A book, then...

      Thinking it was time to read some history I went to the OFH library in pursuit of a book. What do you suppose I found?  If you guessed "a book" you're correct. However, it isn't a history book. While there were many of that genre on the shelf none of them spoke to me.

    Wandering over to the fiction section one book immediately stuck out. The cover proclaimed "NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER."  Also, "The Good Morning America Book Club; A GMA book club pick." The title was familiar to me becasue I'd given it as a Christmas gift. It had arrived from the Bookshop too near Christmas for me to read before gifting it. Don't you read gift books before giving them? 😀  

   This book was engaging from the get go. In fact a time or two I read beyond my bedtime, my bedtime usually being sacrosanct. Have you guessed that the book in question is Lessons in Chemistry, did you begin to wonder if I was ever going to name it?  Author Bonnie Garmus' debut novel is a very interesting story well told. She also strikes some significant chords for feminism, in fact that's a major thrust of the book. Then there's the ending...

Takk for alt,

Al

 

This is the house in Thailand where I lived with five other teachers in 2009, my first year of teaching there.  One memory: a teacher from Australia went to a hot pot to get some hot water, the kind of pot where you press on a lever and the fluid comes out. When she pressed on the lever a gecko came out of the spout. 😁