Not many people find the idea of the apocolypse (AKA the literal “end of the world”) all that amusing. Neil Gaiman and Terry Prachett certainly do in their book “Good Omens”. This book is absolutely British and 100% hilarious. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Children/Teen, Funny, Religious, Sci Fi/ Fantasy having no comments »
I couldn’t resist reading “Wicked: the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West” again. It’s my favorite Gregory Maguire book and I recently saw the musical. It had been several years since I’d read the book and I decided I needed to know how the two were different. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Sci Fi/ Fantasy having no comments »
“Almost Moon” by Alice Sebold caught my attention at the library because I so enjoyed her novel “The Lovely Bones” and appreciated her no-nonsense non-fiction account of being raped titled “Lucky”. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Uncategorized having no comments »
“Pillars of the Earth” by Ken Follet is one of my all time favorite books. So it’s no surprise then that I jumped at the chance to take “A World Without End” on vacation to read the long awaited sequel. Was it worth the wait? Was it as good as “Pillars”? Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Historical Fiction having 1 comment »
“The Air We Breathe” by Andrea Barrett is a charming novel set in the Adirondacks in 1916. It’s a story about tuberculosis patients, not often considered a “happy” topic, and yet Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Historical Fiction having no comments »
“Tuesdays with Morrie” is one of my all time favorite books. I don’t believe that anyone can read this book and not have their life changed (I’m thinking for the better, but I suppose anything’s possible). Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Non-Fiction having no comments »