B is for Books You Can't Put Down

 

Continuing with the April A to Z Challenge - Day 2!

The Things that Make Life Better

B is for Books You Can't Put Down

Yesterday, I included Mark's preference in the post. He will not be appearing in today's post because he does not enjoy reading! He reads the Garden and Gun magazine each month. He reads his Bible. I do remember him reading one book and loving it. He just doesn't like fiction. This is one he read and I'll admit -- it's definitely a book you don't want to put down.

Man-Eaters of Kumaon

Book by Jim Corbett

Man-Eaters of Kumaon is a classic book by hunter-naturalist Jim Corbett, detailing his real-life experiences hunting man-eating tigers and leopards in the Kumaon region of the Indian Himalayas from the 1900s to the 1930s. The book contains ten stories of tracking and shooting dangerous predators, including the infamous Champawat Man-eater, and also provides insights into local flora, fauna, and village life, making it a blend of adventure and natural history. 

I, on the other hand, am an avid reader. I ride the stationary bike every morning from 6:00 - 6:35 and I read while on the stationary bike. My legs won't pedal if my eyes aren't reading haha!

Here are a few books that I've read recently that I couldn't put down (but, of course, I had to put them down to go to work and to study!).

I recently read The Women by Kristin Hannah. This book is about the women who went to Vietnam. I wasn't even born when the Vietnam war began in 1955 and I was a young high school student in 1975 so my memories of that time are not of war. This book is gripping and I may have experienced all of the emotions while reading . . . including sobbing while on the bicycle!

It is really interesting to me, because that book is not my normal genre. I love thrillers and mysteries . . .but this book was so good.

I know most of you have read Theo of Golden. It is another "hard to put down" book.

Sometimes it is hard to put down a good James Patterson book. The Widow by John Grisham was also really good! How about The Briar Club - oh my goodness!! Read it, if you haven't!

For "light" reading, I've been reading the Richard Osman series about the folks that live in a retirement home and solve mysteries (Thursday Murder Club Mysteries). I enjoy the lighter writing of Donna Andrews, too.

Some of you have given me THE BEST book recommendations. What are some books that you "couldn't put down"?

I have found that books have a way of pulling us into worlds we didn’t expect to care about—and sometimes, those are the ones that stay with us the longest.

Books are definitely a "thing" that makes life better for me!