Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman
While I had somewhat assumed that Forever Peace was a sequel to The Forever War Haldeman addresses directly in the introduction that it is not.
But it does continue to explore and discuss the issues that affect the participants and victims of continuous warfare. It then goes on to explore the idea of what if you could open everyone’s minds to collectivism and seeing humanity as one. What if we could reach a state of mind where violence against others is seen as violence against oneself and therefore pointless.
The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa
This was my Christmas gift from the girls this year. A Japanese fantasy book (translated) about a cat, books, and an old bookstore. They nailed it.
When Rintaro’s grandfather dies he withdraws even further from the world than usual as he takes over caring for the old bookshop.
Then a cat approaches him for help rescuing books. His love of books empowers him to break out of his shell and engage with the world around him.
And those are the only books I completed in December. Most of my reading was on a book in French and I just didn’t quite finish it. So it will show up next year.
Looking back over this year’s blog posts I tally 41 books for the year! With 1 of them in French.