I’ve loved every novel by Ian McEwan that I’ve read so far, so I am looking forward to The Children Act: Fiona Maye is a leading High Court judge who presides over cases in the family court. She is renowned for her fierce intelligence, exactitude, and sensitivity. But her professional success belies private sorrow and domestic strife. There is the lingering regret of her… Read more
I love this quote – I always think that the real motivation behind burning books is hiding the evidence. “Don’t join the book burners. Don’t think you’re going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don’t be afraid to go in your library and read every book…” – Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States Read more
And now for a man reading while fully dressed… Read more
More new titles! This isn’t a series I’ve followed, but I can always use a new series, right? So I’ve got the latest Sigma Force novel by James Rollins, The Sixth Extinction: A remote military research station sends out a frantic distress call, ending with a chilling final command: Kill us all! Personnel from the neighboring base rush in to discover… Read more
I am a huge Walking Dead fan and I was really looking to reading the essays in We’re All Infected: Essays on AMC’s the Walking Dead and the Fate of the Human. I have spent hours debating with friends, discussing the meaning of key points on the show, discussing what zombies have to say about our culture, what causes some supernatural… Read more
Here’s the latest new release to hit my bookshelves, Lighthouse Island by Paulette Jiles: In the coming centuries the world’s population has exploded. The earth is crowded with cities, animals are nearly all extinct, and drought is so widespread that water is rationed. There are no maps, no borders, no numbered years, and no freedom, except for an elite few.… Read more
The Kill Call by Stephen Booth is the first book I’ve read in the Cooper and Fry series. I’m not sure this is a series I’ll keep reading, for reasons I’ll get to later, but it’s a pretty good mystery. The story starts on a rainy moor – Sean has come up to one of his favorite quiet, deserted spot,… Read more
I have this urge all the time, especially on chilly, rainy days like today. “Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read.” – Raymond Carver, American short story writer Read more
He does not look happy to be interrupted – I know the feeling! Read more
Finally, Gutenberg’s Apprentice: An enthralling literary debut that evokes one of the most momentous events in history, the birth of printing in medieval Germany—a story of invention, intrigue, and betrayal, rich in atmosphere and historical detail, told through the lives of the three men who made it possible. Youthful, ambitious Peter Schoeffer is on the verge of professional success as a… Read more