For a lighter, often humorous read, try Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old: a highly judgmental, unapologetically honest accounting of all the things our elders are doing wrong, by Steven Petrow with Roseann Foley Henry. The table of contents alone will make you chuckle! Did you know that double spacing after a period dates you? (I do, it does)! There are hysterical chapters here on what not to do (early bird specials, refusing to use a walker), but also some excellent ones on the end of life ... saying I love you to family and friends, write your own obituary and so forth. A good balance of humor and wisdom.

Amber Share loves our national parks, has visited many of them, and often reads about them on line. Much to her surprise, not all reviews were good ... and for what seemed to be unfair reasons (White Sands being too sandy, for example). She looked for other such posts and ended up with a book: Subpar Parks: America's Most Extraordinary National Parks and Their Least Impressed Visitors. It was a nice read! There's a bit of history for each park, the 'subpar' review, and the author's description of that park. Just a hint here ... parks in Alaska are too cold, those in Florida are too humid!

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