by Nathan Shaker This is a book I’ve had in my “owned/to-read” collection for a while. I’m glad I finally got around to reading it. While both funny and tragic, it is a story focused on the end-days hype of 2012 and the self-fulfilling prophecies that befall society. Wilmer is a fabulous character. A …
Month: August 2018
by Barbara Stark-Nemon ***Publication date 18 September 2018*** Where some books almost feel difficult to read, Hard Cider is a joy. A book about a woman going through her mid-life change of direction (not a crisis at all.) Abbie Rose has made choices about the rest of her life that affect her husband …
by Howard Akler ***Publication date 25 September 2018*** Grab your dictionary! Splitsville is filled with words that are rather obscure, but simply add to the dimension of this novel. Splitsville was nothing like what I expected, odd at times and disjointed in others. Still this is a very curious story of an older man …
PBS has been doing a series on books, called The Great American Read. Below is the link to see the top 40 as it stands. There’s still time to vote too! The Great American Read on PBS.org
By Lydia Kang **publication date 18 Sept 2018** At first I thought this book might be some sort of fan fiction – Impossible Girl and a person with two hearts, as a Doctor Who fan would think – as I’ve never read anything by Lydia Kang. All that has changed now, though. The Impossible Girl …
I just came across this today while perusing Goodreads. While it’s hard to narrow it down to just one, I found a bunch of my favorites on the list… Outlander by Diana Gabaldon The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand Little Women by Louisa May Alcott and some that …
By Sharon Myrick **Publication Date 14-August-2018** At first I wasn’t quite sure what to think of School Tales. It came across haltingly, as though it struggled to find a voice. Or perhaps too many voices. It felt like a manual for how to teach high school. But it definitely kept my attention and made me …