Two of the best and most interesting books I’ve read in the last year–Lost in Shangri-La and Frozen in Time –are both tales of harrowing and dangerous rescues set during World War II. Both involve the rescue of survivors of crashed airplanes–from the one of the last unexplored jungles of the world and the other from […]
Archives for April 2013
Review | Year Zero by Rob Reid
2013-04-29 · by ·
If you liked the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, I suspect you’ll like Year Zero, too. Robert Reid’s satirical look at what happens when aliens realize they have violated American copyright laws will have you smiling and chuckling from the moment two oddly dressed people (a redheaded mullah and a curvaceous nun) appear in Nick Carter’s […]
Review | The Wind Whales of Ishmael by Philip Jose Farmer
2013-04-26 · by ·
Even if you’ve never read it, almost every reader know the story of Moby-Dick. Opening with “Call me Ishmael[,]” Hermann Melville‘s novel is the tale of the white whale and obsessed Captain Ahab’s quest to kill it, a hunt that does not end well for anyone. Only Ishmael, the narrator, survives to put the story […]
Review | Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
2013-04-25 · by ·
Julie and Maddie are capitalizing on the unusual opportunities afforded to women during World War II when the need for help against Germany and Hitler’s forces is badly needed. Julie becomes a spy, Maddie a pilot for the British Royal Air Force. When the two girls meet during an air raid, they quickly become best […]
Review | The Unincorporated Man by Dani Kollin and Eytan Kollin
2013-04-24 · by ·
Brilliant industrialist Justin Cord awakes from a 300-year cryonic suspension into a world that has accepted an extreme form of market capitalism. It is a world in which humans themselves are incorporated, their stock traded in markets, and where most people no longer own a majority share of themselves. In this world of the free […]
Review | Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George
2013-04-23 · by ·
Tuesdays at Castle Glower are Princess Celie’s favorite days. That’s because every Tuesday, the castle takes on a life of its own and magically adds, moves, or even completely gets rid of some of its rooms. No one is ever quite sure what the castle will do next, and no one really pays much attention […]
Review | The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
2013-04-22 · by ·
Every October the dangerous, blood drinking water horses called capaill uisce (CAP-ul ISH-kuh), emerge from the sea onto the beaches of Thisby Island. Many men from Thisby and a few brave souls from the mainland capture the horses and attempt to train them to ride in the famous Scorpio Races that happen in November. Some […]
Review | Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
2013-04-20 · by ·
2013 A to Z Challenge: Letter R = Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. Guy Montag was a fireman whose job was to start fires…Books were for burning… along with the houses in which they were hidden, and sometimes even the people who hid them. His work was accepted and encouraged by the public majority. Montag enjoyed […]
Review | The Quiltmaker’s Gift by Jeff Brumbeau and Gail de Marcken
2013-04-19 · by ·
Description: A king who has everything, suddenly finds something he wants badly, but can’t have without making some significant sacrifices in his life. Story: When a greedy, grumpy king learns that there is a magical quiltmaker in his kingdom who has never given him a quilt, he demands the quilter make him one of her […]
Review | The Price of Politics by Bob Woodward
2013-04-18 · by ·
AND NOW: something completely different than our typical posts of late on time travel, different worlds, and wizards. Politics. (And just like that we loose half our readers…or more). Just a short while ago, the US of A was in the throws of yet another manufactured crisis–the sequester! A long word with a very simple […]
