"Perfect Figures" by Bunny Crumpacker

This book had some interesting tidbits about the history of numbers. It also had what I consider to be crap... E.g. So and so number is the first one to contain so and so letter in its English name. Another e.g... She would pull up numerous examples where the number she was discussing occurred e.g.12 apostles etc etc. I skipped a lot because coincidences like that don't interest me. But I did like her final chapter very much... on googol and infinity.

"She Walks These Hills" by Sharyn McCrumb

As usual with Sharyn McCrumb, I enjoyed this book. I like the way that she describes people, and makes the Appalachian area (hillbillies) come alive. It was a nice plot point, having the hiking history professor, the baby killing teen, the daughter of the escaped con, the escaped con with severe memory issues, and the aspiring female deputy (with the cheating deputy lover), all coming together at the burning Sorley trailer.

"All the Light We Cannot See" by Anyhony Doerr

It was a beautifully written book, but in many sections I found it to be very slow and very sad. It's a pity... all the lives that were wasted and traumatized by WW2. I tend to avoid WW2 books because I think I've read enough of them. I only read this one because Eva said it was riveting. (Disagree). But come to think of it, the viewpoints of a talented German boy and a blind French girl were quite novel for me.