Brenda’s reading recommendations. Often science fiction or fantasy, but somewhat eclectic!
A few weeks ago, I recommended Tamora Pierce’s Bekka Cooper: Terrier as a great read. Last night, I ran into a very precocious and brilliant eleven-year-old I know well but hadn’t seen in a few months. She knows I like to read, and so recent books we’d both liked came up. She mentioned Bekka Cooper: …
Ken may be our next Douglas Adams or Terry Pratchett. The “Last Flight of the Goddess” was hysterically funny, enjoyable, and touching all at once. Not many writers can pull that off. Note that’s a slender and expensive hardcover out from Fairwood Press for $22 for which you get about an hour’s read. So you’ve …
Reading Recommendation: Ken Scholes’ “Last Flight of the Goddess” Read More »
Who runs the country matters. That’s why I picked up Obama’s book on audiotape. He read it himself, which was an extra bonus….I got emphasis where he would put it. I liked the book. It’s essenatially a political platform speech in long form, but it was fairly interesting. Senator Obama came off as well-spoken, well-educated, …
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Beka Cooper, by Tamora Pierce I’ve been meaning to read Tamora Pierce for some time, and well, you can guess why this title actually made me buy the book. Was I ever glad I did. This is voice. The story, characters, setting, all fine. I would have enjoyed the book, but not necessarily recommended it …
December News: Well, lets start with November news, which was wet (the wettest month, ever, on record in the Seattle area), and ended with snowstorms. Here, one of our two backyard gargoyles looks almost as happy about staying home as we were about driving on icy roads. So on to December. We love the holiday …
Naomi Novick: Her Majesty’s Dragon Easily the best dragon book I’ve read in years. Naomi has a wonderful voice, and the story is exactly familiar enough to comfortable in and different enough to delight. I loved this book. An easy fun, read. And not easy to put down. Vernor Vinge: Rainbow’s End Talk about a …
