The Earthsea Cycle (6 book series)
I am really surprised at how late this suggested read has come into my life. Ursula Le Guin was a trailblazing writer of her time. The Earthsea Cycle series is…
Witch King (The Rising World Book 1)
This book was an unexpected surprise. I had just finished The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells and really appreciated her writing style. So I picked up Witch King, a totally…
Hotel Kitsch
This book had a recent mention in a New York Times article about, of all things, the sale of heart-shaped bathtubs at the Cove Haven/Poconos Palace resort. No, I’ve never…
Roctogenarians
Laura Ingalls Wilder began publishing her Little House books when she was 65 years old. Frank Lloyd Wright’s final design for New York City’s Guggenheim Museum was approved when he…
T-Shirt Swim Club
The brother-sister team of Ian and Alisa Kramer offer both the dramedy and clinical perspectives about how difficult it is for overweight people to find acceptance, identity, and success in…
Murderbot Diaries (the complete series of 7 books)
This is my first time reading Martha Wells. I am pleasantly surprised by this series. I found myself liking Murderbot more and more as I read through the stories. What…
Swan Song
After reading other Robert McCammon books, I decided to take a chance in reading another to see if it matched his outstanding writing in the Hyperion Cantos. Swan Song was…
Drood
I decided to try another Dan Simmons book. After reading the Hyperion Cantos I knew nothing would top that series, but I was curious about this eerie historical fiction about…
Beacon 23
This sci-fi adventure was a very quick read and a very interesting concept. Beacon 23 is a "lighthouse," in outer space, to help ships who are traveling at the speed…
Middle of the Night
This was a fun, twisty book that should appeal to Gen X and Millennials. In the late 1990s, a boy was taken from his backyard tent during a sleepover in…