I am glad to have biblio companions (The root, biblio, in Greek means Books, and oi filoi is the Greek translation for Friends according to Dr Google) . I hope that I shall continue to be blessed with having access to them. Over the past year, I spent a good amount of time with my biblio companions.
- Some books changed the way I see the world (Imagine a World by Rob Gonzalez for instance)
- Some of them changed the way I see myself (Sense of Wonder by Rachel Carson for instance)
- Some of them changed the way I perceive others (Neurotribes : The Legacy of Autism & Neurodiversity – Steve Silberman, Everything in its Place – Oliver Sacks)
- Some made me realize that we come into a complicated legacy of humankind. (Storm before a Storm by Mike Duncan, Sapiens, Home Deus by Yuval Noah Harari, Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani, God – a Human History by Reza Aslan)
For instance, political climates may seem new to us, but Storm before a Storm by Mike Duncan made me realize that for millennia of mankind’s experiments with power and ambition, we have not really evolved that much.
- Then, there were books that made me hopeful of the world’s future such as (Moments of Lift by Melinda Gates)
- Some helped me laugh (P.G Wodehouse, Herge’s Tintin series, Asterix comics)
- Some helped me keep the fantasy and mythical aspects alive (Rick Riordan’s books, Ursula Le Guin’s Buffalo Gals & Lathe of Heaven, Circe by Madeleine Miller)
- Some made me stop and think (Bad Blood – Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, Te of Piglet – Benjamin Hoff )
- Some helped me form my guiding philosophy (Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen)
- Some helped me understand the physical world around me better (Black Hole Blues by Janna Levin, My First Book for Quantum Physics – Ferrón, Sheddad Kaid-Sala)
- Some helped me appreciate the importance of life (Everything in its Place by Oliver Sacks)
I read over 130 books – some of the children’s books I didn’t kept track of. We do not keep track of moments, but aren’t they precious all the same? But, they all taught me something, even if it was as simple as holding my attention for a few moments at a time. (Alphabreaths – Christopher Willard (a clinical psychologist) & Rechtschaffen MA, Daniel (a counselor) Illustrated by: Clifton-Brown )
To that, I am grateful.
Here is to a wonderful reading journey in the coming years as well.
Nourish-n-Cherish 
The complete list is here:
Heads You Win – Jeffrey Archer
How to be a good creature – Sy Montgomery (liked the dogs and the pig, chris)
Best Travel Writing – Introduction by Tim Cahill
Tintin and the Unicorn – Herge
Tintin and the cigars of the Pharoah – Herge
The World in a Second – By Isabelle Minhos
Black Hole Blues – Janna Levin
Storm before the Storm – Mike Duncan
Cocktail Time – P. G. Wodehouse
Storm, Rain (two books) – Sam Usher
Robot and friends
Paradise – Fire & Ice essay
Upstream – Mary Oliver
Always Remember – Turtle book by Cece Meng, Illustrated by Jago
Imagine a World: By Rob Gonsalves (His artwork in Magical Realism is truly amazing: https://huckleberryfineart.com/artist/rob-gonsalves/)
What a Wonderful Word: By Nicola Edwards & Luisa Uribe
Circe – Madeleine Miller
Sea of Monsters – Rick Riordan
Writing children’s picture books
Do Butlers Burgle Banks? P G Wodehouse
Becoming One With The Universe
Poetry Anthology – Walt Whitman
Brief answers to the Big Questions – Stephen Hawking
Long Life – Mary Oliver
The Titan’s Curse – Rick Riordan
Crab of Golden Claws – Tintin
Changes in Fairacre – Miss Read
Sequoia
If I had an Idea – Kobi Yamada
If I had a Problem – Kobi Yamada
Head of Kays – P G Wodehouse
The Sense of Wonder – Rachel Carson
Raise Children like Dolphins
Wild Girls – Ursula K Le Guin (Staying awake while we read & A lovely art)
Tintin in America – Herge
Raising Children the Dolphin Way – Dr Shimi Kang
Fox 8 – George Saunders
Battle of the Labyrinth – Rick Riordan
Diary of a Time Traveler – some energy goofus
Night Job – children’s book
Tintin and the Golden Claws – Herge
Little House on the Priarie – Laura Ingalls Wilder
Rilla of Ingleside – L M Montgomery
Cry Heart, But Never Break – Glen Ringtved illustrated
