Monday, November 25, 2024

Daisy Jones and the Six


 At one point I wondered what I was doing reading this crazy book and almost quit reading...Who recommended it to me?  But when I finished listening last night I was happy that I had read it.  That was my era.  I liked how the author told the story in the voices of the band.  It is fiction.  But I wished to have listened to their music.

One of the reviews captures my feeling:

  • In Daisy Jones & The Six, Taylor Jenkins Reid imagines an oral history of the band’s rise and fall. It’s fictional—though Reid was inspired by Fleetwood Mac and others—but the band and the era are so fully realized you’ll think you’re reading a true story.

    REAL SIMPLE

Monday, November 11, 2024

The Teller of Small Fortunes


 I have had a particularly busy fall and decided that I needed a light read.  So far I am enjoying this book.  Here is the synopsis:

ABOUT THE TELLER OF SMALL FORTUNES

A wandering fortune teller finds an unexpected family in this warm and wonderful debut fantasy, perfect for readers of Travis Baldree and Sangu Mandanna.

Tao is an immigrant fortune teller, traveling between villages with just her trusty mule for company. She only tells “small” fortunes: whether it will hail next week; which boy the barmaid will kiss; when the cow will calve. She knows from bitter experience that big fortunes come with big consequences…

Even if it’s a lonely life, it’s better than the one she left behind. But a small fortune unexpectedly becomes something more when a (semi) reformed thief and an ex-mercenary recruit her into their desperate search for a lost child. Soon, they’re joined by a baker with a “knead” for adventure, and—of course—a slightly magical cat.

Tao starts down a new path with companions as big-hearted as her fortunes are small. But as she lowers her walls, the shadows of her past close in—and she’ll have to decide whether to risk