Year 2, Day 34 : Infinite Coutry

Chatting Books Online Year 2 Day 34. Today's recommended book is Infinite Country by Patricia Engel.

This book follows opens with the story of a teenager named Talia in a juvenile facility in Columbia after an impulsive act lead to her arrest. The story then unfolds filling in the details of her parents romance as teenagers followed by their fleeing Bogataa during a time of unrest for a chance of a better life in the north, their struggles along the way and how the family came to be split between two countries.

Filled with the beauty of the Andean landscapes and wound throughout with Columbian legend this is a story that will captivate you with it's beautifully written prose.

This book is currently available in hardcover , it is 208 pages and sells for $25.00 a copy.

To purchase a copy come see us at the shop during business hours or you can call or message me to have a copy shipped to you.

Year 2 Day 33: The Week in Review April 12 - 18, 2021

Chatting Books Online Year 2, Day 33: The Week in Review April 12 - 18, 2021.

Thanks for joining us again this week as we sent out new book recommendations into the electronic void.

This week we recommended a book of eerily beautiful buildings in Abandoned Louisiana

Tuesday brought a new book by the author of First Make Your Bed with Admiral McRaven's The Hero Code.

We then talked about a fun truck themed kids book called Three Cheers for Kid McGear.

We celebrated the new ken Burns documentary with a book of Quotations by Ernest Hemingway, then I reread a classic in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre .

We wrapped up the week in the garden with Heirloom Gardens in the South.

If you missed any of these reviews and want to read what I had to say about them you can see all of our Chatting Books Online picks by visiting our website at: http://www.conundrumbooks.com/chatting-books-online .

We still (and always will going forward) offer shipping if you cannot make it to the store. Or just stop by the shop during or normal hours . See you soon !

Year 2 Day 32 : Heirloom Gardening in the South

Chatting Books Online Year 2 , Day 33. Today’s recommended book is a favorite of at least 2 if my avid gardening friends . It is: Heirloom Gardening in the South : Yesterday’s Plants for Today’s Gardens. .

This is a New edition of a classic work on Southern heirloom gardening .Heirloom plants belong in Southern gardens. Tough and adapted, tried and true, pretty and useful, these living antiques--passed through countless generations--represent the foundation of traditional gardens as we know them today.

Heirloom Gardening in the South is a comprehensive resource that also offers a captivating, personal encounter with two dedicated and passionate gardeners whose love of heritage gardening infuses the work from beginning to end. Anyone who wants to know how to find and grow time-honored and pass-along plants or wants to create and nurture a traditional garden is sure to find this a must-have addition to their home gardening library.

This paperback , large volume is 537 pages and currently sells for $29.95 a copy.

To purchase a copy come see us at the shop during business hours or you can call or message me to have a copy shipped to you.

Year 2 Day 31: Jane Eyre

Chatting Books Online Year 2, Day 32. Today’s recommended book is : Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte .

Several weeks ago I recommended a new book called The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins. After reviewing that book for you a couple of people commented that this book was a modern day re-telling of Jane Eyre which got me thinking; had I ever actually fully read Jane Eyre or did I just skim or use cliff notes in high school - or maybe watch an old movie (oh the horror !)

As I began reading it several things came back to me . I even remembered Mr Rochester’s dog but as the pages continued to turn and the plot continued to twist , double back and twist again It became evident I had never before fully read this book which deserves to be considered a classic psychological thriller .

With suspense and deep character development , and even a bit of romance this book is not a quick read (I normally finish 2 novels a week , I have been reading this one nearly 3 weeks now ) but it is certainly a book to be savored and one I think everyone should ACTUALLY read (not just skim , cliff , or view) at least once in their lives I am certainly glad I now have done so myself .

And here’s another plus ! We now carry this classic in the beautiful Chiltern Classics line with a ridiculously beautiful embossed cover and gold gilded pages . This sigh worthy beautiful book currently sells for $25 a copy . Just seeing the book binding is enough to make any book lover smile . Check out all the Chiltern Classics on display at our store , you will fall in love with these little beauties .

To purchase a copy of today’s recommended book come see us at the shop during business hours or you can call or message me to have a copy shipped to you.

