Reviews and Comments

I don't know that I'd start reading Heather O'Neill with this book. I think she's a must-read and I still do.

There's a circus in this book, which is why I assume they compared it to the Night Circus in the blurb. I only read about half of the Night Circus because I got bored and didn't care what happened.

With this book, I cared. Not the best idea with a Heather O'Neill story, but it's not like I had a choice.

I'm about ready for something with a talking mouse.

You don't need me to tell you that Annie Proulx is a terrific writer.

This is a long book. I had to check it out twice to finish it. The story spans centuries. That means that, except for a few people at the end, just about everybody dies.

So it's a long read and if you're like me, it will often make you sad.

But if you feel any connection to trees or forests, you should read Barkskins.

And who isn't connected to trees and forests?

You don't need me to tell you that Annie Proulx is a terrific writer.

This is a long book. I had to check it out twice to finish it. The story spans centuries. That means that, except for a few people at the end, just about everybody dies.

So it's a long read and if you're like me, it will often make you sad.

But if you feel any connection to trees or forests, you should read Barkskins.

And who isn't connected to trees and forests?

Stuart's old columns about poetry, books, readings, small presses and other writers made me want to write again.

I enjoyed this book thoroughly and not just because he refers to one of my friends as his "arch-nemesis" and another one of my friends as a guy "who wears a beret and writes like a Canadian Bukowski".

This is science fiction because it is set in a near future where international politics and journalism works a little differently than it does now.

It moved along and I enjoyed it, but even now that I've finished it, I don't really know what was going on and that is something I don't really like in a book.

It is an interesting take on politics and reality TV intersecting.

This is science fiction because it is set in a near future where international politics and journalism works a little differently than it does now.

It moved along and I enjoyed it, but even now that I've finished it, I don't really know what was going on and that is something I don't really like in a book.

It is an interesting take on politics and reality TV intersecting.

I didn't meet Michael until the 1990s, so I didn't start acquiring his books until then. I don't know why it didn't occur to me to see if the library had any of his books that I haven't read.

Michael writes poems that are like brilliant short stories.

I wish I'd met him sooner and had more of his poems to read.

Even though I love Elmore Leonard's writing, I had always avoided his early cowboy stories because I'm not into cowboy stories.

But I really enjoyed these.

The stories move right along and with just a few words, he gets right into someone else's head.

If you're thinking you might like to try something different from what you usually read, try some Elmore Leonard.

Good action. But now I have to wait for #5 in this series to come out.

This book didn't set me on fire, but I want to find out what happens next. Particularly to the "Mechanical" who is the main character.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. There are no robots, spaceships or aliens, but it's still sci-fi. It is also very good spy fiction.

The series is called the Fractured Europe sequence because it is set in a Europe of a couple decades from now where the EU has fractured and all sorts of tiny countries have split off from the countries we know now.

I feel badly for Dave Hutchinson because in his books, England is still in the EU, but the separate Scotland is not. But he wrote these books before Brexit.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. There are no robots, spaceships or aliens, but it's still sci-fi. It is also very good spy fiction.

The series is called the Fractured Europe sequence because it is set in a Europe of a couple decades from now where the EU has fractured and all sorts of tiny countries have split off from the countries we know now.

I feel badly for Dave Hutchinson because in his books, England is still in the EU, but the separate Scotland is not. But he wrote these books before Brexit.

Interesting take on angels and demons. The noir-style isn't really my thing.

The Expanse series continues to be excellent sci-fi. It's got lots of space ships with believable politics.

The end of this book felt like it could be the end of the series, which would have made me sad. But I see that there are supposed to be at least three more novels.