Books I've Read

Lt. Leary series #1. A librarian on a planet ends up helping Lt. Leary during revolution/planetary invasion. I enjoyed it very much.

An African girl is kidnapped by slavers and hauled off to the Carolinas, ends up being purchased as a gift for the master's son. Eventually she escapes to Spanish Florida.

High school teen wants to join an exclusive club, hazing leads to tragic end. A cautionary tale. Depressing, too.

Well, I must have read this before, possibly before I even started keeping track of books, but I having read it I don't remember anything of the story, so maybe not. I enjoy it, though! Whales! Dolphins!

Hey, I read this before, why isn't it in here? Oh, must have been before 1998. Well, I read it again, it is still cute. Girl escaping bullys find refuge in the library, discovers book about becoming a wizard, does so.

Noah, an newly-orphaned fifteen-year-old, is sent to live with the uncle he has never met. Uncle is a soldier stationed at Ft. Hale, Colorado, where he is part of the winter-warfare "ski" soldiers known as the "Phantoms". Good story, Noah's pacifistic upbringing causes him some conflict as he goes through training. Good story! Uhh, that should be "Phantoms"...

Janet takes a boat trip back home to Scotland after her husband passes away. She meets three sisters (triplets)who are the life of the ship. They think. The colorful book jacket led me to believe this book would be a humerous tale. Made me think of a Readers Digest Condensed Books story titled Warm Bodies by Donald R. Morris. Except that the Morris book is about the Navy.The book Im thinking of was about a doctor on a cruise ship. But I digress. As I was saying, it is not. Humerous, that is. It IS one of the last of around 25 books the author wrote before she passed away. They were rather popular in the day, there are several web sites and a Wikipedia article devoted to her.

Read this before, read it again. Teen Nancy and he family, minus dad, move to Florida, for what will be and extended stay. Without dad, she leans, as her parents are getting divorced. The last line brought many tears.

Fictionography of Peggy Shippen, wife of Benedict Arnold. She comes off as a bit of a ball-buster.

Book seller traces fine press edition of The Raven. Read sometime in the past.

Two teens live in decaying city and think there must be a way to fix things. Enjoyable kids story. Has a map!

Good finale to the series. Lina and Doon go back to Ember to see if they can find food and supplies to help the people of Sparks make it through the winter.

Lina and Doon and the people of Ember escape the dying underground city and end up on the surface in the town of Sparks.

Third book in series, pretty good, not what I expected!

A gambler, Jake Hollander, acquires two orphans he must supervise on their way to a New Mexico mining town. He is coerced into staying at the town for a month as the town marshal, by the town's newspaper publisher, a "friend" from the past, and the man's sister, a former romantic interest, we surmise. Found this on the Book Exchange shelf at school. Won't be going back, too much cussin'!

Story of Peter attempting to cross the border to West Germany just after World War II. Not written in an especially exciting manner, it is based on a true story, and was a very popular radio drama in Europe. More of a documentical drama. A Withdrawn book.

A monk (I think) investigates goings-on at an abbey. I feel badly I was not able to give this book its just due. Took me two weeks to get through it as it was!

With Bret Witter. Nonfiction story of the military unit tasked with recovering and preserving works of art that had been stolen or damaged, or might be damaged by the allies, even. Good story! A movie was based more or less on the book.

Wierd bio-stream of con. story.

Polly is quite obsessed with Anne Of Green Gables and Pride And Prejudice. She tries to manipulate everyone's love life, to great disaster.