A Black Hole is not a Hole – by
Be Brave – children’s book
God – A Human History – Reza Aslan
A 100-year old man climbed out of the window – Jonas Jonasson
My First Book for Quantum Physics – Ferrón, Sheddad Kaid-Sala
Rhino is not in charge 🙂
Travels by Michael Crichton
My Pen – Christopher Myers
At the same moment, around the world- Perrin, Clotilde
Bad Blood – Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
Te of Piglet – Benjamin Hoff
Neurotribes : The Legacy of Autism & Neurodiversity – Steve Silberman
Affairs at Thrush Green – Miss Read
The Record setting dive of the Bathysphere – Rosenstock/Katherine Roy
Hyperbole and a half
What you wish you knew – CS
French Leave – P. G. Wodehouse
The Moment of Lift – Melinda Gates (BRILLIANT)
Everything in its place – Oliver Sacks
Make the EARTH your companion by J.Patrick Lewis illustrated by Anna & Elena Balbusso
Grumpusaurus
Wanted! : Ralfy Rabbit, book burglar – Emily mackenzie
Rosy is my relative – Gerald Durrell
Contact – Carl Sagan
Love in a Torn Land – Jean Sasson
Much Obliged Jeeves – P G Wodehouse
Eat like a fish : my adventures as a fisherman turned restorative ocean farmer / Bren Smith
Mrs Pringle – Miss Read
Lisa and the lacemaker / written by Kathy Hoopmann ; adapted and illustrated by Mike Medaglia
Asterix in Switzerland: Rene Goscinny ; illustrated by Albert Uderzo
The Moth presents occasional magic : true stories of defying the impossible / edited by Catherine Burns
Eat like a fish : my adventures as a fisherman turned restorative ocean farmer / Bren Smith
Astrophysics for people in a hurry – Neil deGrasse Tyson
Moments of Magic – Foreword by Meg Wolowitz (Curses, Baghdad) – many good stories
Harry’ Trees
Lessons for the 21st Century – Yuval Noah Harari
Dreams
First Loves and Last Tales – Oliver Sacks
Storm in the Village – Miss Read
Pen – Christopher Myers
A child of books – Oliver Jeffers
This Moose Belongs to me – Oliver Jeffers
Summer Lightning – P G Wodehouse
Everything in its Place – Oliver Sacks
The Leaf and the Cloud – Mary Oliver
Did you fill a bucket today? – Children’s books
Alphabreaths – Christopher Willard (a clinical psychologist) & Rechtschaffen MA, Daniel (a counselor) Illustrated by: Clifton-Brown
My Pen – Christopher Myers
A child of books – Oliver Jeffers
Clara – the Hippopotamus – Emily Arnold McCully
The Moment of Lift – Melinda Gates
Celebrations at Thrush Green – Miss Read
Thank You Jeeves – P.G.Wodehouse
Astrophysics and its place in War – Neil deGrasse Tyson
Voyages of Dr Dolittle – Hugh Lofting
A Charm of Goldfinches – Matt Sewell
Max & the Superheroes – Rocio Borilla
A Forest of Enchantments – Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
The Lathe of Heaven – Ursula K Le Guin
Nature’s Fix – Florence Williams
Through your eyes : my child’s gift to me / Ainsley Earhardt ; illustrated by Ji-Hyuk Kim
A whiff of pine, a hint of skunk : a forest of poems / Deborah Ruddell ; illustrated by Joan Rankin
Carl and the meaning of life / Deborah Freedman
A voyage in the clouds : the (mostly) true story of the first international flight by balloon in 1785 / Matthew Olshan ; illustrated by Sophie Blackall
Small and tall tales of extinct animals / Hélène Rajcak and Damien Laverdunt ; [translated by Jen Craddock]
Rainbow Valley – L M Montgomery
Basher Science: Extreme Physics – by Simon Basher
Strictly no Elephants – by Lisa Mantchev and Taeeun Yoo
Words for your little genius – James Patterson
The Lost Unicorn – First draft – Peter S Beagle
Letters from an astrophysicist – Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Science Verse – Jon Scieszka (Author), Lane Smith (Illustrator)
Farewell to Fairacre – Miss Read
Eraser – by Anna Kang (Author), Christopher Weyant (Illustrator)
The humblebee hunter – Hopkinson, Deborah
Small and tall tales of extinct animals – Rajcak, Hélène
A whiff of pine, a hint of skunk : a forest of poems – Ruddell, Deborah
A voyage in the clouds : the (mostly) true story of the first international flight by balloon in 1785 – Olshan, Matthew,
Anthill – Edward O Wilson
Snow Leopard – Peter Matthiessen
Trees
Anne of Ingleside -L M Montgomery
Thrush Green – Miss Read
No time to spare – Ursula Le Guin
The Path Made Clear – Oprah Winfrey