Library Reading Challenge and “Unbroken”

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

Olympic Athlete. World class speed.

Twenty-seven days at sea.

Adrift inside enemy territory.

Sixty-four million square miles of open ocean.

What do you do?

Thin, barely alive. Thirst overwhelming.

An aircraft. Two flares.

Machine gun fire.

You’ve alerted the enemy.

And then the sharks.

I rarely give books a maximum rating. But I’m giving this book the highest rating. Recommended without reservations.

Library Reading Challenge and “The Colorado Kid”

It’s been a long time since I’ve graced the pages of this blog. Sadly, it’s been even longer since I’ve done a reading challenge and finished. Hell, it’s been two and a half, maybe three years since I’ve even read more than a handful of books. Well, both of these deficiencies are about to be remedied.

The local library has a fifty book in fifty-two weeks reading challenge and I decided it was far past due I returned to reading. So, I joined up. These fifty books must be from fifty different topics or genres, and must include a twenty word blurb about the book. And that’s what I’m going to do. Look for fifty short posts about the book I just finished. It won’t be a review or report. Just something about the book.

Here goes for book one of fifty:

The Colorado Kid by Stephen King

Ask yourself what it would be like to learn your chosen profession—a reporter—(as a twenty-two-year-old like Stephanie does) from a couple of elderly men who’ve been in the business for longer than you’ve been alive. And then ask yourself what it would be like to have the introduction to your new job involving a mysterious man, a mysterious death, and a mysterious pack of cigarettes.