Wild..from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail, by Cheryl Strayed

I didn't know much about this trail that starts in California and goes through Oregon...Cheryl walked it by herself...meeting a very few people along the way..She carried a very heavy backpack and her feet hurt the whole way..But she persevered and got to the end of the trail. She ran out money when the boxes she mailed herself along the way were late and she was hungry and without food at times...She is a good writer and you feel that you are waking with her.

Dearie..the remarkable life of Julia Child, by Bob Spitz

it's a big thick book...rather intimidating at first glance so I read it like I read James Mitchners ALASKA...I started with the last chapter first and read it backwards. That way I didn't have to get bogged down in her grandparents and parents' history, I got right to Julia.  And a fascinating person she was...
She was a large person...over 6 feet tall , raised in beautiful Pasedena, California ,and always looking for adventure. She joined the foreign service where she met Paul, and they lived in several places,including Paris..."which to her was the most beautiful place on earth. "It was there that she discovered good food and learned how to cook.  That eventually led to her TV program which was the first cooking show.  I watched it on my black and white TV set. Now I watch her on public television and appreciate her even more.  I enjoyed the book....  

Silent Waters by Jan Coffey

An adventure in a nuclear submarine....The hijackers are taking it out to sea and  up the coast toward New York,  and the captain and a woman  submarine expert are locked in one of the rooms..My kind of book.....

Below Stairs by Margaret Powell

The classic Kitchen Maid's Memoir  that inspired Upstairs, Downstairs, and Dowtown Abbey
It's a true story of a maid who was born in 1907..She describes her life as a parlor maid, cooks helper, and finally s cook.   It's a way of life that is gone forever...

Last Train to Elkmont by Vic Weals

It's a history of the mountains when men were cutting timber and taking it out by train through Elkmont....A look at life on the Little River in the Great Smoky Mountains...Lots of old black and white pictures taken       in the early 1900's .

Bible

 I just read the Bible from cover to cover.  I read the New Testament first in the Phillips Modern English version.  Then I read the Old Testament in the Living Bible Paraphrased edition.  Both were easy to read in the modern English. The Old Testament was a surprise to me.  I expected it to be mild and sweet like the New Testament, but I discovered otherwise...I would read a book every morning at the breakfast table and then discuss it with JMB ( my bible expert). He has read the Bible over and over for many years.  Now I'll start again  with the New Testament....

Lilibet

Lilibet... the Intimate Portrait of Elizabeth II,  by Carolyn Erickson.     .Lots of books out right now about Elizabeth 11.  I liked this one. It portrays a highly spirited woman who loves her dogs and her horses and most of all her country .She doesn't see her children much when they are young....their grandmother keeps them....Phillip doesn't look good in this book...He isn't home much..he's out partying.