December 2019 – Page 2 – Looking For a Good Book

December 11, 2019

TREASURE ISLAND – Robert Louis Stevenson

Although I’m not lacking for reading material I decided that it’s important to read some of the ‘classics’ of literature to see how they stack up for the modern reader. Much of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island has become standard pirate lore in modern media. They way we think of a pirate – how they Continue reading

Uncategorized, YA

5 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Literature, Reviews, Young Adult

December 9, 2019

THE SHADOW KILLER – Arnaldur Indriðason

I first discovered Icelandic author Arnaldur Indriðason about three years ago and I was immediately captivated by the tone of his novels and I’ve now got our small town library filled with his books. When I saw his name and this book available for request for reviewers, I was excited to make the request. What Continue reading

MYSTERY, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Mystery, Reviews, Thriller

December 6, 2019

THE BEATLES ON THE ROOF – Tony Barrell

How do you write an entire book about an incident that last only a couple of hours? By using the moment as the center point and moving outward, like the ripples in a pond. I’ve been seeing a fair number of books about The Beatles in the last few years and I suspect there’s a Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, MEMOIR, NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

4 stars, Biography, Book Reviews, Books, Entertainment, Memoir, Music, non-fiction, Reviews

December 4, 2019

THE FAR-TIME INCIDENT – Neve Maslakovic

St. Sunniva University in Minnesota is is home to a deadly accident in the time-travel lab of one of the university’s esteemed professors. The university is eager to keep this information under wraps and university security officer Nate Kirkland and Julia Olson, assistant to the dean of science, are assigned to investigate. The investigation is Continue reading

MYSTERY, SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

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

December 3, 2019

A VERY SCALZI CHRISTMAS – John Scalzi

There are only a handful of authors whose work I will go out and buy as soon as I am aware of a new published work. John Scalzi has become one of those authors for me. If you’re familiar with Scalzi you can probably already imagine that a book titled A Very Scalzi Christmas is Continue reading

HUMOR, SHORT FICTION, Uncategorized

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Holiday, Humor, SF/Fantasy, Short Stories

December 2, 2019

THIS DARK AND BLOODY GROUND – Lori Roberts

It is 1776. Maggie Diele is twelve years old and she and her family are traveling through the Appalachian Mountains on their way to Kentucke – the newly purchased territory. Leading them through the Cumberland Gap to Boonesborough is Daniel Boone himself. This new country is struggling some as war with the British has begun. Continue reading

HISTORICAL FICTION, Uncategorized, YA

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Historical Fiction, Reviews, Young Adult