Reading and Roaming
MY FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2017 I’ve averaged reading about a book a week this year, mostly novels and a small selection of memoirs and other nonfiction. Here are my favorites in no particular order. What were your favorite reads this year? I’d love to hear from you! FICTION Most Inventive Novel: The Underground Railroad by Colson …
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DINING ON THE BEACH A venue for splurges, Beach Bistro in Holmes Beach has an unbeatable setting—literally on the beach—and a dining room that is charming even when filled to capacity. And this chef delivers. The food is delicious, something that isn’t always paired with a fabulous view. We were with good friends and had …
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WORDS ON WEATHER Hunkering Down Last weekend our friends and family cocooned in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and New York during winter storm Jonas. We watched from afar, thanks to the Weather Channel and the Web, almost gleeful that we were here in Florida. But, like men’s sympathetic pregnancies, we hunkered down too—staying indoors, feasting on …
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My most recent reading was an intriguing novel about a ship voyage. This book reminded me of other titles about journeys of various sorts. 18th Century French Expedition Landfalls, a first novel from Naomi J. Williams, is marvelous and inventive. Williams takes as her subject the doomed expedition of two French frigates, Boussole and Astrolabe, which set …
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