Walter Does His Best by Eva Pilgrim
In Walter Does His Best by Eva Pilgrim, Walter is a good dog, or at least he tries really hard to be. Kids will enjoy his misadventures - digging in the neighbor's garden, giving up his seat on the subway, helping ducks to cross the street - even though his owner certainly does not. As each of … [Read more]
Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler
Cbr13bingo Reader’s Choice (sub for New Series), bingo #12 Book two of Octavia Butler’s Earthseed Series delivers an astounding gut punch follow-up to Parable of the Sower. Her imagining of what would happen in America’s future is frighteningly accurate. Set in the 2030s and beyond, Parable of … [Read more]
The Devil You Know by Kit Rocha
CBR13Bingo: Rep - Maya has several sensitivity triggers, including certain noises and textures I’m a longtime Kit Rocha reader, so of course I was beyond excited to see the next book in the Mercenary Librarians series. I went in expecting lots of found family goodness, steamy scenes and maybe a … [Read more]
Sundiver by David Brin
David Brin's first novel and the first novel in his Uplift Saga books. I think there are six of them in total. Like first novels, there's a lot thrown at the wall here. Brin was about 30 when he wrote this book, but he was also working on his PhD in Astronomy at the same time. The book itself feels … [Read more]
Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt
It's interesting the number of books that came out in the last few years about fascism and authoritarian governments. This is obviously not one of them, and also not one that fully fits within that new mini-genre. Totalitarianism is not of course a partisan issue, and while there are distinct brands … [Read more]
