book recommendations Archives - Karen Keltz https://karenkeltz.com/tag/book-recommendations/ Writing, gardening, and commentary about life in general Sat, 30 Aug 2025 18:40:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 182946241 two dystopian novels https://karenkeltz.com/two-dystopian-novels/ https://karenkeltz.com/two-dystopian-novels/#respond Sat, 30 Aug 2025 18:40:16 +0000 https://karenkeltz.com/?p=656 This summer, even though I have been extremely occupied with keeping up the gardening required on our two-acre property, I’ve had time to read quite a few books. Two of them were recommended to me and in turn, I’m recommending them to you if they seem to be something you’d like to read. I’ve noticed… Read More »two dystopian novels

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]]> https://karenkeltz.com/two-dystopian-novels/feed/ 0 656 go straight to the bookstore and buy these books! https://karenkeltz.com/beautiful-writing-great-reading/ https://karenkeltz.com/beautiful-writing-great-reading/#comments Mon, 26 May 2025 22:08:27 +0000 https://karenkeltz.com/?p=653 Or go straight to the library and check them out! Or… This month I’ve read two books that are among the best books I’ve ever read and I’m full of gratitude. Both of them were a story within a story, both written by two of my favorite authors, Matt Haig and Fredrick Backman. They touch… Read More »go straight to the bookstore and buy these books!

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]]> https://karenkeltz.com/beautiful-writing-great-reading/feed/ 3 653 The parable of the sower and the parable of the talents https://karenkeltz.com/the-parable-of-the-sower-and-the-parable-of-the-talents/ https://karenkeltz.com/the-parable-of-the-sower-and-the-parable-of-the-talents/#comments Sat, 15 Mar 2025 18:21:31 +0000 https://karenkeltz.com/?p=645 I am just finishing up the second in a series of science fiction novels by Octavia L. Butler, so amazing because reading them felt like being plunked down in the middle of, oh, maybe next year or the year after, if things keep going the way they are. Because of that, they are terrifying. The Parable… Read More »The parable of the sower and the parable of the talents

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]]> https://karenkeltz.com/the-parable-of-the-sower-and-the-parable-of-the-talents/feed/ 4 645 Middle of the Month book Recommendation https://karenkeltz.com/middle-of-the-month-book-recommendation/ https://karenkeltz.com/middle-of-the-month-book-recommendation/#comments Fri, 19 Jan 2024 21:14:46 +0000 https://karenkeltz.com/?p=567 The novel begins with a skeleton found in a well along with a mezuzah.

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]]> https://karenkeltz.com/middle-of-the-month-book-recommendation/feed/ 1 567 Tidewater valley https://karenkeltz.com/tidewater-valley/ Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:45:22 +0000 https://karenkeltz.com/?p=561 Every 4th grader in Tillamook County should read this book or have it read to them in order to understand the history of where they presently live.

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]]> 561 SHAKESPEARE’S PIPE https://karenkeltz.com/shakespeares-pipe/ Fri, 20 May 2022 17:48:04 +0000 https://karenkeltz.com/?p=541 (a review) There should be a genre of books called “Just Plain Fun”!  Alexandra Mason’s Shakespeare’s Pipe would fit into this category. Once I started reading, I just wanted to keep on reading until I was finished—but I didn’t want to finish, either, because I was having so much fun keeping up with all the twists, turns, and… Read More »SHAKESPEARE’S PIPE

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]]> 541 Karen’s Good Book Recommendations https://karenkeltz.com/504-2/ https://karenkeltz.com/504-2/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2021 13:45:00 +0000 https://karenkeltz.com/?p=504 Karen’s Good Book Recommendations for Summer Reading Besides weeding this summer, and picking strawberries, gooseberries, and blueberries from our garden, I read a few books. I’ll share the titles with you and a bit about them. Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar. If you want to know what it’s like to be the dark-complected, American-born first… Read More »Karen’s Good Book Recommendations

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