Dear Book Lovers:
Team RickWorld is at it again! While the competition is over, we still wanted to bring you some of our book recommendations each month. For the months of December and January this is what Justin, Sarah, Katy and Kay recommend putting on your “to be read” lists.
Justin Ware recommends – I Will Ruin You by Linwood Barclay. This was one of the top reads this year. This book had more twists than a cheap garden hose and always had me guessing wrong. One of my top reads.
Katy Essex recommends – Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. I very much enjoyed reading this western saga. The was on a “must read” list somewhere and it’s well worth the long journey it takes to get through this book. I think my motivation was having seen the movie so many times throughout my childhood. Gus McCrae will forever be my favorite character. Mr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva. A fictional telling of what and who inspired Charles Dickens’ masterpiece. Emotional, especially the bit of a twist at the end with Tiny Tim. The Worst Christmas Wife by Katie Bachand. This had all the Hallmark movie vibes. An architect with Scrooge-like tendencies hires an interior designer as his assistant. They end up faking a marriage to land a contract with a celebrity client. Great characters, very funny! Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros. Third book in the Empyrean series. Continues the story of Violet and Xaden and the quest to protect their continent. Many twists. I’m still a little salty about the ending. Finding Chika by Mitch Albom. Must read with kleenex handy. In 2010, a catastrophic earthquake hit the island of Haiti. Albom, who runs several charities, set up the Have Faith orphanage on the island. This beautiful account is the telling of how Mitch and his wife Janine bring to Michigan a little girl named Chika in order to get her medical treatment for a life-threatening disease. A story of hope, hopelessness, love and courage. Unbroke” by Lauren Hillenbrand. This is Hillenbrand’s account of Olympic runner Louie Zamperini and how he survived as a prisoner in a Japanese war camp during World War II. Very emotional, excellent read if you enjoy WWII era history.
Sarah Essex recommends – The Proving Ground by Michael Connelly. This is book 8 in the Lincoln Lawyer series. It is a terrific legal thriller where a lawsuit is filed against an AI company. The Litigator” by John Grisham. A small law firm takes on a pharmaceutical giant. This is not as suspenseful as some other Grisham books but it is very entertaining and even humorous. Katy and Sarah both recommend The First Family by David Baldacci. This is the fourth book in the King/Maxwell series. Excellent, but make sure you read the series in order. We learn more about Maxwell’s relationship with her mother; both agents take on the Oval Office.
Kay McAdam recommends – A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr. was published in 1959 and was the winner of the Hugo Award for best science fiction or fantasy novel in 1961. One (positive?) thing the nuclear age hath wrought is compelling science fiction. In this book, Miller has weaved together three of his short stories – Fiat Homo, Fiat Lux, Fiat Voluntas Tua – into one of the classics of the genre that has never been out of print. The story spans thousands of years from a post-apocalypse civilization in the 26th century to a new nuclear age in 3781. All the while reading it, I thought to myself that Pastor Donnie Brooks may enjoy this book, if he hasn’t yet read it, because the main characters are members of a monastery which eventually becomes the Albertian Order of Saint Leibowitz. While sometimes sprinkled with humor interwoven with deep theological and moral discussions concerning faith, technology and the power of the state, the major premise appears to be “what goes around, comes around.”
We will be back with more recommendations for the month of February. If you have a book you would like to recommend, send the book title and author and a short summary to editor@marcellusnews.com and it will be included in the next article!
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