GWM living in Oregon.I used to love books that would really stretch me, but lately I've needed more solace from the books that I read.
My ratings are as follows: * 5 stars: it's truly a great book, and I'll want to re-read it again and again. * 4 stars: it's a good book, and I enjoyed reading it. I'll probably re-read it. * 3 stars: It's a fine book, just not special. I may re-read it if I'm looking to just relax and not have to think, but I would probably pick up a new book instead. * 2 stars: I finished it, but might have given up if I were in a different mood. * 1 star: I didn't enjoy the book and probably didn't finish it. I wouldn't blanketly recommend against it, because it might speak to someone else.
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Mr. Penumbra's 24 hour bookstore is one of my favorite books. This book doesn't quite live up to that level for me, but I do love the world building and you really care about the characters (even the ones you hate).
The Road runs from the unimaginable past to the far future, and those who travel …
I first read it when it came out, and have re-read it many times. I love the way he presents time travel, both within the story and how the reader experiences some aspects of time travel by reading some things out of order relative to the main story line. Supposedly Zelazny actually randomly shuffled some of the chapters to help get that effect.
Comfort re-read
Content warning One of the TV adaptations -- I think the Joan Hickman version -- has a great conversation that I love. Miss Marple says that Jason Rafiel chose her not to exonerate his son, but to find the true killer (even if it was his son)
I really like this story. The very concept of having to solve a crime but you don't even know what the crime was is interesting. Of course, it does rely a bit on very lucky events (Miss Marple seeing Anthea Bradbury-Scott posting the package, for example), but many other mysteries entail such lucky coincidences.
I love that it includes several of Christie's characters who also appear in other novels.
Might as well continue the Dilvish story
Comfort re-read
You Can Count On Me
I really enjoyed this book. It’s not perfect (some things take longer than they should), but the characters are decent people who have to overcome of their habits/defense mechanisms.
Comfort re-read
Quick read, but fun.
'You don't analyse such sunlit perfection, you just bask in its warmth and splendour.' Stephen …
All the stories are basically the same plot, so I kept putting this down and then picking it up weeks later to read another story. It was an enjoyable read, but not something you can blast through.
Many of the Phrynne Fisher books have multiple simultaneous plots, and that has been fine with me. This one, however, completely separates Phrynne & Dot from the others, and the two plots have nothing to do with each other. It just wasn't as enjoyable as the other books because of that.
Hadn't re-read this in a long time. Enjoyable read.
This is an exciting tale of a modern medicine woman who is a warrior at …
After reading "Thirteenth Child" which doesn't have Native Americans in its world, I thought it would be appropriate to re-read this, which presents some of the problems of Native Americans being invisible in the white world.