Books I've Read

Guidebook to interesting, wierd, and possibly disturbing places in the Golden State.

Breq, formerly a starship, is on a quest. Good story, will read the sequels. I am still confused about who is male and who is female. Or maybe it doesn't matter.

The second book in the series. I'm still confused by the lack of gender references, but the story is good. Story got a bit dusty at the end.

A complicated tale of political machinations that takes place in the Ancillary universe. It starts out with Ingray trying to retrieve a thief from a prison planet to help her in a plot to impress her mother, but things rapidly go awry.

I don't know if this is gonna be a series, if so, it is the first one volume. Anyway, the narrator is a big rock, recounting the adventures of Eolo, who is aide to Lord Marat. I like it a lot, I'd read the next no problemo.

Interesting book about names. I've heard the author speak on the radio and television so many times that I read the book in the author's voice. And I think I've heard a lot of this material before.

An abandoned cat is rescued by a boy. Rather disturbing in parts, all is resolved happily.

Before World War II a Korean girl comes to live in Japan and raises her children there. Very good book.

I really did not enjoy reading this book until the second half or so. And it really is a "...fun if high-body-count story involving a long game of cat-and-mouse between two very different personalities. "(Yoon Ha Lee in The Book Smugglers blog Posted on June 16, 2016)

Book two in the trilogy.

Book three. I think it is more accessible than the previous two books, certainly the first! A bit more humor it has, too.

A writer of scripts has an affair with Princess Diana. Some charactors continue from "The Deal".

A writer tells about eleven women named Karen from his life. Rather sexy, fun, poignant.

A movie gets made about Disraeli, eventually.

Five more stories from the world of "A Wizard Of Earthsea". Very nice.

A conman in prison runs a scam. Very funny!! I am reading this again. Written by a guy who was/is in prison.

My mother recommended this author. I was not TOO excited by this novel, but I am inspired to read Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, so I guess that is a worthy accomplishment for Mr. Lehrer.

Chile Palmer gets involved in the record business.

Takes place mostly in Africa, mostly Djibouti, a place with which I was not familiar. The story moved along pretty slowly, I thought, but the ending is, well, an ending. Chapter five, paragraph, three, I think, it says "Yahama". Did no one notice, or no one cared, or the author did it on purpose?

Faux priest returns from Africa to run a scam to get funds. Very unpleasant descriptions of violence in Africa.