah MacAllister and Toby Valders. My strong recommendation is for the reader to start with An Untamed Land and to read all of Snelling's series about the Bjorklund family and the people of Blessing in order to really get to know the immigrant Bjorklund pioneers.


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  Battles for Atlanta: Sherman Moves East by Ronald H. Bailey
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book has been in my home library since my husband and I subscribed to Time-Life's Civil War series in 1985. I have always learned from the pictures and their captions. Now that I am retired, I take the time to read the text for a better understanding.


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Say No More by Hank Phillippi Ryan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I requested this from the library when I heard it was published in 2016. I enjoyed the previous Jane Ryland mysteries.
This mystery can stand alone; but I recommend readers of mysteries try all the books by Ms. Ryan.


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The Normans: From Raiders to Kings by Lars Brownworth
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This ebook was free when I downloaded it from Barnes and Noble to my Nook library in 2014.
I learned more about the Vikings and Normans than I previously knew from a cruise to Norway and my Western Civilization college classes. There is an adequate bibliography and endnotes. This is the type of ebook which makes reading nonfiction easier because a touch can take you to the endnote and back again to the story and a different touch can define words this reader may not use daily.
I recommend it to students of history who want to know more about this subject.


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