by Library Lin | Sep 12, 2022 | Books
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande My rating: 5 of 5 stars After watching both my grandmothers, several aunts, and an uncle die from dementia, I’m concerned about end-of-life care because the solution of warehousing mentally and... by Library Lin | Aug 11, 2022 | Books
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald My rating: 5 of 5 stars Who isn’t fascinated by hawks and other large and lethal birds? Helen Macdonald has been all her life. Her sympathetic and understanding parents supported her obsession with hawking lessons and books, including... by Library Lin | Aug 5, 2022 | Books, Economics
The Affluent Society by John Kenneth Galbraith My rating: 3 of 5 stars Let me plainly state that I am neither an economist nor a person who ever reads about economics. Econ 101 was one of the few classes in college that I came close to failing. None of it past the... 
by Library Lin | Jul 18, 2022 | Books
A Gift I recently finished a book outside my comfort zone: A Country Year: Living the Questions, a memoir by nature writer Sue Hubbell. I don’t often read memoirs or nature writing. But this book was a gift from my mother-in-law, Dot. We first met when I was in eighth... by Library Lin | Jun 29, 2022 | Books
The Library Book by Susan Orlean My rating: 5 of 5 stars The Central Branch at the Los Angeles Public Library caught fire on April 29, 1986. Before it was extinguished seven hours later, 400,000 books were completely destroyed and 700,000 more significantly damaged.... 
by Library Lin | Jun 22, 2022 | Books
Great Books + Great Minds I was thrilled to be interviewed by Diamond Michael Scott for Great Books+Great Minds. Michael’s online magazine is a book lover’s delight. His thought-provoking questions helped me clarify what I was trying to do for readers with...