Thursday, December 29, 2022

December Books:

 As of today I have completed my increased Goodreads goal of 100 books, with 123 books.

The Other Emily by: Dean Koontz
Fiction: Paranormal, Sci-Fi, Mystery, E-book
10 years ago the love of David's life, Emily disappeared.  He thinks she might have been killed by a famous serial killer, but they never found her body.  One day he meets a women named Maddison, who looks exactly like Emily did when she disappeared.  

Atlas of Improbable Places by: Travis Elborough & Alan Horsfield
Non-fiction: History, E-book
This book includes short entries on a number of real life places that are unusual, from all around the world.  

The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women's Lives, 1660–1900 by: Barbara Burman & Ariane Fennetaux
Non-fiction: History, Art, 264 pages
A look at the history of the use of tie on pockets in women's clothing.  It includes what a pocket or lack of pockets meant to women at various times, and stations in life, how they were used, both expected and more surprising uses, pockets in art & stories, and the ending of their use.

A Cast of Falcons by: Sarah Yarwood-Lovett
Fiction: Mystery, E-book
This is book 2 in the series.  In this book Nell's best friend Percy is getting married at Nell's family estate.  It was hurried up due to the health of his mother, but Percy's parents first can't make it, and then when they do, it is to tell her she is disowned if she goes through with the wedding.  He end's up dead, possibly do to a drunken accident, but possibly it was murdered, and of course she wants to solve the mystery of who might have killed him, given that everyone who knows him there has a reason to kill him.

Ghost Towns of Michigan: Volume 2 by: Larry Wakefield
Non-Fiction: History, 269 pages
A collection of stories of abandoned towns in Michigan. 

Bodies of Inscription: A Cultural History of the Modern Tattoo Community by: Margo Demello, & Gayle S. Rubin
Non-Fiction: History, Art, Pop Culture 256 pages
This book is on the history of tattoos, especially the changing meanings of tattoos as they became more middle class and not just worn by outsiders.   


 

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