Recipe & Review: Teatime with China Bayles, Susan Wittig Albert Book Series Review: China Bayles Herbal Mysteries China Bayles is the main character of the 28 and counting China Bayles Herbal Mysteries, a cozy mystery series by Susan Wittig Albert. After an intense career as a lawyer, China Bayles moves to the small college […]
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 Series Review: Arcadia Project Series, Mishell Baker
Book Series Review: Arcadia Project Series, Mishell Baker Fantasy: Arcadia Project Series, Mishell Baker Mishell Baker has created a magical world with an extraordinary protagonist. In this world, the world of the magical Fae and the non-magical world we inhabit are inextricably linked. That is the premise of the Arcadia Project books, a series […]
Recipe & Review: Teatime with The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter, Susan Wittig Albert
Review & Recipe: Teatime with The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter Series, Susan Wittig Albert Book Series Review: The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter, Susan Wittig Albert The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter series by Susan Wittig Albert is filled with many delightful ingredients — cozy mystery, historical Lake District setting, fantasy elements. […]
Book Series Review: Binti, Nnedi Okorafor
Book Series Review: Binti; Binti: Home; Binti: The Night Masquerade, Nnedi Okorafor Science Fiction Series: Binti; Binti: Home; Binti: The Night Masquerade, Nnedi Okorafor Binti is one of the most extraordinary students on earth, so special that she has been accepted to Oomza University, the best university in the galaxy. Adding to her uniqueness is her tribe, the Himba, […]
Book Review: The Fallen, David Baldacci
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 […]
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 […]