Books I've Read

Guy walks a goodly portion of the length of Baja California with a burro. Pretty good, except for the parts quoting history which, while necessary (I guess), I pretty much disliked. Possibly because the typeface was WAY too small for my old eyes!!

A short (50 page) charming story of two motherless children becoming acquainted with the woman who answered their father's ad for a wife. I got a totally incorrect impression of the story from The Simpson's short snark of it.

British secret agent Calvert solves the mystery of the disappearing ships. Good 60s secret agent stuff.

Scored this volume in a pile of books from the school office. Read it MANY years ago, read it again to see if it was as fabulous as I remembered. It is!!

Professor Shandy travels to Maine to check out some lupines, finds murder. An exquisitely charming mystery with lovely verbal bandinage. One tear at the end.

Sarah Kelling and Max Bittersohn host a wedding and a hot-air balloon drops in!

A ghost come and tells of a treasure to find.

A generation starship gets to its destination, finds its already inhabited. Interesting story. One would have thought 10,000 years in the future a replacement for the f word would have been found, though.

Torie O'Shea investigates a murder concealed by her family.

Torie O'Shea deals with old documents, family trees, and a French connection.

How Women Rode The Bicycle To Freedom. A history of women on bicycles, with many great images.

As user Lala BooksandLala on GoodReads wrote "This was quite possibly the weirdest shit I've ever read." She only gave it two stars. I gave it four. I enjoyed reading and the surprise ending.

Very funny (in parts) story of the author's traumatic brain injury and his recovery (more or less) journey from it.

Fat professor guy loses weight, stops drinking, quits smoking, becomes local hot bicycle rider. Mostly a pretty good book, might read it again.

Friend Ada goes down the rabbit hole after Alice. Hard to read, but interesting anyway. Spent a LOT of time looking up words!

Quote: Oh well. Marmalade has to make its way in life, like the rest of us, she thought. -- pg. 24

Retake on the Cinderella tale. Surprise twist at end, at least I was surprised. A slow-moving story, but interesting.

Confusing story of Winifred Rudge who stops off in London at her cousin's place, run into...ghosts, maybe? It is all cleared up, finally, in a pretty good story. But it was a rough go, for me, for quite a while.

An orphan tooth fairy finds his way the world, while three children and their cousin wait out a MOBY storm for news of their parents.

Is it a sign of a good book when you want to read more? Or is it better to have a satisfying conclusion?

Interesting take on Oz. Sexual situations.

Pretty much what it says. San Diego City only. Lots of pictures and several maps.