Books I've Read

Welcome, Visitor
Display statistics
Books by Author
Log In

Books Listed by Author

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z All

Snow Angels

O'Nan, Stewart
Small town lives intertwine, and relationships go bad. Very moving, but the end was unsatisfying, to me. Sounds like the movie is a lot different from the book, but still good. I find I have already read another book by this author, so had to delete original post and add it again under the original author entry. If that makes sense!

Read:

5/2013

Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut

O'Rourke, P.J.
A collection of O'Rourke's writings, from the 70s to the 90s. Lot's of very funny stuff I would like to remember. Especially liked the lacquer amphibians in Mexico story.

Read:

7/2008

Freaky green eyes

Oates, Joyce Carol
Murder mystery story about Franky, a teen girl whose parents are not getting along. Her dad is abusive, but she does not let her self realize this until it is too late. A a bit of coarse language and such. A YA book.

Read:

11/2009

The Imposition Of Unnecessary Obstacles

Older, Malka Ann
The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti #2. A number of people are missing from the university and Mossa is assigned to check it out.

Quote:

The father of Strevan lived in a type of construction known as a hobbit house...and the door, I was disgusted to see, wasn't even round.

Read:

9/2024

The Mimicking of Known Successes

Older, Malka Ann
Mossa & Pleiti, #1. Hugo award nominee for best novella 2024. From the goodreads description, a "cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance". Oh, I thought the romantic interest was a guy. Ha ha on me! I don't know about the "Holmesian" part, though. I enjoyed it, will read more.

Read:

8/2024

Delirium

Oliver, Lauren
Love is illegal in future America, and Lena finds she has caught the disease. Recommended for middle school by a parent, I find too many f-bombs, and unnecessary ones at that. Otherwise I would add it to the collection, as it has some good messages.

Read:

5/2013

Airborn

Oppel, Kenneth
Matt is a cabin boy on an airship and has a great adventure fighting pirates. Very good!

Read:

3/2005

Skybreaker

Oppel, Kenneth
Matt has another adventure involving dirigibles, ornithopters, and Kate.

Read:

7/2006

Dear Miss Breed

Oppenheim, Joanne
San Diego children's librarian Clara Breed wrote and sent books to the Japanese-American children that she knew who were removed to the camps during World War II. I like the book, but disagree with her characterization of the camps as 'concentration camps'.

Read:

12/2010

The Library Book

Orlean, Susan
This is the best non-fiction book (that I can remember) that I have ever read. It is about the 80s fire at the Los Angeles Public Library Central, a bit of the history of the Library, and glimpses of the workings.

Read:

7/2019

Cuba 15

Osa, Nancy
Violet is planning for her quinceanera that her abuela insists she should have. Interesting, funny. ALA Notable.

Read:

5/2004

The Bullet That Missed.

Osman, Richard
Another fine entry (#3) in the Thursday Murder Club series.

Read:

8/2023

The Man Who Died Twice

Osman, Richard
Thursday Murder Club #2. Really really good!!!

Read:

1/2022

The Thursday Murder Club

Osman, Richard
I really enjoyed this, so many red herrings! I thought I knew who done it, but each time I was wrong!

Read:

1/2022

MASH: An Army Surgeon In Korea

Otto, Apel
Non-fiction, a U.S. Army surgeon recounts his time in Korea during the war. Very interesting.

Read:

3/2024

Where The Crawdads Sing

Owens, Delia
I really enjoyed reading this book. It was very easy to read, which to me means it was very well written. I've read a number of books by famous authors that are very choppy, it's like no one edited them. This flows very nicely. I learned a bit about marshes and North (It WAS North, wasn't it? I always forget!) Carolina. The ending/reveal, though. No spoiler, but I just don't believe it.

Read:

5/2019

Wonder

Palacio, R. J.
Auggie has been home-schooled up to now, but this semester he going to start fifth grade in a regular school. Well, it's a private school, but it is going to be rough because Auggie has a birth defect that makes him look very scary to children. And adults. A really excellent book, I highly recommend it.

Read:

8/2014

Fight Club

Palahniuk, Chuck
Well, I read it. I didn't much care for it. I don't know what the author is trying to say. I know he is trying to say something, and I respect that, but I'm not getting it.

Read:

12/2023

Diving The Deep

Palmer, Suzanne
Finder Chronicles, #2. Really really enjoyed this one, just like the book one. Now on to book three!!

Quote:

"...he took some small pride that he was keeping the bees in check, and a smug satisfaction that they had to go look up the "Steward of Gondor" before knowing that was a lie too.

Quote:

"Hey, Transit, I don't suppose you can tell me where the bad guys are?"
"Wouldn't that be cheating?"

