“The Final Confession of Mabel Stark” by Robert Hough

 This is mostly a fictional biography about a real person. It was an interesting book, I suppose, but only a few sections gripped me emotionally. I guess now I know about the sexual pleasuring of tigers, among other things. 

“The Passenger” by Cormac McCarthy

 I tried this book because I loved “The Road”. However, I gave up fairly quickly because I did not like the muddled timeline and incomprehensible plot. I was persevering until the book became very Macho, in the way the protagonist talked about his experiences in the Vietnam war.

“Birnam Wood” by Eleanor Canton

 I stopped reading this book fairly early because I did not like any of the characters. Environmental warrior extremists and evil business magnates are not for me. I read the ending and it was a miserable downer without a final resolution. I was glad I had skipped the book.