Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
So, What Does Fairy Puke Smell Like? The Good Fairies of New York by Martin Millar (2006) - A group of fairies from Cornwall and Scotland find themselves drunk and confused in New York City. The two from Scotland believe that Scottish folk music would improve through a strong dose of heavy metal. Meanwhile, the... Continue Reading →
Dive Deep To Find Truths You May Not Want To Know Midnight, Water City by Chris McKinney (2021) - Forty years ago, an asteroid threatened Earth with destruction. It was Akira Kimura that identified and then neutralized the threat, making her the savior of humanity. When she feels threatened, she calls on her former bodyguard/friend... Continue Reading →
I've Never Read "Dracula" That's right. After decades of sometimes obsessive reading, across genres, for school and for pleasure, I have never read the iconic vampire novel. In my defense, I'm not much of a horror fan. I prefer Stephen King's more science fictiony titles ("The Stand", "The Dead Zone") to his outright horror. I... Continue Reading →
Fuzzy Nation by John Scalzi (2011) - Being an independent contract prospector is the perfect job for Jack Holloway. It’s a job he can do alone. An exploratory explosion reveals a massive load of the planet’s most marketable jewel, sunstones. It means never working again. Until a small, furry native life form wanders into his... Continue Reading →
I’ve mentioned elsewhere that I am struggling to get back into reading again. That’s a sentence that I never would have thought would come out of my mouth. I have been a voracious reader my entire life. The stereotype of the kid who ordered to “Get your nose out of that book and go outside!”... Continue Reading →
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (2020) - In the Midnight Library, you will find all the books of all the other lives you might have lived. And then go live them. Nora Seed arrives there, in this place between Life and Death, and sees the chance to change the misery and disappointment of her... Continue Reading →
The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson (2020) - Earth Zero has discovered how to traverse between worlds. Cara is valued as a traverser because her doppelgangers are dead on most of the worlds known. If you arrive in a world where the other you is still alive, your death will be kind of quick... Continue Reading →
This was a TERRIBLE year for book reviews. I produced a grand total of 17. Which is awful. There's a reason for it. It was a TERRIBLE year for reading. For the first time in my life, I didn't feel like picking up a book. There were several times I had to force myself to... Continue Reading →
The Pearl by John Steinbeck (1947) - Kino, his wife Juana and their infant son Coyotito are not rich. But thier life is filled with love and contentment. Kino is a pearl diver in Baja California Sur. One day a scorpion falls into the child's bed and stings him. The local doctor won't do anything... Continue Reading →
The Guest List by Lucy Foley (2020) - A high-profile wedding brings disappointments, secrets, and death to a beautiful island off the coast of Ireland. Will it be “happily ever after” or will someone else die? Here’s the quick way to think of this book. Update F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Great Gatsby” characters to the 21st... Continue Reading →
Stories Are My Life 