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I finished the Holly books by Stephen King, The Outsider and If It Bleeds, after reading Holly out of order (book 3). They were both good. Holly was read by an new-to-me female narrator (Justine Lupe) and all the others were read by Will Patton, who read the character totally and completely differently. Patton defined…
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I neglected to add the title of the book I am reading, it is called Crimson Shore and it is book 15 in the Pendergast series. Special Agent Pendergast from the FBI is always solving paranormal type crimes against people that involve murders and such. The series is very character-centric, the characters develop as the…
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I finally finished everything I was reading. The Tad Williams book was 39 hours long and I needed to reread a few parts. It was excellent and I am excited to begin book two, but taking a quick (10 hour) break to read a Douglas Preston/Lincoln Child Special Agent Pendergast series novel for a kindle challenge. Who knows…
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I ran into an issue with the Tad Williams novel that I have not had for a long while: concentration. There are several storylines going on and many characters, and although the book is very good I was getting very confused and missing details, a couple of the storylines I found myself lost in and wasn’t sure what was…
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I found it available on the Hoopla app in a sort of e-book format, I can read it on my Fire tablet sometime. I really enjoyed Mick Fleetwood telling the story of the band (Play On), from inception to present, in his own words. I like old Fleetwood Mac too, Peter Green was a founding member who left the band due to mental…
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DCC was only a 3* book for me and I won't be continuing the series… I'm starting an epic series by Tad Williams today, The Witchwood Crown is book 1 in The Last King of Osten Ard fantasy series. Tad Williams never met a word he didn't write, I think, his books are epic and very long (but also so good).
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The Michener book was different than I expected, as expected. I had previously read Centennial and I really liked it (5*), Hawaii was 4*. It was very long and some portions were a little dull but with the audio companion (52 hours long) I slogged through them. Currently reading a light book that rates very high, and was…
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My kindle reading streak hit a milestone, on my birthday to boot, and also 365 consecutive weeks of reading on my kindle. Kind of weird… I wish there was a prize for that many days.
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When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi was weird but had a point at the ending. It was a stand alone book but he considered it in the trilogy of The Kaiju Preservation Society and Starter Villain. The books are not related at all, but his next book is about aliens and spaceships so he lumped these three as a kind of…
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Tidal Creatures (Alchemical Journey's book 3) by Seanan McGuire was very good as was the entire series but it was quite strange. It was a fantasy trilogy and McGuire is a great author. I'm finishing the Harry Potter re-read with book 7 (Deathly Hollows) now.
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White tea tonight, another new one for my collection, Pomegranatopia. It has very low caffeine, as white tea is minimally processed and has the most antioxidants of the Camellia sinensis preparations. Add the fruit and flowers for nice smell and taste.
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The Thrashers was a mediocre YA thriller from Kindle Unlimited that I read to get a badge for the Kindle Challenge, supposed to be a hot read from 2025. I had a limited list to choose from and this one wasn't $15, but part of the KU program. I had read a couple of the others in the list previously but previously doesn't…
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Tonight as pat of my tea of the day I am enjoying Palm Beach Punch. I may have pictured this one before, I can't remember, but it was part of my recent order from Tiesta. Delicious, mild hibiscus, fruity. No caffeine.
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I liked Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik, it was a 4* read for me. I'm continuing the Seanan McGuire trilogy now (Seasonal Fears, Alchemical Journeys book 2). I checked this one out from Kindle Unlimited a long time ago along with book 1 and I paid $1.99 for book 3 in a previous sale, good to clear the slots out for more…
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Middlegame by Seanan McGuire was an absolutely wonderful, fantastical book. I now have a book hangover. I am excited to start book two in the series but not tonight.
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One of the books in my box that was asked about specifically is Tai Pan by James Clavell. I remember buying it at an estate sale, some elderly person had passed and the family was cleaning out. I took a closer look and found that what I have is a First Edition hardcover printed in 1966, which may be a “vintage rare book”.…
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My mother got 900 clicks on the listing for my books, and sold them to a lady who then stood us up and didn't come. She had 5 conversations with potential buyers going at the same time. Now I think they are going to Goodwill, this is way too much hassle for $25. I made it yesterday through book #100 for the first half of…
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Goodreads Readers Choice is an author or book buzz popularity contest, that they allow one to vote for books that are not on a person's "Read" shelf in the first place is suspicious. I can't in good conscience vote for a book that I have not read. But millions of people can and do. I'm switching after finishing the second…
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The Crimson Moth duology by Kristen Ciccarelli (Heartless Hunter and Rebel Witch) are good and fun for YA fantasy. I am 1/3 finished with book 2. Maybe because it was released in 2025 it will show up on a Goodreads Nomination for best YA fantasy and I can actually vote for something? I haven't read many books lately that…
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I am reading and enjoying House Corrino (Prelude to Dune Book 3) by Brian Herbert. I might rate this one 5 stars. The others in this series, that occurs directly before the book Dune, hooked me, and this one is the best of them.
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Goodwill still takes them in the midwest, I had to double check. The library sale is in a gymnasium and is all sorted by hardcover, paperback, nonfiction or cookbooks, and it would take a whole day to shop it and cherry pick the books, who has the time? $5 for a paper sack full! The smaller town sale was under tents…
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E-books aren't cheaper, they started out that way but the publishers fixed the prices between retailers and got sued. One of those deals where they pay a fine and get to keep doing it? Unless you get them on a $1.99 or $2.99 sale (Amazon does that but you have to pay very close attention). The thing with those is that it's…
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There is a guy in a town next to me that was asked by the public libraries and Goodwill to stop donating used books. He is a bookseller and has infinity used books to donate, so this past weekend he had a sale (fill a bag for $7) in his driveway consisting of 15,000 used books. No, I didn't go… I looked it up and Goodwill…
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The sequel to The House in the Cerulean Sea, book #2 Somewhere Beyond the Sea was very good. Written by the anti-J. K. Rowling, TJ Klune. I don't dislike J. K. Rowling's work, the Harry Potter series, but I do find her social views to be repulsive and I agree with Klune in his afterward. Those people need to go away with…
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I read the biography of the #1 Greatest Band of All-Time written by the founding member today.
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Starting a long one, a classic, Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens. I can afford to read some 1,000 pagers since I am so far ahead of my reading "goal"… Do you use Goodreads on Google Chrome browser on a PC? IF you do, there are a couple of really handy plugins for organizing and accessing your public libraries, one is…
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Visions in Death by JD Robb is book 19 (of 60) in the series. I will never catch up with Nora Roberts who writes these too quickly for me to read and I am so far behind. I have them all in Audiobooks format either from MP3 CD sets purchased at great discount when Audiobooks.com was going out of business, or from Audible on…
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I just started The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown. I was friended by famous fantasy author Michael J. Sullivan yesterday on Goodreads! I have never been friended by an actual author, much less one of his caliber. Yes, I own and have read all of his books, and rated them favorably, he is one of my favorite authors. His books…
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I finished the trilogy (Bill Hodges) by Stephen King. I liked book two the best. I'm reading Blood of Hercules by Jasmine Mas for a kindle challenge, but I am finding it to be a bit juvenile. It will be a quick read and I will earn the badge in the challenge.
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Roland the Gunslinger was where I started reading King. I read and loved the series, and decided to read some other Stephen King, which I was under a false impression that I didn't like. I found out that I really did, most of it. There was a story in The Bachman Books (now out-of-print, because it started happening) called…
