Category Archives: books I read

Books I Read N. K. Jemisin, How Long ’til Black Future Month? **** A collection of short stories by a master of speculative fiction. Jemisin pairs a rich imagination with brilliant writing. James S. A. Corey, Cibola Burn. **** Book … Continue reading →

Book I Read James S. A. Corey, Abaddon’s Gate. **** Book three of The Expanse. This series continues to be really really good. Hard science, great writing, imaginative storytelling. Game I Played Animal Crossing: New Horizons. *** I definitely wouldn’t … Continue reading →

Did I forget to write one of these last month? Or did I not enjoy anything in March? Either way… Books I Read James S. A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes. **** Book one of The Expanse. Really great science fiction. Good … Continue reading →

Book I Read Russell Cobb, The Great Oklahoma Swindle: Race, Religion, and Lies in America’s Weirdest State. **** Former Okie Russell Cobb discusses his home state and the multitudes it contains. This book is a collection of essays about the … Continue reading →

Books I Read Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood. **** Memoirs of a mixed-race man and his childhood growing up in post-Apartheid South Africa. Funny, heart-wrenching, and educational. Brian Freeman, Thief River Falls. *** Not … Continue reading →

Holy bananas! I let this get away from me. Here are the books I read in the last three months. December 2017 David Crosby, Long Time Gone. **** David Crosby’s autobiography. John Leahy, Harvest. **** Science fiction/thriller. Fredrik Backman, My Grandmother Asked Me to … Continue reading →

Barbara Nickless, Dead Stop. ***** Last year I read Nickless’s first book, Blood on the Tracks, and it was one of my favorite books of the year. I was delighted to read the follow-up. Sydney Parnell, the protagonist of these books, is … Continue reading →

Not a big month for reading for me, apparently. N. K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season. ***** Imaginative and incredibly thoughtful. I will read the rest of this series. Science fiction that explores a world that is familiar but entirely different from … Continue reading →

I’m getting worse and worse at getting these done in time. Four books in September. Theodore Wheeler, Kings of Broken Things. **** A novelization of the Omaha race riots of 1919. Very interesting book – Wheeler comes at this event from … Continue reading →

I’m getting really bad and doing these in time. I’m already two books into September and I still haven’t done my report for August. Here we go. I’m going to be more brief than usual because I suspect I don’t … Continue reading →