Fiction
Post Office by Charles Bukowski – Review by Paul Stewart
Last year I really wanted to read more. I did read more than previous years, listening to a lot of autobiographies (I'm not a huge fan of audiobooks, but I love autobiographies read by the author. It gives greater depth and meaning to their anecdotes) and reading a lot of talented writers on Vocal.
By Paul Stewart2 months ago in BookClub
"The Odyssey" We Never Really Read: How Emily Wilson’s Translation Changed My Understanding of Homer
Most of us have never actually read Homer’s The Odyssey . That may sound like a strange claim. After all, The Odyssey has been translated into English hundreds of times and has remained one of the most influential works of literature for nearly three millennia.
By Jenna Deedy3 months ago in BookClub
Abbie & Leo: First Two Chapters
Chapter 1 Traversing these once farmed lands, Abbie’s gazing rests on a faraway lone, barren tree in the emerald dewy morning grass of her homeland. Grieving her Leo feels like unexpected tricks playing pinball inside her brain. Constantly adjusting the aperture; closing in on the memorable moments of their real love. Kissing his neck, the indescribable b.o. of Leo while he kneaded bread dough: the most delectable monkeybread on an otherwise dull Sunday afternoon. What Abbie wanted to touch more than anything else in the world: the coziness of Leo’s gentle, yet thin lips kissing her goodbye each morning as he left for school to teach those loving and quirky teenage spirits. Her cracking lips in the crisp November morning air comforted Abbie’s loneliness now. Believing in heaven or hell was for the birds as far as Abbie was concerned. Imagining Leo lounging in a stardusted bed of clouds in a dimension where his body aches and collapsing aorta didn’t exist was way more believable to Abbie. All the idiotic and societally acceptable phrases like “He’s in a better place now” and “God has him now” gutpunched Abbie like a bully knocking the wind out of her during kindergarten recess. Catching a waft of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies, Abbie felt this pulling sensation from the tips of her toes. Due North her feet raced and no one could stop her. No one.
By Karen J. Imas3 months ago in BookClub
Kay Hooper
Kay Hooper A Bishop Files Trilogy If interested in science fiction mixed with romance, spiritualism, and a little eroticism (sex) thriller and maybe even a little suspense this series of three will be for you to read and enjoy. Noah Bishop, FBI is the one in charge or this mission among missions and will require skills and patience that in my eyes to figure out why psychics that are born and/or made are disappearing.
By Mark Graham3 months ago in BookClub
Margo’s Got Money Troubles
It’s rare for me to find a book I can finish in a single weekend. I discovered this one while my husband and I waited for our daughter and her friend to complete an escape room. The other girl’s dad graciously offered to stay and text us when the girls were finished so we could make our own little escape. We gleefully headed down to the local bookstore for a browse.
By Leslie Writes3 months ago in BookClub
Rachel Reviews: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
I don't know if you find this but books are like people you meet: there are some with whom you connect straightaway; there are others that you tolerate begrudgingly; there are those that you like but you can leave; and there are others that are so unlike you that you take the mickey out of them when they're not around.
By Rachel Deeming3 months ago in BookClub
More Short Book Blurbs
Here are a few more books that I have read over the past months. This group of books are mainly romance, but a few could be fantasy as well as mystery crime stories. I have a stack of these books that will be presented with a short summary and how one could use it somehow even with the romance stories maybe.
By Mark Graham3 months ago in BookClub
Rachel Reviews: When the Darkness Swallowed the Sun by Robin Newbold
Thailand, known for its beautiful islands and beaches, is thought as easily accessible if you want a taste of the East on the cheap. But often what is considered idyllic can be too good to be true and that's what Robin Newbold shows in this novel - that what you can see on the surface is most definitely only part of the picture; there is most assuredly something else lurking and it is not smiling at you. In fact, it might be stalking you, after whatever it can get.
By Rachel Deeming3 months ago in BookClub
