I LIVED THROUGH IT!

I was interviewed on the radio today

and I survived to tell about it.

The lady that runs the library asked me to

come onto her library show and talk about

some of the books that interest me and I

agreed (reluctantly) because 1)I don't think

I have a very nice speaking voice and 2)When

she said 1/2 hour of time I couldn't imagine

what we would talk about for that long, but

it went really fast.

My favorite kinds of books (other than

cookbooks) have to do with survival stories,

people beating the odds, what happens after

the end of the world, etc. I didn't know until

I looked it up, but that genre of stories

is called Apocalyptic Fiction.

So I went on the 1/2 hour show today to

talk about Apocalyptic Fiction and we

discussed some of my favorite books:

Excellent! This book will

really make you think...and

will make you want to learn

how to do a lot more things

for yourself...

I stopped reading Stephen King

quite awhile ago because he has

gotten too weird and dark for my

tastes. But this story remains

a classic. It is well written with a

lot of thought put into each of the

characters. It is the classic

Good versus Evil story that

ends well.

This is one of my favorite books.

Written from the perspective of

a man whose brother is high up

in the military and is privy to

classified info about the nuclear

bombs that the USA is being

threatened with. Alas Babylon

is the code name they use to say

that the bomb is coming...excellent

info. in this book and a very well

written story to boot.

This is a very thick book about

a young girl (Swan) that has an

amazing gift for growing things

and how she plays a large part

in the survival of all living things

on the earth after a catastrophe

of world wide proportions.

Warning--there are some graphic

portions of this book that I wish

I could have just skipped over.

Overall I would read it again

because it is well written and

is an excellent adventure story.

The show will air this Saturday

at 6:30 pm our time if any of

you here in town want to hear

me stumble over my words and

you can even hear me drop the

whole pile of books I was holding

onto the floor at one point.

Gah. What an amateur.

:-)