"For No One" (Books 26-30)

 Although I started my Book List as a retirement Bucket List item, I find that reading allows me to enter other worlds  with different views than my own. It is an escape from the drudgery of getting older and not having the ambition to do a lot. It allows me to vacation at exotic places and futures with out leaving home (or maybe reading at the beach).Most books I am choosing to read, I do for myself, and For No One else. But note, I am always looking for suggestions. Here are the latest five books I have read, getting my yearly total to 30. My goal was 40 and I am currently two books behind schedule. May have to read some Dr. Seuss!

Big Sky (#26)

Written by Kate Atkinson; published in 2019; 352 pages; BJ Score 2.5 (Good to Great)


This was a buy at B&N on the for sale table. I like this author and have read five books by her. I did not own this book, but found that I had read it from the library back in 2019 when it came out. I decided to read it again, and amazingly, I did not remember much about the plot. Either my memory is going bad, or it was not a memorable book. I think it is a little of both. Also, I have been reading so many books it is hard to remember details from them all. 

This is the fifth book of six about Private Investigator Jackson Brodie. I had read the first, Case Histories, and not sure if I will read the other four.

The Dispossessed (#27)

Written by Ursula K LeGuin; published in 1974; 311 pages; BJ Score 3.0 (Great)


I bought this book for a class while attending UVM. I am not sure if I read it back then, but I finally did read it. Although written over 50 years ago, a lot of the ideas and social problems discussed still exist today. BTW, I don't remember reading it, but I couldn't remember a book from 6 years ago either (see previous book); 50 is just too long. It is a great book!

The Secret of Secrets(#28)

Written by Dan Brown; published in 2025; 688 pages; BJ Score 3.5 (Great to Excellent)


Always a favorite author, this was the latest buy from B&N. The book was a great read with a few plot twists. Another Robert Langdon tale (who looks like Tom Hanks in my mind). The whole story takes place in Prague. Another great read from Dan Brown.

Unsolved Crimes (#29)

Written by Sarah Herman; published in 2016; 224 pages; BJ Score 2.0 (Good)



Non-fiction book on sale at B&N. It had some good items but most I have read before. May be used as a reference...

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (#30)

Written by Benjamin Stevenson; published in 2022; 371 pages; BJ Score 3.0 (Great)


On sale at B&N. Never heard of it but really enjoyed the read. I see he has written three more books about the first-person author Ernest Cunningham. I may have to see if they are at the library. At first, I was having trouble with his writing style but after a while I got use to it and really enjoyed the mystery and all the killing...

About Title

"For No One" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1966 album Revolver. It was written by Paul McCartney, and credited to Lennon–McCartney. An early example of baroque pop drawing on both baroque music and nineteenth-century art song, it describes the end of a romantic relationship. Mostly performed by McCartney, the track is distinguished by its French horn line performed by Alan Civil, played first as a solo and then as counterpoint in the final verse. It was considered one of McCartney's most mature compositions to date on its release.

McCartney recalls writing "For No One" in the bathroom of a ski resort in the Swiss Alps while on holiday with his then girlfriend Jane Asher; "I suspect it was about another argument," he later recalled. The lyrics end enigmatically with the line "A love that should have lasted years". The song's working title was "Why Did It Die?"

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