December 2021
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Looking For the Best Book of 2021
At the end of each year I take a look back on the books that I’ve read and try to determine the best books I’ve read in each category and the best book I read during the year. This is a best of those I’ve read and reviewed in 2021, not necessarily the best books published in Continue reading
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THE SUN ALSO RISES – Ernest Hemingway
“The Lost Generation.” Following World War I a group of friends try to find some meaning in their lives as they hang out and party and drink in Europe. I read and reviewed this book a little over five years ago, and I’ll use a lot of that review here because my thoughts about this Continue reading
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JULES VERNE’S LIGHTHOUSE – graphic novel
Maria Vasquez prefers to be alone and currently has a dream job managing a lighthouse. It is the year 2717 and the Lighthouse is a supercomputer beacon that helps spaceships navigate through a turbulent area of space filled with wormholes. Maria oversees the lighthouse, along with her robot sidekick, Moses. When a ship arrives unexpectedly Continue reading
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FINE PRINT – graphic novel
If someone were to create a movie rating between an ‘R’ and ‘X’ (like ‘R-21’), then this graphic novel would fit perfectly in that category. When it comes to making bad decisions, no one does it better than Lauren Thomas. She is currently suffering from a broken heart (due to a bad decision, of course) Continue reading
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NORTHWIND – Gary Paulsen
From award-winning children’s author Gary Paulsen comes his latest (and last?) book, Northwind. Leif is a young boy who has survived a cholera outbreak in his village but is now facing a bigger challenge – finding a way to survive as he lives in a canoe with water giants (Orcas and Humpbacks and Blue Whales) all Continue reading
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LIGHTNING STRIKE – William Kent Krueger
In this prequel to the popular Cork O’Connor series, Cork is twelve years old and takes an active viewing role watching his father, Liam O’Connor, the local sheriff, navigate between two worlds (the white man and the Native community) after Cork discovers the body of a man, hanged in an abandoned logging camp. This is Continue reading
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RAISING HELL – Norman Spinrad
From PM Press’s Outspoken Authors series comes Norman Spinrad’s Raising Hell. The titular story (perhaps a novelette) is a humorous and biting commentary on the role of union’s in the workplace. A union organizer is sent to hell where he first organizes a strike against the working conditions and pain enforced by the devil’s demons. Constant Continue reading
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THE PERSONAL LIBRARIAN – Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
J. P. Morgan was looking for someone to curate and oversee his the library he was building – a collection of rare manuscripts, books, and artwork. He hired Belle de Costa Greene – a woman of Portuguese descent. She had all the knowledge necessary of the important rare works, and with Morgan’s finances and support Continue reading
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THE MOONSTEEL CROWN – Stephen Deas
The Emperor is dead and there is chaos and catastrophe everywhere. But petty criminals Fings, Myla, and Seth don’t much care – the Emperor’s never shown any interest them, and likewise, they’ve never had much interest in the Empire – other than what they could steel in order to stay alive. Good fortune comes to Continue reading
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BOON ON THE MOON – John Huddles
Ten year old Byron “Boon” Barnett is heading to the moon with his family and his robot, Jose Ignacio. Boon has a wild imagination and strong sense of adventure. He’ll do just about anything to sneak out of his house, away from his parents, to explore. This is constantly putting him in danger, of course, and Continue reading
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THE WRONG SIDE – Robert Bailey
In Pulaski, Tennessee, high school football star, Odell Champagne, has almost everything he wants – the adoration of an entire community, a series of “W’s” in the score column for his high school football team, thanks to his running, and most of all, Brittany Crutcher, the talented voice behind Pulaski’s most popular local band, as Continue reading
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BY THE LIGHT OF FIREFLIES – Jenni L. Walsh
Sybil Ludington was a teenage Revolutionary War hero. Sometimes referred to as the “female Paul Revere.” In Jenni L. Walsh’s By the Light of Fireflies, we come to know Sybil’s story in this Middle Grade/YA historical fiction novel. When Sybil was a child, her father would tell her that fireflies were magical and would help Continue reading
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