Books on My Coffee Table

 Good Morning Saturday,

  My Cast Iron Saturdays post is the one before this one if you are looking for it.

  I thought I would share some books. I haven't lived near a convenient public library since we retired and now live more rural than we did before retirement. I grew up using the library allot from my Mom taking us there when we were little kids-story hour, and after approval from Mom we could choose our books.

  I have been picking up more hardcover books this year mostly because these books are quite expensive as an ebook and browsing online I usually can find a like new hardcover for around $5.00 with shipping.  aaand I am very unhappy with my latest kindle, I bought a less expensive one this time, since my first one was one of their better ones but didn't even make it to 5 years, and then after mine broke amazon no longer supports the Voyage. My kindle paperwhite at the moment is very difficult to use as they got rid of the categories so now a real hassle to even find a book on it-am so unhappy with it at the moment. and I do love the feel of "real" books-but where do we store them all 😀  I do read allot

    I learned about the author Sara Donati on one of the Facebook Outlander groups I follow. In the first book-Into the Wilderness-the author mentions Jamie and Claire from the Outlander books. (with the author's permission) I bought the first one and loved it, so I searched for the rest of the series this past summer. I actually like these books better than the Outlander books-easier reading for me once I get started. I am up to the third book Lake in the Clouds.

Here is a description of the first book found online

Weaving a tapestry of fact and fiction, Sara Donati’s epic novel sweeps us into another time and place . . . and into a breathtaking story of love and survival in a land of savage beauty.

It is December of 1792. Elizabeth Middleton leaves her comfortable English estate to join her family in a remote New York mountain village. It is a place unlike any she has ever experienced. And she meets a man unlike any she has ever encountered—a white man dressed like a Native American: Nathaniel Bonner, known to the Mohawk people as Between-Two-Lives. Determined to provide schooling for all the children of the village, Elizabeth soon finds herself locked in conflict with the local slave owners as well as with her own family. Interweaving the fate of the Mohawk Nation with the destiny of two lovers, Sara Donati’s compelling novel creates a complex, profound, passionate portait of an emerging America.

I then read about her new series that sounded really good so I found good prices for these two as well Found these descriptions online:   (oops the first in this series is the Gilded Hour)

The first book is the The Gilded Hour     From the internationally bestselling author of Into the Wilderness comes a magnificent epic about two pioneering women doctors in 19th-century New York.

The year is 1883, and in New York City it’s a time of dizzying splendor, crushing poverty, and tremendous change. With the gravity-defying Brooklyn Bridge nearly complete and the city in the grip of anti-vice crusader Anthony Comstock, Dr Anna Savard and her cousin, Sophie – both graduates of the Women’s Medical School – treat the city’s most vulnerable. Even when doing so puts all they’ve worked for in jeopardy . . .

For Anna, her role as a surgeon has placed her in the path of four children who have lost everything. Faced with their helplessness, Anna must make the unexpected choice between holding on to the pain of her past and letting love into her life.

For Sophie, an obstetrician and the orphaned daughter of free people of color, helping a desperate young mother forces her to grapple with her doctor’s oath - and thrusts her and Anna into Comstock’s orbit, a dangerous man who considers himself the enemy of everything indecent, and of anyone who dares to defy him.

With its vivid depictions of old New York and its story of two pioneering female doctors, The Gilded Hour is a captivating, emotionally gripping novel of courage and love.

and--

Where the Light Enters--an enthralling epic about two trailblazing female doctors in nineteenth-century New York from the international bestselling author of The Gilded Hour. Obstetrician Dr. Sophie Savard returns home to the achingly familiar rhythms of Manhattan in the early spring of 1884 to rebuild her life after the death of her husband.

  Right now I am still reading about the Yellowstone Wolves Project

I shared this one before, which I had picked up as kindle book since Amazon gave me a coupon for it-but the Hardcover version is very available for under $5.00 so I bought one

The above book I really loved, easy to read like a novel. Most of the facts about the Yellowstone wolves was based on the work of Rick McIntyre who has just released the third book in his series.

I am almost finished reading the first book  The Rise of Wolf 8  This book I found very fascinating and informative about wild wolf behaviors. Reads well. Not sure I would have chosen this title for the book as he discusses many of the packs in Yellowstone Park. So it isn't only about wolf 8 

   I don't want to spend allot of money for hardcover book, and these are expensive. The first book I had enough amazon points to get it for free, and the second one was a "bargain" at $18.00  I may not pick up the third one yet as it is selling for $23-25.00 right now-and it was just recently released as well.

  I also have the Outlander books on my coffee table as well-I love the stories, and once I start her books I can't put them down-but they are quite intense and soooo detailed about everything. I will get through them though. and I have the Lord John book series as well that ties in with the Outlander books. 

  and I have a book that was a gift from a friend on my coffee table that I will be reading as a break from the wolf books.

What have you  been reading??

Just a little update: I did finish reading the Rise of Wolf 8-excellent book and I understand now the title for this one