Monthly Archives: March 2022

Finding the Mother Tree – Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest, by Suzanne Simard

Why this book: I had read  the novel The Overstory by Richard Powers,  the 2019 Pulitzer prize for fiction winner, and was very intrigued by a character in the book who had explored the connections between trees and within forests, … Continue reading

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The Every, by Dave Eggers

Why this book:  I had just read and been fascinated by The Circle.  I wanted to read the sequel and this is that sequel. Summary in 4 sentences.  The book The Every picks up the story of the corporation The … Continue reading

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Two Years, Eight Months, and Twenty-eight Nights, by Salman Rushdie

Why this book:  Selected by my literature reading group at the insistence of one of our members that it would be a mind-bender. She was right!  Summary in 5 Sentences: This books is like a homeric myth set in the … Continue reading

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