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Kate’s 2¢: “Good grief: on loving pets, here and hereafter” by E. B. Bartels,
“Good grief: on loving pets, here and hereafter” by E. B. Bartels,
This was a book chosen at random by NLS and sent to me on a cartridge that contained seven books.
Eileen Stevens Did a good job of reading this book.
It is important to know that we all grieve differently. There is no ‘right’ way. If you are having a particularly tough time reconciling with your pet’s death, you are not alone. There are organizations to contact to share your concerns.
From the WEB:
E.B. Bartels is a nonfiction writer, a former Newtonville Books bookseller, and a GrubStreet instructor, with an MFA from Columbia University. She is the author of Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter, a narrative nonfiction book about loving and losing animals, and her essays and interviews have appeared in Salon, Slate, WBUR, Literary Hub, Catapult, Electric Literature, The Believer, and The Rumpus, among others. E.B. lives in Massachusetts with her husband, Richie, and their many, many pets.
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
Good grief: on loving pets, here and hereafter DB110115
Bartels, E. B Reading time: 5 hours, 50 minutes.
Eileen Stevens
Psychology and Self-Help
Animals and Wildlife
“E.B. Bartels has had a lot of pets–dogs, birds, fish, tortoises. As varied a bunch as they are, they’ve taught her one universal truth: to own a pet is to love a pet, and to own a pet is also–with rare exception–to lose that pet in time. But while we have codified traditions to mark the passing of our fellow humans, most cultures don’t have the same for pets. Bartels takes us from Massachusetts to Japan, from ancient Egypt to the modern era, in search of the good pet death. We meet veterinarians, archaeologists, ministers, and more, offering an idiosyncratic, inspiring array of rituals–from the traditional (scattering ashes, commissioning a portrait), to the grand (funereal processions, mausoleums), to the unexpected (taxidermy, cloning). The central lesson: there is no best practice when it comes to mourning your pet, except to care for them in death as you did in life, and find the space to participate in their end as fully as you can. Punctuated by wry, bighearted accounts of Bartels’s own pets and their deaths, Good Grief is a cathartic companion through loving and losing our animal family.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
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Kate’s 2¢: “Good Me Bad Me” by Ali Land
“Good Me Bad Me” by Ali Land
Shocking. Truly a disturbing psychological thriller. The thought of such epic child abuse is abhorrent enough, but then to have the child continue the behavior taught to her by her mother is really scary.
Imogen Church did a good job of reading this novel. She used just enough voice inflections to let you know who was talking and when it was the inner thoughts of the character.
Ali Land Biography
Ali Land graduated from university with a degree in Mental Health and spent a decade working as a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Nurse; the way in which children survive extraordinary circumstances interests her greatly. Land is now a full-time writer. Books from her teenage years – in particular The Wasp Factory and Lord of the Flies – helped inspired her debut novel, Good Me, Bad Me.
FROM NLS/BARD/LOC:
Good me bad me DB89419
Land, Ali. Reading time: 10 hours, 7 minutes.
Read by Imogen Church.
Suspense Fiction
Psychological Fiction
Milly’s mother is a serial killer. Though Milly loves her mother, the only way to make her stop is to turn her in to the police. Milly is given a new identity with an affluent foster family and an exclusive private school. But has she inherited her mother’s ways? Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. Commercial audiobook. 2017.
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Kate’s 2¢: “The Kingdoms” by Natasha Pulley
“The Kingdoms” by Natasha Pulley
J.P. Linton did a good job of reading this lengthy story. Although, sections were titled, it was difficult the jump from one parallel time to the other age.
I enjoyed the mystery of the narrative arc, even though, I didn’t like the ending.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Natasha Pulley (born 4 December 1988) is a British author. She is best known for her debut novel, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, which won a Betty Trask Award.
