Is It Time, Yet? by Lynn Levine and Dirk Steinhoefel
The worst part of a vacation for me is trying to sit long enough to finish a book before I pick up another as now I have time to sit and read. Of course, once your sister hears “The Aunt is Free” she says, “Oh you loooove your oldest nephew so you want to spend time with him….” Sure, why not? What else was I going to do? Read and sleep? Who needs that? All kidding aside, I love my nephew. But he’s not really […]
Luli and the Language of Tea by Andrea Wang and Hyewon Yum
Luli and the Language of Tea by Andrea Wang and illustrated by Hyewon Yum Available July 2026 for paper, hardcover avialalbe read via an online reader Once upon a time there was a little girl named Luli. She did not know a lot of English, and neither did the other children who are in the free care center they are at when their parents go to an English as a Second Language class. This made her sad as she is a friendly girl and likes […]
How to Train Your Evil Robot, by Joy McCullough and Eduardo Medeiros
I would have liked a smidgen more technical information in the book, How to Train Your Evil Robot, but overall this is a fun read about AI or of course, artificial intelligence, but the way it is presented mostly allows for the amount we are given to lead to an understanding of what AI is and what it can do. I read via an online reader copy, therefore I could see the graphic novel format, but am also assuming it might be a bit of […]
Airframe by Michael Crichton
My son finished Jurassic Park and wanted to read another Crichton together. I am not sure why he picked Airframe, but he did and so we read it together. Honestly I have no idea how well known or widely read this book is/was, because I have never (!) before read any Crichton! Airframe is literally about an airframe! Casey Singleton is a quality assurance vice president at Norton Aircraft. In this role, she is tasked with investigating an in-flight mystery/accident that seriously injured like 60 people […]
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is an account of one man’s experience in a Soviet labor camp after World War II. Russian Ivan Denisovich–known as Shukhov throughout the narrative–was captured as a German POW and when released, was accused of being a spy by the Soviet government. Although innocent, he is sentenced to 10 years in a forced labor camp. At the time of the book, he has served eight years already. Even after the 10 years are up, Shukhov […]
Fetty on the Switches by David Simmons
Please note that I received this via NetGalley. This did not impact my rating or review. Well crime/horror is definitely a new genre for me. I have to say that all in all I give this collection 3 stars. Some of the stories I thought were really good and others I felt lost while reading. I did like that Simmons is entirely focused on showing crime in urban areas with most of the characters we follow are Black. I would definitely read something by Simmons […]