Year 2 Day 30: Quotations of Ernest Hemingway

Chatting Books Online Year 2, Day 31.

“ Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be . But what will happen in all the other days that ever come can depend on what you do today.” That is a quite from Ernest Hemingway’s book : For Whom the Bell Tolls , which was published in 1940. It is also included on page 20 of today’s recommended book .

In honor of the airing of the new Ken Burns documentary on PBS entitled: Hemingway , today’s recommended book is “Quotations of Ernest Hemingway”.

This little hardcover book is filled with quotes from the literary great . Some are from his famous books , others are from letter to friends and family . Many of these quotes center on his quest to be a great writer which I found particularly interesting . It gives you a glimpse into his thought process . To get more than a glimpse you can’t watch the series or read more works by Hemingway .

This small hardcover book of book of quotations sells for $9.95 a copy .

Here is a link to information on this PBS series : https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/hemingway/

I have not seen it myself yet but have heard great things and plan to watch it soon.

To purchase a copy of today’s recommended book come see us at the shop during business hours or you can call or message me to have a copy shipped to you

Year 2 Day 29: The Hero Code

Chatting Books Online Year 2 Day 29. Today's recommended book The Hero Code: Lessons Learned from Lives Well Lived is the new inspirational book from General William H. McRaven who brought is the shop favorite Make Your Bed.

General McRaven relates the attributes that he believes make someone a hero and relates them with examples told through anecdotes from his own life about times when he crossed paths with real life heroes. He uses the stories of these people to explain the "code" that he has found to be a formula of sorts for living a noble and perhaps heroic life which he believes is attainable for anyone willing to commit to these simple characteristics.

This is another powerful little book from a man with an amazing breadth of experience in leadership. This hardcover book sells for $22 a copy.

To purchase a copy come see us at the shop during business hours or you can call or message me to have a copy shipped to you.

Year 2 Day 28: Abandonded Louisiana

Chatting Books Online, Year 2 , Day 28. Today's recommended book is one that is new to us , and as of October 2020 was new to everyone. That book is "Abandoned Louisiana : Under a Bayou Moon " by Mike Cooper.

In this book Mike Cooper traveled over 4000 miles of backroads in Louisiana looking for abandoned structures, things and places and photographing them at night using creative lighting techniques to produce interesting, somewhat otherworldly photos.

Louisiana has quite a few interesting abandoned building; from churches to general stores and gas stations but Mr. Cooper also found and photographed other abandoned places like a water part complete with smiling sea monsters and an abandoned minor league baseball stadium (no , not that one) . There are abandoned cars and trucks, a few campers, and quite a few landlocked boats in his photos. Then there are the signs for structures since long gone leaving you to wonder what happened to that driving range, or movies theater , or motel .

I particularly like that he took his pictures in the dark of night with such interesting lighting . It really lends a rather ethereal beauty to places that in other light (figuratively and literally) might be seen as an eyesore.

This paperback book is 112 pages and currently sells for $24.99 a copy.

To purchase a copy come see us at the shop during business hours or you can call or message me to have a copy shipped to you.

Year 2 Day 27: The Week in Review April 5 - 11. 2021

Chatting Books Online Year 2, Day 27. The Week in Review April 5 - 11. 2021.

Thanks for joining us again this week as we sent out new book recommendations into the electronic void.

This week we recommended a variety of books including 2 from the new to the USA : Do You Know? series. They were Do You Know? Dinosaurs and the Prehistoric World and Do You Know? Oceans and Marine Life.

We then had a brand new beautiful coffee table book to recommend in Charlotte Moss Flowers.

We also recommended an older mystery with a newer title with Agatha Christies: And Then There Were None.

Rounding out the week there was another new book about the legends of our area with Louisiana Legends and Lore from the History Press and finally a children's book about all the great things it means to grow up in New Orleans with Beignets For Breakfast.

If you missed any of these reviews and want to read what I had to say about them you can see all of our Chatting Books Online picks by visiting our website at: http://www.conundrumbooks.com/chatting-books-online .

We still (and always will going forward) offer shipping if you cannot make it to the store. Or just stop by the shop during or normal hours . See you soon !