This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic, hosted by Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl, is ten books sitting on my shelf I want to read. This is a perfect topic for me at the moment. Thanks to book clubs, used book sales and Little Free Libraries, I have way more books on my shelves than…
Ghost Station was slow to get going, and it kept a lot of things hidden at first. It picks up quite a bit about halfway in, and from there it was a thrilling science fiction/horror/adventure story. It combines a lot of good horror elements — an abandoned, icy planet (with eerie howling wind), horrific nightmares,…
This book was recommended in last year’s Modern Mrs. Darcy Summer Reading Guide. It combines a lot of things I’m interested in: nature, history, feminism, and science. I also really like journey/adventure nonfiction, like Into the Wild, The Salt Path, Wild and Braving It. I’m a big fan of books about people who push themselves…
This book is billed as being a combination of the Expanse series and Becky Chambers’ Wayfarer series, but it made me think of Firefly. It’s nothing that hasn’t been done before — a ragtag, misfit crew on a space ship fights to save the day and each other. What made this book stand out was the humor…
March was a good month overall. My father is having health problems so it hasn’t all been rosy, but I’ve tried to keep my reading on the lighter side. I was able to volunteer for my library’s used book sale, which I love doing when I have the time. Here’s what I read in March:…
If you’re interested in science fiction that isn’t “science-y”, this may be a good book for you. It’s a blend of mystery-thriller-noir in a space setting. As the title indicates, this book is set in a space hotel, the Grand Abeona, which is something like a cruise ship that takes its guests on a prescribed route…
This is the fourth book of the Oz series. It wasn’t one of my favorites, and that didn’t change with this reading. It has quite a few inventive (and frightening) adventures, but I don’t think it’s as memorable as the other books in the series. The story begins with Dorothy traveling to Hugson’s Ranch in…
I really enjoyed this novel about three friends in China. Lulu is engaged to a man she doesn’t want to marry, Jane is saving up for plastic surgery because she hates the way she looks, and Rina wants to freeze her eggs so she doesn’t miss out on motherhood. They decide to steal the wedding…
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday topic (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl) is about books we hope we love the second time around. Last year I posted about favorite books I’d like to re-read, and I’ve only gotten to one of them. So today I’m going to focus on favorite children’s books I want to…
This month for Ozathon 2024 we’re reading the fourth book in the series, Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz. Published in 1908, this is the book that reintroduces the character of the Wizard. In the first book, the Wizard is (debatably) portrayed as a good man but a humbug of a wizard. In The Marvelous…
Happy March, readers! It’s a dreary time of year, but at least one exciting thing happens every March, and that’s the announcement of the Women’s Prize 2024 Longlist on March 5. Here are some of my favorite books published in the last year: Chenneville, The Warm Hands of Ghosts, Tom Lake, The Fox Wife, The…
This week’s Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, is books that have covers or titles with things found in nature. I was inspired by Tom Lake, which I just finished, to choose some of my favorite novels with titles that include a body of water. I considered going with an animal theme,…
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