Read:

10/2024

Finder

Palmer, Suzanne
Finder Chronicles, #1. Repo man in space? Well, it's more than that! I liked it very much. Humor helps, some snappy patter, too. I've started book two already!

Quote:

She was short even among Cernee natives, but built like a tank, if tanks were constructed entirely of muscle and disapproval.

Quote:

..."and because they've probably drawn your sorry ass--"
"We drew all of him," the Shielder said, offended.

Quote:

The Shielder rolled her eyes. "This is why we don't like talking to you people," she said.

Read:

10/2024
20 books displayed
[Abadzis - Addison] [Addison - Alexander] [Alexander - Anderson] [Anderson - Asimov] [Asimov - Bacigalupi] [Backman - Baldree] [Baldree - Barnard] [Barnard - Barnes] [Barnes - Barr] [Barr - Beanton] [Beanton - Beaton] [Beaton - Beaton] [Beaton - Belzer] [Bender - Block] [Block - Block] [Block - Bodett] [Bohjalian - Bova] [Bova - Brink] [Briody - Bryson] [Buchanan - Bujold] [Bujold - Bythell] [Cain - Card] [Card - Carey] [Carlson editor - Chambers] [Chambers - Choldenko] [Choldenko - Clarke] [Clarke - Cody] [Cody - Colfer] [Colfer - Collins] [Collins - Connelly] [Connelly - Constantine] [Constantine - Corbett] [Corcoran - Cornwell] [Cornwell - Crais] [Crais - Crichton] [Crichton - Curry] [Curry - Cussler] [Cussler - Davis] [Davis - Dilloway] [Dionne - Dorsey] [Dorsey - Dowell] [Dowell - Duncan] [Duncan - Elkins] [Elkins - Evanovich] [Evanovich - Fairstein] [Fairstein - Ferris] [Ferris - Flanagan] [Flanagan - Flint] [Flint - Foster] [Fournier - Francis] [Francis - Francis] [Francis - Freedman] [Freedman - Gaiman] [Gaiman - Gash] [Gash - Goffard] [Going - Grady] [Grafton - Grant] [Grant - Greenleaf] [Greenleaf - Grimes] [Grimes - Gruwell] [Gutman - Haldeman] [Haldeman - Hall] [Hallett - Hannigan] [Hard - Heat-Moon] [Heat-Moon - Heinlein] [Heinlein - Heller] [Hemingway - Herrera] [Herriot - Hiaasen] [Hiaasen - Hiaasen] [Hiaasen - Hobb] [Hobb - Holt] [Hoose - Hudgens] [Hudson - Jackson] [Jackson - Johnson] [Johnson - Kaminsky] [Kaminsky - Keating] [Keene - Kienzle] [Kienzle - Kingsolver] [Kingsolver - Koontz] [Korman - Kurson] [Kushner - Larsson] [Lasky - Leckie] [Leckie - Leitch] [Leitch - Lescroart] [Lescroart - Linsdau] [Linville - Lovegrove] [Lovegrove - Luttrell] [Lutz - Macleod] [Macleod - Manley] [Marcinko - Martine] [Martini - Matas] [Matthews - McCall Smith] [McCall Smith - McCrumb] [McCrumb - McSwigan] [Meader - Mikaelsen] [Miles - Moon] [Moon - Morressy] [Morris - Myers] [Myers - Nimmo] [Nimmo - Norton] [Norton - O'Brian] [O'Brian - O'Nan] [O'Nan - Palmer] [Palmer - Paretsky] [Pargin - Parker] [Parker - Parker] [Parker - Patterson] [Patterson - Pavesi] [Peacock - Perez-Reverte] [Perkins - Piper] [Piper - Poyer] [Poyer - Pratchett] [Pratchett - Pratchett] [Pratchett - Pronzini] [Pronzini - Pullman] [Pullman - Quinn] [Quinn - Reeve] [Reeve - Ringo] [Ringo - Robinson] [Robinson - Rowling] [Rowling - Russo] [Russo - Sanders] [Sanders - Scalzi] [Scalzi - Schmidt] [Schmidt - Scottoline] [Scottoline - Seranella] [Setterfield - Shusterman] [Shusterman - Smith] [Smith - Soto] [Sparks - Stark] [Stark - Stephenson] [Stephenson - Stroke] [Stroke - Stroud] [Stroud - Tappy] [Tappyly - Towles] [Townsend - Twain] [Twain - Van Draanen] [Van Dyne, pseud. - Walker] [Waller - Weber] [Weber - Wells] [Wells - Westerfeld] [Westerfeld - Westlake] [Westlake - Wiles] [Wilks - Wodehouse] [Wodehouse - Wouk] [Wrede - Zevin] [Zimmerman - Zusak] 

:
: