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Kelsey Ford: New Year, New You: 9 Books for a Better You, 9 Books for a Worse You (0 comment)

I’m not a huge believer in new year’s resolutions — they always feel like set ups for failure and disappointment instead of the well-meaning self-bettering they’re intended to be. However, I do believe in the fresh promise of a new year and taking the opportunity to deliberately (and gently) think about your routines and what you might be missing...

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Matterhorn A Novel of the Vietnam War

Karl Marlantes

I think Marlantes, from Oregon, has written the greatest Vietnam novel. Stark and powerful, Matterhorn is not for the squeamish and seems absolutely authentic. Absorbing and very descriptive, it puts you with our group of G.I.s, all of them "too thin, too young, and too exhausted." - Bookseller Paul S.
Recommended by Paul S.

Life

Keith Richards

Stories from the heart of the Rolling Stones. Amazing how many great tales are in here (and that Keith remembered them). All of the musical greats get mentioned and it's all delivered with a humor and charm that's very disarming. A special mention for Charlie Watts, present throughout.
Recommended by Paul S.

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

Olga Tokarczuk

Meet Janina. But please do not forget that she cannot tolerate her own name and that she prefers to name the people around her according to their personalities or physical characteristics. She lives alone in a small, rather remote Polish village maintaining several properties for people who have summer homes there. She dabbles in astrology, translates William Blake, and is an animal lover, and one day her two dogs do not come home. Around the... (read more)
Recommended by Paul S.

Tunnel

Sabato, Ernesto

Read the first paragraph, and before you know it you'll be halfway through this work about obsession, art, and psychology. It's so well done that at times I sympathized with the first-person narrator as he relates what led to his crime.
Recommended by Paul S.

100 Hikes in Northwest Oregon & Southwest Washington 4th Edition 2014 2015

William L Sullivan

I've been hiking in the Portland area for 15 years, and this is the book I rely on most. It includes good driving directions, accurate descriptions of terrain and difficulty, and even a little history thrown in.
Recommended by Paul S.