It’s been hard to focus on anything but survival lately. Even Krueger’s new book “Lightning Strike” has been wallowing at page 14, waiting for me to get back to it. But I need to shape up; I’ve preordered 5 books to be delivered soon and they all promise to be good reads:

• “Cloud Cuckoo Land” by Anthony Doer
• “The Book of Form and Emptyness” by Ruth Ozeki
• “The Lincoln Highway” by Amor Towles
• “Apples Never Fall” by Lianne Moriarty
• “Small Pleasures” by Clare Chambers