Just when I’m about to declare how fast September flew by, I look at the list of books I read and that first book seems so long ago.

Book 1: The Watchmaker’s Daughter by Larry Loftis

Corrie ten Boom told of her part in the resistance in the Netherlands during World War II in her memoir The Hiding Place, which was assigned reading in my high school. Half a century later, Gary gave me this volume and I wondered how much I might remember from so long ago.

Quite a bit of Corrie’s harrowing story stayed with me over the decades. This newly published book includes her story and so much more. Author Larry Loftis traces the outcome of all those Corrie helped to hide in their home during the Holocaust. In addition, he provides parallel-in-time information about Anne Frank and Audrey Hepburn, two teens who also suffered during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.

Book 2: The Call of the Wild by Jack London

Must confess: This is another classic I somehow didn’t read until now.

If I hadn’t waited so long to read it, there’s no doubt I would have gladly read it again. (Another reason to read The Call of the Wild: it was one of the titles the Nazis burned.)

Book 3: Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers

We know who the victim is from the very start.

For the rest of the book, though, It’s not only “who done it” but “how’d they do it” that keeps those pages turning.

Book 4: Shakespeare: The World as Stage by Bill Bryson

Farmer Gary has a whole collection of Bill Bryson books. As I was adding them to our BookBuddy+ app, this Shakespeare title caught my eye:

Bill Bryson has seemingly scraped together every bit of information known to man about William Shakespeare and put it into this fascinating book.

If knowing that there exist just six samples of his signature – each spelled differently – appeals to you, be sure to give this a read.

At the start of this post, I mentioned time. Here’s what The Bard had to say about it:

And in case you’re wondering, the number of our books cataloged thus far in our BookBuddy+ app is 1,932. That’s maybe a third of our collection.

I’ll add the rest … when I find the time.

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