So my last post was written and posted on May 26th. Since then I have started to write several posts. Then I get distracted, do something else and they never get posted! Maybe I can catch up by writing two posts. The first will be about the books I read in May and the second about my May runs.
I read five book in May. That brought the total number of books that I have read in 2018 to 26. My 2018 Reading Challenge goal is 65 books so I’m on pace to reach my goal.
My May Reads
The Disappeared – C.J. Box
Hellbent – Gregg Hurwitz
The Ninth Grave – Stefan Ahnhem
The Hush – John Hart
It’s been ten years since the events that changed Johnny Merrimon’s life and rocked his hometown to the core. Since then, Johnny has fought to maintain his privacy, but books have been written of his exploits; he has fans, groupies. Living alone in the wilderness beyond town, Johnny’s only connection to normal life is his old friend, Jack. They’re not boys anymore, but the bonds remain. What they shared. What they lost.
But Jack sees danger in the wild places Johnny calls home; he senses darkness and hunger, an intractable intent. Johnny will discuss none of it, but there are the things he knows, the things he can do. A lesser friend might accept such abilities as a gift, but Jack has felt what moves in the s, and forgottenwamp: the cold of it, the unspeakable fear.
More than an exploration of friendship, persistence power, The Hush leaves all categories behind, and cements Hart’s status as a writer of unique power.
Overall the book is a little different from Hart’s previous books. Hush Arbor is a mysterious place and strange things happen to those who venture into this swampy area. So to get the full impact of the book the reader may need to be one who believes in the supernatural!
However, the end result is that The Hush is another terrific book by an ultra-talented new writer! One of my favorites.
Future Home of the Living God – Louise Erdrich
The final book I read in May was Louise Erdrich’s Future Home of the Living God. This book is not a book I would typically read., but I have read goods things about Erdman’s writing, so I thought I would give it a shot. What I didn’t know was the book was not a typical Erdrich book. None the less, Future Home of the Living God was fun to read.
The world as we know it is ending. Evolution has reversed itself, affecting every living creature on earth. Science cannot stop the world from running backwards, as woman after woman gives birth to infants that appear to be primitive species of humans. Twenty-six-year-old Cedar Hawk Songmaker, adopted daughter of a pair of big-hearted, open-minded Minneapolis liberals, is as disturbed and uncertain as the rest of America around her. But for Cedar, this change is profound and deeply personal. She is four months pregnant. Read More
So while I am now caught up on the books that I read in May, I am still behind on all of the books I have read. That’s because I finished book number 27 yesterday. Michael Koryta’s latest How It Happened was that book and it was good!
