Reading My Stroke of Insight

My Stroke of Insight was a whim purchase (actually, one of those get-me-up-to-$25-so-I-can-get-free-shipping-from-Amazon" purchases). I thought I didn't need to read it because I had seen a video of Jill Bolte Taylor talking about her stroke, but I figured, what the heck. It is engaging and easy to read (although I might not feel that way if I didn't know the ending). I've gotten past the actual event; now up to her surgery. I'm waiting to hear her spiritual insights after her experience in Nirvana.

2009 Extras

Below are links to reviews that were published in 2009 but I hadn't posted to this blog.

The Poacher's Son

by Paul Doiron

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6710018.html

:-)  :-)

The Long Division

by Derek Nikitis

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6678656.html

:-)

Johannes Cabal: The Necromancer

by Jonathan L. Howard

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6660941.html

:-)

The Brain Trust Program

by Larry McCleary

http://blogcritics.org/books/article/book-review-the-brain-trust-program/

:-p

Little Bird of Heaven

by Joyce Carol Oates

http://www.bookpage.com/books-10012270-Little+Bird+of+Heaven

:-)

Erased

by Jim Krusoe

http://blogcritics.org/books/article/book-review-erased-by-jim-krusoe/

:-)

The Magicians

by Lev Grossman

http://blogcritics.org/books/article/book-review-the-magicians-by-lev/

:-)

The Angel's Game

by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

http://blogcritics.org/books/article/book-review-the-angels-game-by2/

:-)

Not available online:

"On the Shelf Summer Reads," Woodstock Magazine, Summer 2009
Books reviewed in this article:  American Cream by Catherine Tudish, Still as Death by Sarah Stewart Taylor,  The Animal Lovers' Bedtime Reader by Anne Greenall, and Weekending in New England by Betsy Wittemann.

"On the Shelf," Woodstock Magazine, Fall 2009
Books reviewed for this article: Young Woman and the Sea by Glenn Stout,  All That I Have by Castle Freeman Jr., The Lamoille Stories by Bill Schubart, Have the Time of Your Life in Retirement by Dave Brazier, and Hiking the Green Mountains by Lisa Densmore.

Book Review: Where Did I Leave My Glasses?

Where Did I Leave My Glasses? The What, When, and Why of Normal Memory Loss

by Martha Weinman Lear

http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/04/24/165535.php