Books Read In December 2022

Only seven books read this month which brings my total for the year to 95. This is the second year in a row that I've read fewer than 100 books. Guess I'm slowing down in my old age.

The Bookman's Tale by Charlie Lovett is a mystery about rare books and the obsessions of people who collect them.

Total Control and The Winner are two of David Baldacci's older stand alone novels. 

Haunted Hibiscus is the latest, #22, in the 'A Tea Shop Mystery' series by Laura Childs. What surprised me most about this book was that it came out in paper back rather than a hard copy. 

Right Behind You by Lisa Gardner is #7 in her 'FBI Profiler' series which I didn't realize when I checked it out. I thought it was a stand alone, but now that I know, I will read the others of the series in order.

Saving Faith  and Last Man Standing are two more stand alone thrillers by David Baldacci.

Who will be the new, for me, author I read my way through in the New Year?

Winter Branches

 

Winter Branches by Margaret Widdemer

When winter-time grows weary, I lift my eyes on high
And see the black trees standing, stripped clear against the sky;

They stand there very silent, with the cold flushed sky behind,
The little twigs flare beautiful and restful and kind;

Clear-cut and certain they rise, with summer past,
For all that trees can ever learn they know now, at last;

Slim and black and wonderful, with all unrest gone by,
The stripped tree-boughs comfort me, drawn clear against the sky.

((Yes, I know it is not technically winter yet, but it feels like it. And I am already looking forward to warmer days.) 🌞

Hold on to your Dreams

 

Dreams By Langston Hughes

Hold fast to dreams,

For if dreams die,

Life is a broken-winged bird

That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams,

For when dream go,

Life is a barren field

Frozen with snow.

I've never had a problem dreaming or holding on to my dreams. I do have a problem with the cold weather. 😒