by Ann Voskamp, 2016 This is Danette’s book, given to her by her Mom; a sweet inscription from Dee to Danette in 2017. The author also wrote the book, One Thousand Gifts, which was excellent. I read this while in Alaska Sept 2026 and finished it on 9/22/2026. It was a little difficult at first […]
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The Portrait of a Lady
by Henry James, 1881 This book came from the Little Free Library at the Cooper Landing Library’s front porch. I had told Danette that I almost picked it up, and when we went back there a second time, Danette picked it up for me and for her, thinking it might be a good classic. I […]
Never Quit: How One Man Overcame Adversity to become America’s Greatest Miler
By Glenn Cunningham, by Cindy Cunningham, Edited by Robert B. Gregg, May of 2025 This is the true story of Glenn Cunningham, born in 1909, suffered severe burns in a schoolhouse fire in Kansas at the age of 7, doctors thought he would never walk again. It was almost a year before he walked. But […]
Top Hook
by Yanzhi Zhao, 2023 This is Adam’s book. It was given to him by Jim Owens. Jim Owens is Captain – and Adam’s long-time fishing client – a really good guy. Jim Owens was Danny Merrill’s captain in piloting Fed Ex planes. This book is all about Danny Merrill and the struggles he had in […]
The Human Factor
by Graham Greene, 1978 I got this book from a Little Free Library somewhere in Fort Collins, I can’t remember which one. It was a mystery, set in England. Lots of drinking, interesting English characters, intriguing British urban and rural settings. A spy, Maurice Castle, lives in a flat with his Black South African wife, […]
The Brothers Karamazov
by Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1880 I got this book a long time ago out of a Little Free Library. It’s 936 pages long. I finally took the time to read it this summer because the ‘Faith and Fiction’ guy on IG said, “It’s the greatest defense of Christianity in all of literature…wildfire of a book…within this […]
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
by Omar El Akkad, 2025 This is the “Fort Collins Reads” book for 2026, and our first Old Town Library book Club book on August 31st. It points out the hypocrisy of our nation in the face of the ongoing genocide in Gaza against the Palestinians. How many children are brutally murdered, how many innocent […]
When You Are Engulfed in Flames
by David Sedaris, 2008 Hilarious book! I laughed out loud on almost every page! I got this from a Little Free Library, either the one on Locust Street or the one on Smith Street. I’d heard about him from bestseller’s lists for years, so glad I got to finally read him. He is so funny! […]
Legacy and the Queen
Created by Kobe Bryant, Written by Annie Matthew, 2019 Children’s book about a magical world where Legacy, a 12 year-old girl, saves her father’s orphanage by traveling to the city for the tennis championships. She runs away from the orphanage to compete in the tennis match because her father was going to make Van, her […]
Bread of Angels
by Patti Smith, 2025 The second memoir by Patti Smith that I have read. It was recommended by either the NYT or the monthly email I get from the library. This one was more focused on her relationship with Fred Sonic Smith, the man she married and with whom she had 2 children, Jackson and […]
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
by Kiran Desai, 2025 This book was recommended in either the New York Times or the Denver Post. It’s a novel about two young Indian adults living in the United States, away from their childhood home and culture. The character of Sonia, a beautiful Indian young lady is front and center. Her family in India, […]
Knowledge of the Holy
by A.W. Tozer, 1978 This book was recommended by Aaron Stearns, pastor of Mill City Church, at the start of the sermon on the Gospel of John, Chapter 4, The Woman at the Well. Jesus was tired and he was thirsty: 100% human, 100% God. The copy I got from the Englewood Public Library was […]
The Education of a Tennis Player
by Rodney G. Laver with Bud Collins, 1971 Fun and interesting book. Wayne’s tennis buddy, Mike G., let Wayne read the copy Mike got from his parents as a gift when he was a teenager. I got mine from the library so I wouldn’t ruin Mike’s copy by spilling something on it. Wayne’s tips after […]
The Real James Herriot: A Memoir of My Father
by Jim Wight, 1999 I read this book to find out who the real James Herriot is. It’s written by his son, Jim Wight, who also became a vet. The real James Herriot is James Alfred Wight, born in 1916 in Sunderland, England, but moved to Glasgow, Scotland at 3 weeks of age. He grew […]
Picky: How American Children Became the Fussiest Eaters in History
by Helen Zoe Veit, 2026 This book was recommended by the Economist. It gives you detailed history of childrens’ diets since the late 1800s to present. It was very clear that children were NOT picky in the late 1800s until the 1950s when we incorporated bad psychology, along with modern conveniences like electricity, supermarkets, refrigerators, […]
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley, 1932 Wayne suggested reading this book for years. The Parkwood Estates Library had a copy of it, so I took it and finally read it, at the age of 67! It starts out horrible – a baby factory! Thousands of babies being manufactured, decanted. They decant them in different castes. Some are […]
When You’re Ready: A Love Story
by Kareem Rosser, 2025 Christie told me about this book. She read it and loved it. Kareem continues his life story. He meets and falls in love with a rich, white, beautiful girl named Lee Lee Jones. She was a horse-girl, participating in Eventing Competitions, which Kareem considered more difficult than Polo. Her family was […]
The Colorado River: Chasing Water
by Pete McBride, 2024 Coffee table-sized book full of pictures and information on the Colorado River from where it starts in our Rocky Mountains to where it peters out in the desert. It’s heartbreaking, though, because the Colorado River used to be a powerful river that flowed all the way to the Gulf of California […]
A Fine Romance: Falling in love with the English Countryside
by Susan Branch, 2013 Neighbor Sara recommended this book. I started reading it soon after we sent Jojo to heaven and it was the perfect escape. She writes about a trip she and her beloved husband, Joe, made across the Atlantic from Martha’s Vineyard to England and back on the Queen Mary 2 (not a […]
The Whole-Brain Child
by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., and Tina Payne Bryson, Ph.D., 2011 Danette recommended this book. It’s from a podcast that she and Adam listen to. They already own the book. They’re using the concepts as they raise Eliya. When she falls down and gets hurt and cries, they say, “That must have hurt,” rather than, […]