Book Review: The Fallen, David Baldacci Fiction: The Fallen, David Baldacci Amos Decker remembers everything. He cannot forget. After a traumatic brain injury on the football field, his mind changed and he developed a literally photographic memory. This is a terrific help when it comes to solving crimes for the FBI, but far from helpful when […]
Category: Fiction
Fiction: Books to Enjoy & Experience
In this category, Books for Enjoying & Experiencing, you will find fiction in many genres. This section is for readers with eclectic tastes and large to be read piles; you will find books here to talk about with others, perhaps even discover your next book club read, even if your book club is a friend over coffee break or beach read buddy.
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Book Review: Song of the Lion, Anne Hillerman
Book Review: Song of the Lion, Anne Hillerman Fiction Mystery: Song of the Lion, Anne Hillerman For decades, Tony Hillerman brought New Mexico to life through the pages of his marvelous books. Featuring Navajo detectives Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, Hillerman wrote mysteries that shared the beauty of the Navajo nation and its people. Often the landscape […]
Book Review: Waypoint Kangaroo and Kangaroo Too, Curtis C. Chen
Book Series Review: Waypoint Kangaroo and Kangaroo Too, Curtis C. Chen Science Fiction: Waypoint Kangaroo and Kangaroo Too, Curtis C. Chen May is Asian-American History month, so in honor of that we wanted to review one (or more) Asian-American authors on Scintilla. Curtis C. Chen has written two books in his “Kangaroo” series. Both are […]
Book Review: The Tenth Justice, Brad Meltzer
Book Review: The Tenth Justice, Brad Meltzer Thriller: The Tenth Justice, Brad Meltzer I will admit, I am a sucker for some of the blockbuster authors. Baldacci, Grisham, Clancy, Patterson–I have read and will continue to read their books. An author who can tell a story, make me like a character, and pull me into […]
Book Series Review: Foreigner Series, C. J. Cherryh
Book Series Review: Foreigner Series, C. J. Cherryh Science Fiction: Foreigner Series, C. J. Cherryh The first Foreigner book was published in 1994. C. J. Cherryh won her first (!) Hugo Award in 1979. Sustained excellence is hard. Bands come and go. Companies wax and wane. Even countries rise and fall. In any walk […]
Book Review: Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore, Matthew Sullivan
Book Review: Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore, Matthew Sullivan Fiction: Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore, Matthew Sullivan Lydia is a bookseller at the Bright Ideas Bookstore. A large, independent bookstore in Denver, CO, it is the home for a number of quirky employees and for a number of regular patrons, the BookFrogs as the […]
Book Review: An Unkindness of Ghosts, Rivers Solomon
Book Review: An Unkindness of Ghosts, Rivers Solomon Science Fiction: An Unkindness of Ghosts, Rivers Solomon I love finding new books from authors with different voices. Often, their characters are refreshing and also speak with different voices, representing populations that open my eyes to people I might otherwise overlook. Rivers Solomon is such an author, and […]
Book Review: Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders
Book Review: Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders Fiction: Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders George Saunders book “Lincoln in the Bardo” has won some of the most prestigious literary awards given, including being only the second American book to win the Man Booker Prize. It is an extraordinary book, truly unlike anything I have read before. […]
Book Series Review: The Invisible Library Series, Genevieve Cogman
Fantasy Series: The Invisible Library Series, Genevieve Cogman The Invisible Library, Book 1 in The Invisible Library Series The Masked City, Book 2 in The Invisible Library Series The Burning Page, Book 3 in The Invisible Library Series The Lost Plot, Book 4 in The Invisible Library Series The Mortal […]
Author Spotlights: If You like Tom Clancy, You will Like Mark Greaney
Author Spotlights: If You like Tom Clancy, You will Like Mark Greaney Tom Clancy In the 1980s the Cold War was nearing its end, though no one knew it then. Into this backdrop of geopolitical tension and rivalry, Tom Clancy, an insurance agent from Maryland, published his first book. With brilliant and heroic CIA agent […]