by Nicholas Evans, 1998 I got this book from a Little Free Library. It was about wolves, ranchers, and Federal biologists. Set in a fictional town called Hope, Montana. The beginning is SCARY – a big black wolf almost snatches a baby (the rancher’s grandson) out of his carriage on the front porch. The dog […]
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Super Gut: A Four-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health, and Lose Weight
by William Davis, MD (author of Wheat Belly), 2022 Danette’s Aunt recommended this book; it helped her lose 30 pounds and feel so much better all around. His premise is that modern life has wreaked havoc on our microbiome and that destruction and proliferation of bad bacteria up the digestive tract, SIBO and SIFO – […]
The Egoscue Method of Health Through Motion: A Revolutionary Program That Lets You Rediscover the Body’s Power to Protect and Rejuvenate Itself
by Pete Egoscue with Roger Gittines, 1992 Neighbor Sue loaned me this book, mostly for Wayne and his back pain. Wayne had already bought and studied “Built from Broken” from Justin. That has given him good exercises to do. Good beginning – stressing how modern Americans no longer move and that is our problem in […]
The Closers: A Harry Bosch Novel
by Michael Connelly, 2005 LOVED this book! I love the way Michael Connelly writes. His crime dramas are meticulously detailed but so suspenseful. They are never graphic or explicit, ugly or dirty. The character, Harry Bosch, is so kind and well-meaning and professional and good. He teams up with his former partner, Kiz Rider (black […]
A Visit to Don Otavio: A Traveller’s Tale from Mexico
by Sybille Bedford, 1953 I got this book from the Little Free Library on Locust Street. She is too educated for me. Many chapters started with a quote in French, with no translation for those of us who don’t know French. She also assumes the reader knows a lot more about history. So many things […]
My Friends
by Fredrik Backman, 2025 This was disappointing. I’ve loved everything he’s written, and I did love the ending of this book, but it took a while to get through. It’s about 4 friends who live by the sea and have the crappiest parents ever. Some of the parents are so abusive, it’s terrible, terrible. And […]
A Framework for Understanding Poverty: A Cognitive Approach
by Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D., 2013 Wayne has been recommending this book for years. He read her work when he was getting his Master’s at Regis. After reading it, I understand Brandon better, and am really, really proud of how he has changed and grown after 8 months of living at Harvest Farm and having […]
Fight Night
by Miriam Toews, 2021 This is the 2nd book selection for the Old Town Library Book Club 2025-2026. It was very different, very funny in spots, a wonderment, sometimes irritating, but touching and beautiful. The story takes place in Toronto. There are 4 main characters: Grandma, Mom, Swiv, and Gord. Swiv is 9 years old, […]
Under the Overpass: A Journey of Faith on the Streets of America
Mike Yankoski, 2005 An excellent book on homelessness, recommended in the packet of materials Wayne got from Harvest Farm. As a young man, Mike Yankoski decided to show his faith by living as a homeless man for 5 months. He and Sam, a volunteer who became a good friend, stayed about a month each in […]
Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books
by Kirsten Miller, 2024 This is the first selection for the Old Town Library Book Club for 2025-2026, and the Fort Collins Reads Headliner for 2025. It was an easy read, about a fictional southern town, Troy, Georgia, filled with good people and bad people. One of the bad people is Lula Dean, an ignorant, […]
Understanding the Changing Brain: A Positive Approach to Dementia Care
by Teepa Snow, 2021 Mom’s OT, Kaylee, recommended Teepa Snow’s book, “Dementia Caregiver Guide: Teepa Snow’s Positive Approach to Care techniques for caregiving, Alzheimer’s, and other forms of dementia,” but the library didn’t have that one. So, I got this one from the library and checked it out. It’s compassionate, caring, loving, accepting, positive, and […]
Out of Zion: Meeting Jesus in the Shadow of the Mormon Temple
by Lisa Brockman, 2019 This book was on the monthly e-mail list of recommended biographies from the Poudre River Library. It really showed me the insides of what Mormons believe, and it is complete BS. Wow! She loved her Mormonism and it was her life as a child and a young teenager. When she started […]
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
by Anne Tyler, 1982 I got this book from a Little Free Library and it was on my stack for a long time. I finally read it and it was GOOD! The main characters are Mom (Pearl), Cody (oldest son), Jenny (daughter), Ezra (youngest son). Mom is a mean, terrifying, abusive woman but filled with […]
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
by Dave Eggers, 2000, 2001 (First Vintage Books Edition: February 2001) I got this book from the Little Free Library in front of Poppy’s house on Locust Street. It was mostly laugh out loud funny and I adored it until the end. It’s a memoir. Dave’s father and mother died within 5 weeks of each […]
Blood Work
by Michael Connelly, 1998 Really good book – I got it from the Little Free Library in Cooper Landing, Alaska, along the bike path. It’s a crime mystery. A former FBI agent, Terry McCaleb, has received a heart transplant. The heart was from a murdered woman, Gloria Torres. Gloria’s sister, Graciela, comes to Terry while […]
London After Midnight
Selected and Edited by Peter Haining, 1996 I got this book from a Little Free Library, I think the one by the Spring Park Fire Station. It was fun! There were 22 short stories by various authors. The stories were detective mysteries. I read this book while up in Alaska for 3 weeks with Adam, […]
Joshua: A Parable for Today
by Joseph F. Girzone, 1995 Danette recommended I read this book, one of her favorites, while I was up in Alaska June 2025. It’s about a modern day Jesus who comes to live in a small American village. He is a simple carpenter, working with wood, but he carves statues that are beautiful. He is […]
The Diary of Mattie Spenser
by Sandra Dallas, 1998 Carol Sparks gave me this book to read in the airport and on the airplane on the way to Alaska. It kept me entertained during the entire trip. I finished it in one day. I left it in a beautiful Little Free Library on the Snug Harbor Road in Cooper Landing, […]
Sunrise on the Reaping
by Suzanne Collins, 2025 Book 5 of the Hunger Games series. Hopeless and depressing – the prequel to Katniss and Peeta’s story. This is about the 50th anniversary of the Hunger Games, when Haymitch Abernathy is taken from District 12. He’s a 16 year-old and he narrates the story, and it’s awful – everyone he […]
The Book Woman’s Daughter
by Kim Michele Richardson, 2022 Pat was reading this so I decided to get it from the library and read it. It was not as good as The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek. There is a really bad dude (Perry Gillis) in this one and he causes so much heartache and misery. He kills his […]