Books I've Read

Short chapters recount a boy's life growing up in Tennessee until he leaves home for college. An enjoyable read.

Enjoyable stories, I almost recognize San Diego from my childhood. I'm still looking for the liner sinking with 496 passengers rescued, though. I hear the movie "based" on the book has almost nothing to do with the book.

Claims to about the appreciation of "beauty" in the arts, but I think it is a futuristic detective story. Lt. Chiang investigates odd deaths, some murders, and financial hanky-panky.

A verbose professor travels to study the first alien artifacts ever discovered. Author doesn't seem too keen on religions.

Roget drops to the mysterious planet Haze on behalf of the Federation (ChinoFeds). I liked the story, but some folks on Amazon.com did not care for it.
Earth society seems very like now, but a millennium has passed since the Chinese took over the United States. Seems odd.

Really good non-fiction book about ants. Lots of science stuff, yet pretty readable by the average idiot, like me. Lots of interesting anecdotes, too.

Bee, her mother, and her brother who has CF go on a Make-A-Wish kind of trip to San Francisco to see Great White Sharks near the Farallon Islands. Things don't quite work out as they planned. Good story, read it right through. Now what do I do?

I thought I read this charming story of a charming girl many years ago, but it seems, in the reading, not. Perhaps I am thinking of the charming television series with Megan Follows. EDIT August 25, 2022: Read the Project Gutenberg e-book edition. Still a great book!

Anne is mentioned a few times, but these stories of Avonlea are about other people. Mostly good stories, some great ones, I'd rate it three stars.

Will Ross finds himself the target of the bomber again in the fifth book of the series. Took a while to get into it, but enjoyed it when finished. Thought it was going to be humorous, for some reason, but it is not.

Autobiographical story of boy in 1910 Littleton, Colorado, who is quite the little cowboy. In fact, the first book of the series is Little Britches. Very Little House On The Prarie-ish. Very good.

Ralph goes to live with his Grandfather on the family farm. And meets a girl!

Ralph spends the summer working for Mr. Batchlett at his ranch.

Kylara Vatta commands the Third Fleet of the Space Defense Force in the fourth book of the Vatta's War series.

Lots of traveling around in Book 5 of Paladins Legacy. I was getting near the end and thought that there wasn't enough book to clear everything up, but it did.

Book II of The Deed Of Paksenarrion. Since there is another book I guess she hasn't done the Deed yet. Ha ha. I liked reading this book very much, but the print is too small in paperback, 522 pages worth of small!I am looking forward to book three.

Book three in the Paladin's Legacy series. Very good, always the "did not see THAT coming!" going on for me!

Book 3 in the Kylara Vatta series. Ky learns something about Stella, escapes from a space battle with pirates. Aunt Grace loses her grip for a while...

Paladin's Legacy book 2. I find myself starting off slow, then getting all enthused. Now I've finished this one and I don't have the next. What shall I do? Glad to see a "loose end" may be getting tied up soon.

Paladins Legacy #4. I can't remember a scene that Kieri remembers about the traitor. It's really bugging me!