“Becoming,” by Michelle Obama and “A Promised Land,” by Barack Obama were on the best-seller list for quite a while. I’ve gotten a bit tired of political books, but I was running out of new books. I’d read all the… Read More ›
Book Review
INTERVIEW WITH SOLSTICE HIGH AUTHOR ARDASH VARTPARONIAN
Ardash Vartparonian The author of Solstice High discusses this and future books! Publisher: Strategic Book Group Urban Fantasy/Sci Fi/Young Adult 360 Pages An interview with Ardash Vartparonian, author of SOLSTICE HIGH Serendipity: I felt like I was reading the first… Read More ›
FIGHTING A TITAN FOR THE LIFE OF CHICAGO – “BATTLEGROUND” BY JIM BUTCHER
After I read Peace Talks, I had to wait just a month for Battleground to be released. I’m sure he wrote them as one book, but they are published in two volumes. There was a natural break between the first… Read More ›
PEACE TALKS BY JIM BUTCHER
I have waited six years for book sixteen of the Harry Dresden world to be published. I waited patiently. Then, after a while, with less patience. A few months ago, there was a book by Jim Butcher called Spiderman: The… Read More ›
RUMINATING ON REALITY: YEAR ZERO, A NOVEL BY ROB REID
When in 2012, Rob Reid wrote Year Zero, a science fiction novel about the music business and its impact on the universe, many people sat up and took notice. Who better to write about the Byzantine complexities of the music… Read More ›
NON-WHITE AMERICA IN NORMAN ROCKWELL’S PAINTINGS By JANE ALLEN PETRICK
Jane Allen Petrick has written a wonderful book about Norman Rockwell, the artist, and his work. It focuses on the “invisible people” in his painting, the non-white children and adults who are his legacy. For many readers, this book will be an eye-opener… Read More ›
ONE MILLION ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY SIX HITS
I promise not to do this every day, but I’m enjoying watching the numbers get bigger. I’m at 1,001,426 Hits and I think I should get a few days to enjoy it. That’s a lot of hits. It was also… Read More ›
A TALE OF THREE BONDS – Rich Paschall
The new James Bond movie, No Time To Die, went into development in 2016. The often delayed project was set for release in April of this year but has been pushed back twice due to COVID-19. Under present circumstances, there… Read More ›
THE CONSTANT RABBIT: A NOVEL BY JASPER FFORDE
The Constant Rabbit: A Novel By: Jasper Fforde Narrated by: Andrew Wincott England, 2022. There are 1.2 million human-size rabbits living in the UK. They wear clothes and can walk, talk, and drive cars, and do pretty much anything most human beings… Read More ›
TZU HSI: THE LAST EMPRESS AND THE RAPE OF CHINA By PEARL BUCK
Tzu Hsi – The Last Empress and the Rape of China, by Pearl Buck This is the story of Tzu Hsi, a woman who rose from obscurity to rule first as regent to her son, the boy emperor, then ultimately as… Read More ›
BATTLEGROUND BY JIM BUTCHER – COMING AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER!
We already know I’m a huge fan of Jim Butcher and while I dread the ending of this series, I’m also pretty much holding my breath for the next book. I have included the trailers for”Peace Talks” and “Battleground.” The… Read More ›
TRUMP IS AMERICA’S BELLWETHER
BELLWETHER, by CONNIE WILLIS is a book I have read many times. I read it often because it’s funny and finding something to laugh about has become increasingly difficult. Each time I read it, I notice something new that rings… Read More ›
TIME TRAVEL AND DECISION MAKING
Fandango’s Provocative Question #85: LIFE DECISIONS & TIME TRAVEL Time travel is my favorite science fiction subject along with witchery and wizardry. There are rules about time travel and always have been. I actually had to look up the rules,… Read More ›
THE END OF THE REPUBLIC
Imperium, by Robert Harris Random House Sep 7, 2010 Fiction – 496 pages It’s déjà vu all over again as we travel back with author Robert Harris to Republican Rome just before it became Imperial Rome. In America, we complain of corruption. Lying… Read More ›
ANGELIQUE
“Nounou,” inquired Angelique, “Why did Giles de Retz kill so many children? With these words, one of the world’s greatest series of historical fiction begins. It is a translation from French. I have been told that much was lost in… Read More ›
PEACE TALKS – HARRY DRESDEN IS FINALLY BACK! – by JIM BUTCHER
I looked it up. I have waited six years for book sixteen in the Harry Dresden world to be published. I have waited patiently, then less patiently. A few months ago, there was a book by Jim Butcher called (tada!)… Read More ›
DOOMSDAY BOOK BY CONNIE WILLIS
I read this for the first time when it was first published in 2008. It wasn’t available as an audible book yet, though it would be soon. So my first reading was words on paper. It’s the story of the… Read More ›
THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENED By JOHN BOLTON – Marilyn Armstrong
I expected it to be dull, but it wasn’t dull. I think I’d describe it as “dry.” Not unlike the material I wrote for many years. I wasn’t going to read it, but I decided my curiosity was stronger than… Read More ›
THE WESTERN FILMS OF ROBERT MITCHUM By GENE FREESE
THE WESTERN FILMS OF ROBERT MITCHUM Author: Gene Freese Publication date: November 2019 244 pages in softcover, $39.95 pISBN: 978-1-4766-7849-8 eISBN 978-1-4766-3746-4 McfarlandBooks.com – 800-253-2187 McFarland, Publisher Most biographies of Hollywood film stars are from the “print the legend” department…. Read More ›
“DOUBLE TROUBLE” By GRETCHEN ARCHER
Every mystery written by Gretchen Archer has been complex with multiple subplots and complication upon complication building to a crashing yet happy ending. In this novel, the complications are so intricate you have to read carefully to pick up the… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 