When I think of the thriller genre, this book will become an example I point to. This author keeps it simple, and I like it. There is no extraneous writing. The pace is brisk, the story enthralling, and several of the sub-plots are just as good as the main. Continue reading
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick Science Fiction, 244 pages A Del Rey Book FTC Disclosure: Purchased from This is nothing like the movie “Blade Runner”, which is loosely based on the novel. Not that this … Continue reading
The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin Science Fiction, 400 pp (Mass Market) Eos, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers FTC Disclosure: Library Book. The last line: “His hands were empty, as they ahd always been.” In this case, empty is not … Continue reading
The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith ISBN13: 9780446402415 Fiction/Thriller, 440 pages Grand Central Publishing an imprint of Hachette Book Group FTC Disclaimer: Book courtesy of the publisher Book summary from publisher’s website:Soviet Union, 1956. Stalin is dead, and a … Continue reading
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë Edited with an Introduction by Pauline Nestor Preface by Lucasta Miller Fiction, 337 pages Penguin Classics, Penguin Books FTC Disclosure: Mine, all mine. Pfffft. This isn’t going to be in the usual format as I … Continue reading
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker Fiction, 341 pages Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Book Group ISBN: 9780446194228 FTC Disclosure: Review copy courtesy of Newman Communications Instead of a summary or blurb, I offer the author’s own words … Continue reading
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick Hugo Award Winner 1963 Science Fiction, 259 pages Vintage Books, a division of Random House FTC Disclosure: Library Book . Do you truly believe that time is linear? What if … Continue reading
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt ISBN: 9780374378486 Farrar, Straus and Giroux Young Adult Fiction/Fantasy, ages 9 & up ALA Notable Book, Janusz Korczak Medal, 1976 Christopher Award for Best Book for Young People FTC Disclosure: Purchased I am not much for prologues, … Continue reading
Skin Trade by Anita Blake Book 17 in the Vampire Hunter series Occult Fiction, 496 pages Berkley Publishing Group an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) I try to be open minded when it comes to reading books of … Continue reading
Guardian of the Flame by T.L. Higley Historical Fiction/Christian Fiction, 381 pages B & H Publishing Group Courtesy of LibraryThing’s Early Reviewer Program Sophia, a woman hurt by past loss, guards the famous lighthouse of Alexandria, Egypt, … Continue reading
Last year I wanted to open myself up to more of what bookstores and my library has to offer. Thus I found myself drifting through the swirling, unknown currents of the Romance section. And when I think of literary romance, … Continue reading
Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho Translated from the Portuguese by Jull Costa Fiction, 191 pages Harper Collins Publishers Inspired by personal experience, Coelho brings us this novella which explores the perceptions of those with mental illness and those … Continue reading