Jennifer's Way: My Journey with Celiac Disease--What Doctors Don’t Tell You and How You Can Learn to Live Again
-I'm glad this book club is making me read things I normally wouldn't choose. It is broadening my horizons. So I figured I would post some of those books that are interesting to me right now. My sister has celiac and gluten free is a new craze. My nephew eats gluten free to help with ADD and I wonder is it really a help?
On the faded Island Books sign hanging over the porch of the Victorian cottage is the motto "No Man Is an Island; Every Book Is a World." A. J. Fikry, the irascible owner, is about to discover just what that truly means.
A. J. Fikry's life is not at all what he expected it to be. His wife has died, his bookstore is experiencing the worst sales in its history, and now his prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, has been stolen. Slowly but surely, he is isolating himself from all the people of Alice Island-from Lambiase, the well-intentioned police officer who's always felt kindly toward Fikry; from Ismay, his sister-in-law who is hell-bent on saving him from his dreary self; from Amelia, the lovely and idealistic (if eccentric) Knightley Press sales rep who keeps on taking the ferry over to Alice Island, refusing to be deterred by A.J.'s bad attitude. Even the books in his store have stopped holding pleasure for him. These days, A.J. can only see them as a sign of a world that is changing too rapidly.
And then a mysterious package appears at the bookstore. It's a small package, but large in weight. It's that unexpected arrival that gives A. J. Fikry the opportunity to make his life over, the ability to see everything anew. It doesn't take long for the locals to notice the change overcoming A.J.; or for that determined sales rep, Amelia, to see her curmudgeonly client in a new light; or for the wisdom of all those books to become again the lifeblood of A.J.'s world; or for everything to twist again into a version of his life that he didn't see coming. As surprising as it is moving, The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry is an unforgettable tale of transformation and second chances, an irresistible affirmation of why we read, and why we love
I read April and Mays books out of order and I am reading this one right now. I will post my comments here when I am done, but I am really intrigued by the book right now.
I am going to make a new place for comments on this book. But first I need to put down a really awesome author and book I just read that I know this book club will just love! It is 1880 Mystery Novels with a female heroine.
I am going to purchase all the other books by this author. Here is the book and author info:
Maids of Misfortune: A Victorian San Francisco Mystery by M. Louisa Locke
It was a four star book for me and nice easy summertime reading that I highly recommend. The first book was free I believe so go ahead and try it!
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Jennifer's Way: My Journey with Celiac Disease--What Doctors Don’t Tell You and How You Can Learn to Live Again
-I'm glad this book club is making me read things I normally wouldn't choose. It is broadening my horizons. So I figured I would post some of those books that are interesting to me right now. My sister has celiac and gluten free is a new craze. My nephew eats gluten free to help with ADD and I wonder is it really a help?
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Another topic I wonder about and want to read more on not just fiction books although I love those!
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
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On the faded Island Books sign hanging over the porch of the Victorian cottage is the motto "No Man Is an Island; Every Book Is a World." A. J. Fikry, the irascible owner, is about to discover just what that truly means.
A. J. Fikry's life is not at all what he expected it to be. His wife has died, his bookstore is experiencing the worst sales in its history, and now his prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, has been stolen. Slowly but surely, he is isolating himself from all the people of Alice Island-from Lambiase, the well-intentioned police officer who's always felt kindly toward Fikry; from Ismay, his sister-in-law who is hell-bent on saving him from his dreary self; from Amelia, the lovely and idealistic (if eccentric) Knightley Press sales rep who keeps on taking the ferry over to Alice Island, refusing to be deterred by A.J.'s bad attitude. Even the books in his store have stopped holding pleasure for him. These days, A.J. can only see them as a sign of a world that is changing too rapidly.
And then a mysterious package appears at the bookstore. It's a small package, but large in weight. It's that unexpected arrival that gives A. J. Fikry the opportunity to make his life over, the ability to see everything anew. It doesn't take long for the locals to notice the change overcoming A.J.; or for that determined sales rep, Amelia, to see her curmudgeonly client in a new light; or for the wisdom of all those books to become again the lifeblood of A.J.'s world; or for everything to twist again into a version of his life that he didn't see coming. As surprising as it is moving, The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry is an unforgettable tale of transformation and second chances, an irresistible affirmation of why we read, and why we love
I read April and Mays books out of order and I am reading this one right now. I will post my comments here when I am done, but I am really intrigued by the book right now.
ReplyDeleteI am going to make a new place for comments on this book. But first I need to put down a really awesome author and book I just read that I know this book club will just love! It is 1880 Mystery Novels with a female heroine.
ReplyDeleteI am going to purchase all the other books by this author. Here is the book and author info:
Maids of Misfortune: A Victorian San Francisco Mystery by M. Louisa Locke
It was a four star book for me and nice easy summertime reading that I highly recommend. The first book was free I believe so go ahead and try it!