I read some longer books in September, so I have just four to share this month. It’s a great balance of two fiction and two non-fiction books. I did start two that I ended up putting down after deciding not to read them. Here is what I read in September:
The Beach House by Mary Alice Monroe
Cara has stayed away from her South Carolina home as long as possible. But, after she’s been fired, she leaves Chicago and visits her mother at their beach house in South Carolina. The past gets dug up rather quickly and Cara has to find a way to forgive and move on before it’s too late. The Beach House was an interesting family story, although there’s much trauma in this family (abuse). I enjoyed that it was set in a place we had visited on vacation.
Brave Companions by David McCullough
I had Brave Companions in my to-read pile for quite a while. The book tells the stories of various historical figures who are often the sidekicks instead of the main figure. I found the first half of the book very interesting – explorers, pilots, freedom fighters. The second half was more about saving the environment rather than about historical individuals.
The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose
The Mystery Guest is the second in The Molly the Maid series. Molly is in charge of a grand event at the hotel where a famous author plans to make an important announcement. However, he passes away on stage after drinking tea. Molly and her coworkers are on the case again to find out who did it. Molly may hold the key as her grandmother cleaned the author’s house when Molly was a child and she used to talk to him in secret. And, there are so many secrets!
Code Girls by Liz Mundy
Dayton, Ohio, was home to some of the code-breaking that happened during WW2 and I’ve been wanting to read a book about it for a while. Code Girls mentions that part of history, but didn’t go as much in-depth into it as I was looking for. Still, it’s a fascinating part of the war story – thousands of intelligent women were hired to break codes and they did so quite successfully!
Let me know what good books you’ve read lately! Share in the comments!
