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The Confession
The Confession© 2010 John Grisham418 pages In 1998, the small Texas city of Sloan was horrified when a high school belle vanished without a trace. She’d been abducted, abused, murdered, and buried by a serial rapist named Travis Boyette. Outraged … Continue reading
The Stupidest Angel
The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror© 2004 Christopher Moore288 pages In another Christmas story, Dale Pearson, evil developer, self-absorbed woman hater, and seemingly unredeemable curmudgeon, might by visited in the night by a series of ghosts who, … Continue reading
Beneath the Raptor’s Wings
The Romulan War: Beneath the Raptor’s Wings© 2009 Michael A. Martin450 pages (Trade Paperback) Humanity’s enthusiastic expansion into the Cosmos and Earth’s leadership in forming the Coalition of Planets have earned it an enemy in the Romulan Star Empire. Ambitious, … Continue reading
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Booking through Thursday: Life-Changing
Booking through Thursday wants to know: which book changed your life? A few months ago I started writing a post called “Top Ten Books that Changed My Life”: when I started searching for similar lists by other readers, I stumbled … Continue reading
This Week at the Library (15 Dec – 22 Dec)
Slow week, really. I’ve been…distracted, and a minor eye infection didn’t help matters. It’s hard to read while squinting like a pirate. I wound up reading a history book instead of concentrating on either my wolf book or my Cornwell … Continue reading
A Walk in the Woods
A Walk in the Woods© 1998 Bill Bryson274 pages Bill Bryson was so startled to find an entrance to the Appalachian Trail in his backyard that he figured, why not hike it? End to end, it’s only a little over … Continue reading
Losing the Peace
Losing the Peace© 2009 William Leisner365 pages Somewhere, up ahead, were people in trouble, in need of help. Picard allowed himself a small, private smile. And the Enterprise is on its way. Losing the Peace is the first TNG novel … Continue reading
A Whiff of Death
A Whiff of Deathfrom A Whiff of Death & Murder at the ABA© 1958 Isaac AsimovPp. 3- 146 “Death sits in the chemistry laboratory and a million people sit with him and don’t mind. They forget he’s there.” Louis Brade … Continue reading
This Week at the Library ( 8 Dec -15 December)
This past week has been an excellent one. I started off by reading two similar Trek books; Martin and Mangel’s’ Kobayashi Maru, which continues in the Enterprise relaunch and leads directly into the Romulan War, and Julia Ecklar’s The Kobayashi … Continue reading
The Mind’s Eye
The Mind’s Eye© 2010 Oliver Sacks263 pages Few things are more pertinent to the study of the human experience than the exploration of our minds, our brains — just what are they capable of, and how thoroughly do they create … Continue reading
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