August 2015 – Looking For a Good Book

August 31, 2015

CABIN FEVER – Mandy Smith

Is it possible that the fantasy of airline flight attendants being ‘loose’ and ‘wild’ is actually true? Yes, according to Mandy Smith’s erotic memoir of her days as a flight attendant with Virgin Airlines. Although this is ostensibly about Smith’s experience as a hostess with Virgin Airlines (a misnomer if ever there was one), it Continue reading

Uncategorized

August 28, 2015

THE MAN WHO TOUCHED HIS OWN HEART – Rob Dunn

Everything you wanted to know about the science of the human heart in a series of essays about medical pioneers. This was a really interesting idea that just grew a little dull and tedious for this lay reader. I am fascinated by man’s quest for knowledge and the lengths some will go to further their Continue reading

NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

Book Reviews, Books, non-fiction, Reviews

August 27, 2015

THE RETURNED, PART 1 – Peter David

I definitely have a soft spot for Star Trek books, being the ST nerd/geek that I am, and for quite a while I read most of the books that came out. Then the market got glutted with books and I weaned myself off of them, stopping altogether until I began this blog. One of the Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, SHORT FICTION, Uncategorized

Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, SF/Fantasy, Star Trek

August 26, 2015

RETURNER’S WEALTH – Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell

This particular book has been in my ‘to read’ queue for a couple of years and I finally decided I just needed to read it and get it off my list. Part of the reason it was in the queue for so long is that no matter how many times I looked at it or Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized, YA

Book Reviews, Books, SF/Fantasy, Young Adult

August 25, 2015

PRESERVING FAMILY RECIPES – Valerie J. Frey

Who would have thought you could write a 300 page book on preserving old recipes? Clearly this book packs in a lot of information on a subject that might not normally demand quite so much material. I initially requested this book because, as the chief cook in my family, I’ve gathered a number of recipes Continue reading

MEMOIR, NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

Book Reviews, Books, Memoir, non-fiction, Reviews

August 24, 2015

ELI, ELY – Ezekiel Tyrus

This book was an absolute struggle for me. I started it once, barely got in to it before I got so bored I had to put it down and ignored it for a while. Then I decided I would give it another shot. It did get a little easier to read the second time, and Continue reading

OTHER, Uncategorized

Book Reviews, Books, Literature, Reviews

August 21, 2015

JUSTICE LEAGUE UNITED, VOL. 1 – graphic novel

I had high hopes for this book. I saw that it was set in Canada and I thought “Great! Why not? If there are superheroes with powers in the world, why DON’T we have some in Canada?” (Of course some of my friends and readers who read comics and graphic novels much more regularly than Continue reading

GRAPHIC NOVEL, Uncategorized

Book Reviews, Books, Graphic Novels, Reviews

August 20, 2015

SEEKER – Jack McDevitt

THROWBACK THURSDAY: REVIEWING A BOOK FROM MY SHELF I’ve been familiar with the name of author Jack McDevitt, but I’d never read any of his works. I can’t say how or when this book found its way in to my home, but it did and I chose to read it, and boy … I sure Continue reading

MYSTERY, SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

Book Reviews, Books, Mystery, Reviews, SF/Fantasy

August 19, 2015

STUDENT BODIES – Sean Cummings

Somehow I’ve been getting in to the middle of series’ lately. Student Bodies, by Sean Cummings, is the second book in a series, though I did not know that when I started reading (sometimes I find it more enjoyable to pick up a book and just start reading, rather than researching the book first, and Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized, YA

Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, SF/Fantasy, Young Adult

August 17, 2015

INTERPLAY: AN ARTIST’S APPROACH TO SPIRITUALITY – Makram Abu-Shakra

Sometimes, I can’t imagine what possessed me to request a specific book from a publisher, and sometimes I request a book based on the description and the book turns out to be something quite different. In this case, it would be the latter. The Goodreads description calls this a “psychological memoir of a musician, artist, Continue reading

MEMOIR, NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

Art, Book Reviews, Books, Memoir, non-fiction, Reviews

August 14, 2015

EDEN, VOLUME 2 – graphic novel

I am fortunate that I have a wide variety of books available to me for review … and currently have a tremendous back-log of books that I’ve thought looked interesting and are sitting in my ‘to-read’ queue. And because of this, I select books that for one reason or another look interesting to me and Continue reading

GRAPHIC NOVEL

Book Reviews, Books, Graphic Novels, Reviews

August 13, 2015

THE BEATLES IN A HARD DAY’S NIGHT – John Burke

THROWBACK THURSDAY: REVIEWING A BOOK FROM MY SHELF What are The Beatles without their music? You can get a decent idea by reading this book. If you aren’t already familiar with The Beatles, then you should probably just skip this book (and this review). Your lack of 1960’s pop culture knowledge aside, you wouldn’t understand Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, Uncategorized

Book Reviews, Books, Entertainment, Music, Reviews