A good palate cleanser for me was “The White Darkness” by David Grann. It’s a small book, more like a novella, you can read it in a day. It's a true story about the author’s passion to walk across Antarctica. Quite a story! Also beautiful photos to give you the sense of starkness and beauty of that part of the world.

I loved that trilogy! Lisbeth Salander was my favorite character.

I did try to get into the sequel “The Girl In The Spider’s Web” by David Lagercrantz but in my opinion it wasn’t that good. Something was missing.

Try reading Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage during a winter blizzard and below zero!

True, a good narrator makes all the difference! Being hearing impaired doesn’t help matters. I find that if I don’t like the voice or someone doesn’t pronounce consonants properly I have a hard time. I borrow my audiobooks from the library so if it doesn’t work for me I can send it right back.

An example of an audiobook that worked for me was World War Z. Various actors narrating. It was incredible!

This book was not for me.

Most of time I use the library but I also like BookBub because the ebooks average only $1.99 and I can keep them on Kindle.

How many bookshelves will you need when you turn 70?

America from 500 ft and Maine, A View from Above. My husband and I flew Powered Parachutes and this reminds me of all the wonder views from above!