April is a great time to read with Easter break allowing you to sit down and breathe for a moment, and even better a time for reading.
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
I haven’t seen the film so when I saw the book, I thought I’d better read it and that was a great decision. The remarkable stories of the women at Langely are engaging and amazing. Dorothy, Katherine and Mary are brilliant individuals who have shaped the future and their story is a brilliant read. The book reveals so much history that has been wrongly untold, the engaging plot is so much more than the story of how an American made it into orbit.
Heroes and Villains by Angela Carter
The sad, but moving story of two people in a world of barbarians and lost. Communication becomes the bitter undoing of them as the promise of something better becomes slowly lost in a world of beautiful imagery and lions. A great read.
The Scorch Trails by James Dashner
The second of the trilogy is as good as the first. The mystery is maintained as well as the high morality rate of the trials. The introduction of new characters add to the story and the new setting is as deadly as the first and even crueler.
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
The tragedy of Willy Loman as he falls apart to the audience’s eyes is incredible heart breaking and moving. The play gives a deep and profound emptiness as we watch something so human and yet so soul clenching. It is as brilliant as it was when it was written in 1949. Everyone should read it or see it as it shows the bitterness of failure and the human response to a bleak and hopeless future.
Morgan 