Education[edit]
She was educated at Soham Village College, New College, Oxford, and the University of East Anglia (MA in Creative Writing (Prose Fiction), 2012).[1][2][3]
Works[edit]
Her debut novel, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, was published in 2015[4] and was set in Victorian London.[5] It won a 2016 Betty Trask Award.[6] Her second novel, The Bedlam Stacks, was published in 2017,[7] and her third, The Lost Future of Pepperharrow, was released in the UK in 2019.[8] All three are set in the same fictional universe.[9] Pulley’s fourth book, an alternative history, The Kingdoms, was released in May 2021.[10] In June 2022, her fifth book, The Half Life of Valery K, came out.[11]
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
The kingdoms DB105679
Pulley, Natasha Reading time: 15 hours, 54 minutes.
J.P. Linton
Science Fiction
Fantasy Fiction
In a version of history where the French won the Battle of Trafalgar and made slaves of the British population, amnesiac Joe Tournier follows clues to learn more of his identity. While tracking down the origins of a mysterious postcard, Joe accidentally travels back in time. Strong language and some violence. 2021.
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Kate’s 2¢: “Balladz” by Sharon Olds
“Balladz” by Sharon Olds
This was a book chosen at random by NLS and sent to me on a cartridge that contained seven books.
It was interesting to hear Sharon Olds read her own poems, but they were not my cup of tea. I did not enjoy these poems
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
Balladz DB110528
Olds, Sharon Reading time: 3 hours, 36 minutes.
Sharon Olds
Poetry
“”At the time of have-not, I look at myself in this mirror,” writes Olds in this self-scouring, exhilarating volume, which opens with a section of quarantine poems, and at its center boasts what she calls Amherst Balladz (whose syntax honors Emily Dickinson: “she was our Girl – our Woman – / Man enough – for me”) and many more in her own contemporary, long-flowing-sentence rhythm. Olds sings of her childhood, young womanhood, and maturity all mixed up together, seeing an early lover in the one who is about to buried; seeing her white privilege without apology; seeing her mother (whom her readers will recognize) “flushed exalted at Punishment time”; seeing how we’ve spoiled the earth but carrying a stray indoor spider carefully back out to the garden. It is Olds’s gift to us that in the richly detailed exposure of her sorrows she can still elegize songbirds, her true kin, and write that heaven comes here in life, not after it.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
”The Kiss Curse” by Erin Sterling
At first, I thought this story would appeal to teen readers, however, I found that there were some very explicit descriptions of sex. Not appropriate for teen readers (at least, in my opinion)!
Well, yes, I did enjoy the repartee of the witches and the drama of the romance.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rachel Hawkins (born November 23, 1979) is the author of Hex Hall, a best-selling trilogy of young adult paranormal romance novels. She is from Dothan, Alabama.[1][2] She also writes as Erin Sterling.[3]
Biography[edit]
Hawkins was born in Newport News, Virginia, moved to Dothan, Alabama at a young age, graduated from Houston Academy in 1998, and received a degree in English literature from Auburn University in 2002. She began writing her first novel, Hex Hall, while working as an English teacher at Sparkman High School. As of 2021, Hawkins lives with her family in Auburn, Alabama.[4] edit]
From NLS/BARD/LOC:
The kiss curse: a novel DB110606
Sterling, Erin Reading time: 7 hours, 49 minutes.
Shannon McManus
Humor
Family
Fantasy Fiction
Supernatural and Horror Fiction
Romance
“Gwyn Jones is perfectly happy with her life in Graves Glen. She, her mom, and her cousin have formed a new and powerful coven; she’s running a successful witchcraft shop, Something Wicked; and she’s started mentoring some of the younger witches in town. As Halloween approaches, there’s only one problem–Llewellyn “Wells” Penhallow. Wells has come to Graves Glen to re-establish his family’s connection to the town they founded as well as to make a new life for himself after years of being the dutiful son in Wales. When he opens up a shop of his own, Penhallow’s, just across the street from Something Wicked, he quickly learns he’s gotten more than he bargained for in going up against Gwyn. When their professional competition leads to a very personal–and very hot–kiss, both Wells and Gwyn are determined to stay away from each other, convinced the kiss was just a magical fluke. But when a mysterious new coven of witches come to town and Gwyn’s powers begin fading, she and Wells must work together to figure out just what these new witches want and how to restore Gwyn’s magic before it’s too late.” — Provided by publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.
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