The reviews you are looking for…
May the 4th. A day to celebrate all things Star Wars. And since this is a book blog, I've put together a list of Star Wars books I can recommend. I will forego the canon vs noncanon arguments that always flare up when someone makes a list like this. I don't really care who shot... Continue Reading →
Quick update: I've been home for two weeks in quarantine. The first week was supposed to be our Spring Break and then it was extended by the school district to include this week too. I will start Distance Learning on Monday. The whole house got the flu the weekend before last, so that was fun!... Continue Reading →
Quick List of Top Books for February... then some posts to look forward to for March. Trying to get a rhythm at work and looking forward to Spring Break. Here's the best I read this month: Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier by Jim Ottaviani & Maris Wicks Astronauts belongs in all middle and high... Continue Reading →
Hi all- A quick post to highlight some of the books I read in January and peek at some of the reviews I'll get to in Feb. Blogging news: I've scaled back a bit. I'm now posting every other day, and oh, what a difference it makes. Two other things: I've become more selective in... Continue Reading →
How do some people get through so many books in a week, a month, or a year? What are the factors that enable readers to speedily flip pages or others to make those pages just stick together? 1. Interest in Topic/ Genre: Yeah, we've all had to read that science book or philosophy tome. "Read... Continue Reading →
It all started when I went on vacation last year between xmas and New Years. I scheduled a bunch of posts so I wouldn't have to keep up with the blog while I was gone. And then I just kept going... I have stats, some things I learned from this streak, and the reasons why... Continue Reading →
I read just over 130 graphic novels this year and here's 13 that I really liked. There's horror, nonfiction, scifi... All these are great ways to get into the genre. Infidel by Pornsak Pichetshote, Aaron Campbell, Jose Villarrubia and Jeff Powell Wow! This graphic novel blew me away. From the vivid drawings to the... Continue Reading →
Here's my eclectic list of Best Books for 2019. All of these books were published this year and cover a smattering of different genres: SciFi, Fantasy, Drama, Dystopian, Tie-In, YA, Historical Fiction. I had two goals in putting this list together: 1) Look over my year in reading and find the best books that I... Continue Reading →
I was tagged by my buddy Beth over at Before We Go Blog. Ok, here's the game plan, and my list is below... A 2020 Release: A Master of Sorrows. Book Published in the Year You Were Born: Born on the Fourth of July Movie Adaptation for 2020: The One and Only Ivan Friend Rec: The... Continue Reading →
