Category Archives: Books

Foreigner Book Three of the Quintaglio Ascension My least favourite of the trilogy, Foreigner takes on more than it can chew (no pun intended). After introducing us to the Quintaglio society through the adventures of Asfan, the Galileo of their … Continue reading →

The Heart Goes Last We had a very lengthy and interesting conversation about this book in my mini book club. The writing seems quite light and almost silly, especially when considering a few of Atwood’s more concentrated books, like The … Continue reading →

Fossil Hunter Book Two of the Quintaglio Ascension In this trilogy, the Quintaglio race discovers that their world is a spherical moon orbiting a Jupiter-like planet, and that the tidal forces resulting from their proximity to the planet will break … Continue reading →

Far-Seer Book One of the Quintaglio Ascension Far-Seer is the first book in a trilogy that takes place on a world where dinosaurs rather than homo sapiens have evolved into the intelligent species. Book one follows the discoveries of a … Continue reading →

The Widow I found this book in a give-away pile at my friend’s cabin on BC’s Sunshine Coast, and had heard (possibly good) things about it, and if fit my current need for some light reading. Turns out it was … Continue reading →

No Time for Goodbye Well, I have some catching up to do! It seems I am about 3 books behind which unfortunately means the next three entries will be a bit hastily written. I read No Time for Goodbye for … Continue reading →

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the script book for a play written by Jack Thorne, based on an original new HP story by Thorne, J.K. Rowling, and John … Continue reading →

Book 1 – The Widow Well, now that the book-per-week is (finally) over, I thought maybe I’d track what I read in a year just as a matter of course. Reading whatever I want, without trying. This is the beginning … Continue reading →

I love reading, and a year ago, I embarked on a challenge to read one book a week for a full year. At that time, I wrote this introductory paragraph: The challenge: to read a book a week for a … Continue reading →

book 51 – Cold Case Vancouver This book is a collection of unsolved murder cases from Vancouver’s past, ranging from the 1940’s to 2005. The case stories provide an interesting look back on Vancouver’s somewhat sordid past, and remind the reader … Continue reading →