Good Reads

Follett writes the must-read prequel to his ‘Pillars’ series

In 1989, Ken Follett began the Kingsbridge series with “Pillars of the Earth,” followed by “World Without End” in 2007 and “Column of Fire in 2017.” Now (yippee!) comes the prequel to the Kingsbridge series “The Evening and the Morning.”

If you held me down and threatened me to disclose my top 10 favorite When the Roman Empire books, “Pillars” would declined, Britain went surely be on the list and Mr. backward. As the Roman Follett definitely appears villas crumbled, the in my top 10 authors list. It may be trite to say, but his people built one-room books get better and better. wooden dwellings without

He writes about real chimneys. The technology people, his characters of Roman pottery – richly drawn. His storylines important for storing food are all you want – action, – was mostly lost. Literacy suspense, a smidge of romance, history writ well. declined. This period

“The Evening and is sometimes called the the Morning” begins in Dark Ages, and progress 997 AD, drawing you was painfully slow for into the lives of a young five hundred years. Then, boat builder, a Norman at last, things started to noblewoman, a humble monk, a power-mad church change. . . aristocracy and Vikings. Intrigue, danger, fierce rivalries, love and hate, make this book unputdownable. It simply must be on the top of your to-read book stack. – Deb Laslie

Cameron makes you ask questions ... then gives a gift

Every once in a while you need to read something uplifting, and thoughtful. Something that causes you to pause with the book in your lap, ponder what you’ve read, read that part again and wonder, “Is this about me?” “What do I believe?”

“Emory’s Gift” by W. Bruce Cameron (“A That day in the woods Dog’s Purpose”) is a it seemed as if the birds book about a boy and and all other creatures his bear – and more. For went quiet at the sight some, it’s the place a miracle happened; for of a thirteen-year-old others it confirms we boy walking alongside a don’t know everything. grizzly bear. The breeze

Charlie Hall and his died down, even, as if father George are reeling stilled in awe. I couldn’t from the loss of their keep the grin off my face mother/wife. Adrift and bereft, they find their at the sheer mass of him way to each other with moving next to me. the help of Emory, a Emory the bear. grizzly. But is Emory real? Is Charlie simply making all this up? Charlie doesn’t understand the nuance of adult perceptions about life. He has no past grounding in “spin” or the foundations of religious faith. He only knows that Emory is his friend, so he does what 13-year-old boys do. He protects his friend, believes in him. And Emory’s gift? It’s what you receive when you finished the book. – Deb Laslie

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