Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is a marvelous book. I loved all of it and I was sorry when I finished it. Not that much story but fascinating characters who seem to come to life on the pages. I even liked the intelligent dog and I'm not much of a dog person.
Ah, humanity has missed so much brilliance by keeping women down.That may be the real message here, and it rings true on a regular basis. Discrimination on the basis of sex is the most pervasive and damaging kind of hate. It is hate. It is also fear that there may be a hidden gender superiority in women. Men have fought this forever and still often do.

Enough, the book is fun to read and simply wonderful.

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Not much of a year for reading. I guess other things got in the way. With hours a week to spare, 2023 should be better.

 

Books I’ve Read 2022

 

1. An Observant Wife -Naomi Ragen

2. The Anomaly - Hervé Le Tellier,Adriana Hunter (Goodreads Author) (Translator)

3. Criminal Mischief (Stone Barrington #60) -  Stuart Woods

4. The Every (The Circle #2) - Dave Eggers

5. Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir

6. The Berlin Exchange - Joseph Kanon

7. The Escape Artist by Brad Meltzer

8. The Lightning Rod (Escape Artist #2) - Brad Meltzer

9. A Sunlit Weapon (Maisie Dobbs #17) Jacqueline Winspear 

10. The Wick and The Flame - Hilari T. Cohen

11. A Safe House (Stone Barrington #61) - Stuart Woods

12. The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hill - Robert Dugoni

13. West with Giraffes - Lynda Rutledge

14. Atomic Anna - Rachel Barenbaum

15. Portrait of an Unknown Woman (Gabriel Allon #22) - Daniel Silva

16. The Half Life of Valery K -Natasha Pulley

17. Black Dog (A Stone Barrington Novel Book 62) - Stuart Woods

18. One Two Three - Laurie Frankel

19. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid

20. This Time Tomorrow - Emma Straub

21. The Black Swan of Paris - Karen Robards

22. The Personal Librarian - Marie Benedict Victoria Christopher Murray 

23. The Boys from Biloxi - John Grisham

24. No Plan B (Jack Reacher #27) - Lee Child

25. The Many Daughters of Afong Moy - Jamie Ford

26. Distant Thunder (Stone Barrington #63)  - Stuart Woods

27. The Many Daughters of Afong Moy - Jamie Ford

28. Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows - Balli Kaur Jaswal

29. Act of Oblivion - Robert Harris

Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A fascinating book from a wonderful author. The story, based on real events and people, comes alive as Harris fills in the details.
Life in the colonies in the mid-1600's is different from the way I learned it in history class A lot went on between Plymouth Rock and the American revolution. This brings that era of our history into much sharper focus. The factionalism, religious bigotry and extremism in the old and new world is beyond imagination. Citizens and leaders were unprepared for their life in the colonies and made enemies of their compatriots and the native peoples.
What a great book. This man is a master storyteller.

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