By James S.A. Corey (549 pp)
Zooming through these books. Lots of crazy stuff happening in space. Why can't people just get along? Love all these characters.
Monday, May 27, 2019
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
8.5 Strange Dogs (Expanse novella)
By James S. A. Corey (54 pp)(ebook)
Read this on the bus before I started book #7 which I am well into. These books are so good. This one takes place on a colony planet. The inhabitants originally were on a short term research mission but plot things happened and now they live there. A young girl communes with the local fauna and creepy stuff happens.
Read this on the bus before I started book #7 which I am well into. These books are so good. This one takes place on a colony planet. The inhabitants originally were on a short term research mission but plot things happened and now they live there. A young girl communes with the local fauna and creepy stuff happens.
Saturday, May 18, 2019
8. Babylon's Ashes (The Expanse Book 6)
By James S. A. Corey (536 pp)
Finally back to the Expanse Books!! I would have read it faster except it's hardcover and I don't like to take hardcover on the bus. There's a novella to read before I start #7. Battles in space with great characters. Avasarala and Amos are two of my favorite fictional characters in the past few years.
Finally back to the Expanse Books!! I would have read it faster except it's hardcover and I don't like to take hardcover on the bus. There's a novella to read before I start #7. Battles in space with great characters. Avasarala and Amos are two of my favorite fictional characters in the past few years.
Saturday, April 27, 2019
7. Beginners Luck: Dispatches from the Klamath Mountains
By Malcolm Terence (236 pp)
This is a terrific memoir about life up the Salmon River in NW California. There's a little bit of everything: hippies, commune living, logging, mining, fire fighting, and Karuks. Malcolm has a great story starting in the Bay Area and ending up at Black Bear commune and eventually settling in the area. Also a good history for how tribes/rural areas dealt with government agencies several decades ago.
This is a terrific memoir about life up the Salmon River in NW California. There's a little bit of everything: hippies, commune living, logging, mining, fire fighting, and Karuks. Malcolm has a great story starting in the Bay Area and ending up at Black Bear commune and eventually settling in the area. Also a good history for how tribes/rural areas dealt with government agencies several decades ago.
Thursday, April 25, 2019
6. Shrill
By Lindy West (260 pp ebook)
I was a Lindy fan when she wrote for the Stranger and when she wrote for Jezebel. Bob and I love the TV series. I grabbed the book when it was on a discount promotion (this ebook discounts are killing me. I buy SO MANY BOOKS) and I zoomed through it on the bus last week. Love Lindy's voice.
I was a Lindy fan when she wrote for the Stranger and when she wrote for Jezebel. Bob and I love the TV series. I grabbed the book when it was on a discount promotion (this ebook discounts are killing me. I buy SO MANY BOOKS) and I zoomed through it on the bus last week. Love Lindy's voice.
Saturday, March 30, 2019
5. There There
By Tommy Orange (290 pp)
I was out of town last weekend and I brought one book with me and managed to finish it. This is about urban NDNs in Oakland and it's really good. I loved the characters and the way their stories weaved together. Recommend.
I was out of town last weekend and I brought one book with me and managed to finish it. This is about urban NDNs in Oakland and it's really good. I loved the characters and the way their stories weaved together. Recommend.
Monday, February 25, 2019
4. After theFall Before the Fall During the Fall
By Nancy Kress (190 pp ebook)
I wanted to read this forever and it turned up on sale in my Bookbub and here we are. These sale books will be the end of me. This is a future ecological disaster story with three timelines. A fast read. I enjoyed.
I wanted to read this forever and it turned up on sale in my Bookbub and here we are. These sale books will be the end of me. This is a future ecological disaster story with three timelines. A fast read. I enjoyed.
Thursday, January 10, 2019
3. Bird Box
By Josh Malerman (294 pp ebook)
Just last week I put up a photo of my to read pile (more or less). After fretting about having so many books to read and finding books I'd forgotten about, I had to buy this book (on sale!) and read it immediately. It's been on my list for awhile. I thought it was fun to read but doesn't hold up under scrutiny. I enjoyed. I haven't seen the movie.
Just last week I put up a photo of my to read pile (more or less). After fretting about having so many books to read and finding books I'd forgotten about, I had to buy this book (on sale!) and read it immediately. It's been on my list for awhile. I thought it was fun to read but doesn't hold up under scrutiny. I enjoyed. I haven't seen the movie.
Sunday, January 6, 2019
2. Six Years
By Harlan Coben (352 ebook)
Someone mentioned this author so I grabbed this book on sale. At first I thought it was super fun and page-turny but the longer it went on the more ridiculously implausible it got. Fun for a quick read.
Someone mentioned this author so I grabbed this book on sale. At first I thought it was super fun and page-turny but the longer it went on the more ridiculously implausible it got. Fun for a quick read.
Saturday, January 5, 2019
1. The Princess Diarist
By Carrie Fisher (246 pp)
I got this book as a birthday gift a couple of years ago which turned out to be just a couple days after she died. The whole thing made me so sad I couldn't bear to look at the book until now. I don't know what to tell you. There's enough good stuff in here for a nice magazine article. The rest is endless cringe-tastic teenage diary not to mention some icky stuff about being a young female actress. If her mom wasn't famous it probably would have been worse. Reading those diary entries made me vow to find and burn any cringey diary stuff I might still have if I haven't burned it already.
Friday, December 28, 2018
16. A Court of Wings and Ruin
By Sarah J. Maas (699 pp)
I was determined and I finished. Lots of war in this one. And lots of complicated relationship angst. Got a wee bit long winded for me in the end but still greatly enjoyed.
I was determined and I finished. Lots of war in this one. And lots of complicated relationship angst. Got a wee bit long winded for me in the end but still greatly enjoyed.
Sunday, December 23, 2018
15. A Court of Mist and Fury
By Sarah J. Maas (624 pp)
I devoted my time off to finishing the first three in this series. So much going on in Prythian. Sexy fae with powers and wings and bad tempers. A bad guy is stirring up trouble. Complicated relationships. Recommend.
I devoted my time off to finishing the first three in this series. So much going on in Prythian. Sexy fae with powers and wings and bad tempers. A bad guy is stirring up trouble. Complicated relationships. Recommend.
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