Strange fact: as a kid, I had goldfish named Kris and Rita. I knew who Kris Kristofferson was, and I had some vague idea who Rita Coolidge was – mostly I knew there was an epic romance there. That more than anything prompted me to read Delta Lady: A Memoir by Rita Coolidge with Michael Walker. What I liked about the way Coolidge… Read more
From BBC/Culture: 10 Lost Books you Should Read Now I am really interested in The Glass Pearls and The Vet’s Daughter! Read more
I don’t think I requested this one, but it certainly sounds good – The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick: Sixty-nine-year-old Arthur Pepper lives a simple life. He gets out of bed at precisely 7:30 a.m., just as he did when his wife, Miriam, was alive. He dresses in the same gray slacks and mustard sweater vest, waters his… Read more
A friend of mine pointed this out and I wanted to share it with you – check out this deal from Tor.com: Tor.com is happy to announce the TOR.COM EBOOK CLUB, which we, as people who can’t stop reading, writing, and publishing stories, are very much excited about! Check out Tor’s website for more information! I’ve already downloaded my free book… Read more
Boy, do I have a backlog of books to tell you about! Let’s start with one that’s still sitting on my desk – Don’t You Cry by Mary Kubica In downtown Chicago, a young woman named Esther Vaughan disappears from her apartment without a trace. A haunting letter addressed to My Dearest is found among her possessions, leaving her friend and… Read more
I love a good apocalypse and this might be my favorite! A pandemic, the infected wearing the plague on their skin in bands of black and gold. Fire! Instead of wasting away, riddled by disease, turning into a zombie, these victims go out in a glorious blaze of heat and flame, taking with them anything flammable that happens to be… Read more
It has been a nice vacation. Work has been very busy and I spent about 6 weeks in May/June on the road. That means I got a lot of reading done, but not a lot of writing. The list of book reviews I have to catch up on is scary, but I read some great stuff that I really think… Read more
Librarians usually frown on stretching out on the tables like that… Read more
