1.28.22 - A Night To Remember - Walter Lord (Book)
Finally got around to reading Lord's definitive 1955 retelling of the sinking of the Titanic. How it took me this long to finally pick this one, I'll never know. I understand why - even though movies, documentaries, even the discovery of the wreck all happened well after this book came out - it's considered so definitive. Lord tells a brisk but incredibly detailed story of the event, absolutely packed with what feels like hundreds of tiny anecdotes and stories that create a much fuller picture than any other overview has ever done for me. I think Lord interviewed some 50+ survivors from the tragedy and weaves together their stories into a fascinating mosaic. What interested me the most was not the actual stories of the sinking themselves, but the extensive recaps of the survivors in the lifeboats and how they managed the night until other ships came to rescue them. This was a part of the story that had only ever been glossed over for me. Now I want to go back to the Titanic museum all over again.
1.28.22 - Gwendy's Button Box - Stephen King (Book)
Really a novella, this was co-written by King and Richard Chizmar, and is a fun little fast paced read. Gwendy is gifted a magical box with strange, mysterious, and largely unknown powers by a man in black with initials R.F. (hmm, King, where have we heard these elements before?) and must navigate through her teen years as a guardian of this strange power. A nice simple concept and a nicely sized story, I didn't want it any longer or shorter.
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