Wildoak LivingTM Connection
Wildoak LivingTM Connection
Monday, December 10, 2012
Still looking for last minute gift ideas?
Or a good book to curl up with during the holidays?
Once a year around the holiday season, Wildoak Living
devotes a full program to book recommendations and to local bookstores.
Our local bookstores offer a wealth of expertise and resources.
Guest host Jill Hannum and I were joined by the owners of four local bookstores:
- Christie Olson Day of Gallery Books in Mendocino,
- Loretta Houck of Laughing Dog Books in Boonville,
-Joel Crockett of Four-Eyed Frog Books in Gualala and
-Jerry Karp of Village Books in Ukiah.
They shared their recommendations for books to read or to give as gifts.
Listeners called in with book recommendations as well.
More info about local bookstores in our area here:
Four-Eyed Frog Books in Gualala:
Gallery Books & Bookwinkle's Children's Books in Mendocino:
http://www.gallerybookshop.com/
Laughing Dog Books, Boonville:
http://laughingdogbooks.com/wp/
Mendocino Book Company, Ukiah:
http://www.mendocinobookcompany.com/
Mulligan's Books and Seeds, Ukiah:
http://ukiahcommunityblog.wordpress.com/mulligan-books/
Village Books, Ukiah:
http://villagebooks-ukiah.com/
Here is the 2012 List of Book Recommendations:
Jerry Karp of Village Books in Ukiah recommended:
*Blood-Dark Track by Joseph O'Neill. Memoir of the son of a Turkish/Irish family looking for information about his grandfathers, both imprisoned during WWII.
*Under the Blue Flag: My Mission to Kosovo by Philip Kearney. Former SF prosecutor's experiences as a war crimes prosecutor in Kosovo.
*Berlin Noir series by Philip Kerr. Three mysteries by Kerr, set in Berlin just before and just after WWII.
Loretta Houck of Laughing Dog Books in Boonville recommended:
*Ballad of a Bottom Feeder by Andre Karpov. A sea anemone and a hermit crab have a symbiotic relationship. Well illustrated. Kids & adults. Local writer.
*Plant Whatever Brings you Joy: Blessed wisdom from the garden, by Karhryn Hall. Poignant stories and tales of gardening. Local writer.
*The Longest Trail: a true life novel, by Roni McFaddden. A young person in the 1960s, struggles with family, meets a cowboy. Local writer.
Christie Olson Day of Gallery Books and Bookwinkle’s Children’s Books in Mendocino recommended:
*Mrs. Queen Takes the Train by William Kuhn. Queen Elizabeth II spends some days alone and unrecognized (in a hoodie) in public.
*My Ideal Bookshelf by Thessaly Laforce, illustrated by Jane Mount. Famous folk say that their ideal shelf would contain.
*Return to the Willows, by Jacqueline Kelly. A return to the world of Wind in the Willows. Great to read aloud to kids.
Joel Crockett of Four-Eyed Frog Books in Gualala recommended:
*The All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness, professor of history at USC. Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night and a third to come. A love story between a witch and a vampire.
*Dreams of Life by Ron Miles. Novel of a man who is ready to die and sails alone across Lake Michigan.
*Ella Minnow Pea, a novel in letters, by Mark Dunne. Ella tries to escape her autocratic, male dominated state. Soon, one letter after another is dropped from use in the text.
*The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards, by Kristopher Jansma. Not yet in print, but keeping an eye open for its appearance is highly recommended. (Local?)
Jill Hannum, Editor and voracious reader, recommended:
*I Heard the Sirens Scream: How Americans Responded to the 9/11 and Anthrax Attacks, by Laurie Garrett. Terrible title for an excellent book about the political and public health responses to the two attacks. Sound investigative journalism and serious science told in responders' stories.
*Hello Chiropractic, Goodbye Colic: Gentle adjustments give happy babies, by Steve Kooyers. Local Ukiah chiropractor writes with wit and wisdom of the value of chiropractic for colic, plus much more on parenting, well-babies and the history of the AMA's vicious fight against chiropractors.
*The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje, a semi autobiographical novel of a boy's journey by ship from Sri Lanka to London in the 1950s.
Listeners called in with the following recommendations:
*The Singing Creek where the Willows Grow: they mystical nature diary of Opal Whitely, by Opal Whitely. Diary of a six year old who pays attention to naure.
*Midwife of Hope River by Patricia Harmon. A Midwife in 1930s Appalachia, lots of inner life.
*Edible Wild Plants, by John Callas. Part of a wild foods adventure series.
*Women Gone Wild, by Jane Futcher. A local Mendocino novelist and journalist recounts her move with her partner from Marin County to the wilds near Laytonville.
*The Silenced Majority, by Amy Goodman and Dennis Moynihan. Short pieces that investigate their areas of interest.
*In the Eyes, in the Mouth, by Adrian Ross. Short stories by local writer.
*Notes from the Emerald Triangle by Bill Bradd.
You can find the 2011 book recommendations here:
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