When Catherine Wells returns to Earth after 6 years of being presumed dead in space, it’s a big deal. And a great premise for a sci-fi novel, especially because she returns alone, without her five team members, AND she has no memory at all of what happened. She is the captain of a space vessel that not only went past Earth’s solar system, but landed on a planet beyond any we ... Read More...
Fruit of the Drunken Tree
Petrona used to live on a farm in Colombia, with her nine brothers and her sister. Then the paramilitary showed up, burned down their house and their fields, and took her father and her three oldest brothers. Now, she, her mother, three of her brothers and her sister live in shack in the slums of Bogotá. At 13 she is sent to work as a maid for the Santiagos, a wealthy family in ... Read More...
Riots I Have Known
Sometimes a synopsis can come out of nowhere and make you pick up a book you never thought you would, but it’s a dicey proposition because marketing people are wily devils. Their entire purpose in life is to seduce. But it still doesn’t quite explain why I thought a novel about a Sri Lankan male inmate in an American prison in the midst of a riot would make for something I ... Read More...
Summer 2019 Reading Preview (Part 2)
Apparently this summer I have NO self control when it comes to books. I truly believed I would have four picks for today, but found that I had three more July books that fell into the 'look really interesting, but no one's talking about' so I had to add them. For everyone whose TBR is already blowing up, I'm sorry not sorry. Great reading lies ahead! (7/9, Nan A. ... Read More...
Summer 2019 Reading Preview (Part 1)
It’s only mid-May, but spring training is winding down for book bloggers and it's almost time for the dog days of summer when reading can be hit or miss. The good news is that while summer used to be largely ignored by publishers, there are more new release options than ever. Plenty of these are getting a lot of attention so I'm sharing the smaller books I can’t wait to read. ... Read More...
May Midmonth Mini-Reviews
I know it’s not the exactly the middle of May, but I’m hoping you all can cut me some slack. I’m on a hamster wheel of hurry-up-and-wait regarding our move to Michigan and so have to write when I can find time to disengage my analytical brain and tap into my creative mind. I used to be able to activate both at once, but those days are long gone. Anyway, here are some bit and ... Read More...
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