I finished David Brin's Sundiver (The Uplift Saga: Book One) last night.  After our move, I just wanted some fluff to read, taking a short break from Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility.

I really like Brin's writing style and his vision of "the future".  My husband has more of the Uplift Saga and a few other books by this author, which I hope to ( Read more... )

Finished reading The Tomb and Other Tales by H.P. Lovecraft a few weeks to a month or so ago.  I'm not terribly impressed.  So many people make such a big deal of his writings that I was thoroughly disappointed early into the stories.  When I went to the hospital to be induced, I took this book as my "light reading"... I think that pretty much sums ( Read more... )

A couple weeks ago, I finished reading J.R.R. Tolkien's The Two Towers.

Short of it is... I really enjoyed it.  Just like with The Fellowship of the Ring, I found myself annoyed about how much the movies changed and took out.  I can forgive cutting out parts and changing elements to make that work, but some of the changes just seemed... unnecessary ( Read more... )

Over this past weekend, I finished reading The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan.  I've read a couple books by this author, and some are more successful than others.  This one wasn't as good as some of her other novels, but it was a nice read ( Read more... )

I finished reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows a couple weeks ago.

It's an interesting book that takes place post WW2, following Juliet Ashton's life for a couple of years.  In this novel, she's an author who has become very popular with her comedic articles, but years for something more ( Read more... )

A week or two ago, I finished reading Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell.  It was written in the 1800's about a very contraversial topic back then.  The story is about a young seamstress, recently orphaned and fairly naive, just a month or two shy of 16 years old, who becomes involved with a wealthy man.  He manipulates situations in order to appease his ( Read more... )

This week, I finished reading Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt.

Excellent novel!

It's a memoir based on the author's poverty stricken childhood.  He was born in America, but after his infant sister's death, his parents gathered up their sons and moved to Ireland, mainly due to family pressure.  The father is a drunkard who cannot hold down a job and ( Read more... )

I finished reading People Like Us by Dominick Dunne a couple weeks ago.  It's about the elite in NYC, the old wealth and the new wealth.  Mainly, it follows Elias Renthal and Ruby Renthal as they try to become part of this exclusive group, but also follow Gus who is not wealthy, but is a writer that found himself accepted already... and how Ruby ( Read more... )

I finished reading The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien the other day.

This book... I mean... Wow!  I never really thought it would be as good as people said.  Far better than The Hobbit, but it was also geared more towards adults.  I understand now how much the films left out or changed and I can see how the fans of the books were annoyed ( Read more... )

Earlier this week, I finished reading I Heard That Song Before by Mary Higgins Clark.  Very nice read.  It's a book I plan to loan to my mother with the request that it makes its way back to me in time.

It's a murder mystery and the twists in the case were interesting.  Not like "Oh my god!!!" but more like, "Hm... I didn't expect that at all but it ( Read more... )