This trilogy by Alan Dean Foster consists of the books Lost and Found, The Light Years Beneath my Feet, and The Candle of Distant Earth. While I like Alan Dean Foster’s writing generally, though I find much of it much more entertaining than thought-provking (not a bad thing!), I found this trilogy considerably less interesting…
I love books by Andrew Greeley, and this one is no exception. It’s way out of date, copyright in 1983, and in fact can only be found used on Amazon.com, but I generally write on this blog about what I’m reading right now, and this is one book. In the scattered way in which I…
I’ve been reading a viewing a variety of things over the last couple of weeks and I thought I’d comment on a few of them and provide “buy” links. First on my list is a mystery by a new author (for me), Donna Andrews, titled Access Denied. This is one of a series, the Turing…
(Note: All characters, and churches portrayed in this story are, as always, fictional. The attitudes, unfortunately, are not.) Don’t forget hospitality, because by it some have unknowingly entertained angels. — Hebrews 13:2 The sermon was about love and hospitality. Sam was unusually touched by the message, and as he and his wife Joyce exited the…
It seems as though practically every day I hear complaints about people having fun. It really doesn’t matter whether it’s how they talk or live, or the type of entertainment they watch or read, or the sports they play, some humorless wet blanket is going to try to smother their enjoyment. I’ve personally encountered this…
Marat, priestess of Utu, adjusted her position until she had a clear shot both at the priest of Velanac, and at the drummers who stood to either side. To her left, she could see Amrar, priest of Ra, also prepared with a short bow, not all that different from hers. She stifled a laugh. It’s…
Jerin, legal advocate, could not quite believe the young woman facing him across the table. They were in the Aagerinar city jail, and he had been asked to take her on as a client. “Marita, heir to the Earl Northmarch, and also third in line for the Duchy of Aagerinar,” he said, reciting the known…
I’ve decided that putting a single entry for each book I decide to write a paragraph or so about is too scattered. I think I’ll just try to make weekly entries on my reading. Where applicable, I’ll do something similar for what I watch as well, though I watch less than I read. This week…
This was my first book in this series, subtitled A Carolus Deene Mystery. Leo Bruce presents an interesting mystery, though I think some elements of the plot and some of the clues are a bit overdone. I also think that the probabilities are pushed a bit on what a cruise ship can get by with….
I really enjoy books about the second world war, whether they are histories or fiction set in the war. Elliott Roosevelt writes a series of books about his mother, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Murder in the Chateau is a good example of the style of this series. In this case, Eleanor Roosevelt finds herself in Vichy…
