I read the book Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson. The book contained a central metaphor around the relation of water and consciousness, and it was very interesting to track this theme throughout the story.

I read Bad Blood by John Carreyrou. This was a very interesting book about the rise and fall/scandal of Theranos, the blood testing startup from Silicon Valley. It was one of my favorite nonfiction books as it read like a fiction.

A book I read this winter is I Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit Frick. This book is about Anna Cicconi getting a job as a nanny in a town that’s the Hamptons of Herron Mils. But this town is where people are trying to forget the past of a dreadful event on New Years Eve.

I read “Paper Towns” by John Green this winter. It was recommended to me by my reading teacher and follows the story of a high school student and his friend named Margo. The genre of this book is mystery, which is one of the reasons I enjoyed it so much.

Some stories are so great they just have to go live. And sometimes, the film itself is a fresh twist on a classic story. These classic reads have inspired some surprising movie versions, satires, and interpretations. Try them out in pairs for lively discussions at home!

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy is not a book you would typically expect to find in the hands of a teenager, but it is as beautiful as it is simplistic, and it is entirely universal.

I read Epic Athletes: Patrick Mahomes by Dan Wetzel. It is a biography about Patrick Mahomes. It tells his life story from when he was a baby to now. The book has many interesting facts and quotes from his career like his experiences at college.

In a 2018 interview in the Times, the composer and author Ned Rorem—then 95—quipped that it would be "rather cute" if he lived to be 100.  Rorem will turn 99 in October, b

I have been reading the series by Karen McManus. One of Us Is Next is the one that I just finished and it is a really cool mystery and I like the way it unfolded.

Join us for these upcoming book discussions at Wilmette Public Library. 

CLASSICS & CONTEMPORARY

Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya Tuesday, April 12th, 10:30am

This winter I read the book Winter Holiday by Arthur Ransome. It is in the series Swallows and Amazons. It is about two families that go to live at a lake house with an island during the breaks. The kids are very imaginative and go on lots of adventures.

I read Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. It’s a true story about an Olympic runner (Louis Zamperini) who gets sent off to war and was captured by Japan and then became a prisoner of war.

Is your family growing up? You can still read together by choosing from these bestselling titles that come in both adult and young readers’ editions. You can all read on your own time and make dinnertime into your own family book club with titles like the following.

Let's face it, travel has been lacking in many of our lives the past couple years.  But with hope, maybe we can dust off the suitcases and dig out the digital camera soon in preparation for a long overdue adventure.

I read Our Violent Ends by Chloe Gong. It’s the second in a duology called These Violent Delights. I would give the book a 4/5 because although most of the time it was very good and exciting, there were moments that were really boring and slow.