Upbeat Book Talk

fun stuff For at least eighty years one of the most popular choices among the American population for how to spend a vacation is Camping!   

Irena's Children A True Story of Courage  by Tilar J. Mazzeo A recent post talked about reading material that stirs hard emotions. Here's one of those.                                                   

New Book Recommendation   Although there are not a lot of comments being posted on Upbeat Book Talk as yet, the feedback I'm getting from other sources indicate this part of my blog is currently the most popular. Works for me! Sharing books that I've enjoyed only adds to the pleasure.                    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07N36JK85/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding               My favorite mystery of all time is currently on sale, e-book format, for 0.99 !! That is just too good not to be shared. Josephine Tey is touted in mystery writers' circles as having written the best mystery of all time when she wrote Daughter In Time. I've read it: fascinating story. But I respectfully disagree. Brat Farrar wins first place in my book - excuse the pun. Any author who can pull off the premise of one man taking another's p...

Reading Something Painful  Do you avoid reading anything that is depressing, sad? Some people do. If it doesn't bring a smile, give a mood boost, or at least some assurance the ending will redeem any unpleasantness, they avoid it.  That may be the right thing to do in their case for a variety of reasons. But not for me. Learning about dark times in history or the huge challenge someone goes through because of what life unexpectedly brought their way is not always a few hours of hilarity. Sometimes it's achingly sad, gut-wrenching even. Anger comes reading about injustice, suffering, and blatant evil.

Two New Book Recommendations My book recommendations this time are outside of the norm of my preferred reading genres. Never-the-less these are books I enjoyed immensely; which just goes to show sometimes you have to venture a little beyond the normal comfort zone or you could miss out.

              Eating Healthy Perusing just 3 magazines that happen to be on hand, I’ve been informed by expert nutritionists, physicians, and research studies that oranges, cumin, zinc, cinnamon, tomatoes, cabbage, green tea, dark chocolate, red wine, white wine,

Book Recommendation None to Give Away by Elsie Doig Townsend Many of my recommendations may be books you haven’t heard of before. They have been little gems for me, and precious jewels are often found tucked away in unexpected places, as this one was.