Adventures with Dean until March 5th.
Alcatraz and the Evil Librarians by Brandon
Sanderson. Not my favorite writing style. I’m not a fan of silly asides and
this has plenty of them.
The Last Midwife by Sandra Dallas – Gracey
Brooken is accused of killing a baby. But she is the only midwife in the area.
So she goes about her job as the trial moves forward. Midwives keep lots of
secrets. Absolutely wonderful book. Sandra Dallas is one of my favorites.
Hobby, Hawk, Merlin by Jane
Yolen – The youth of Merlin Trilogy. I love anything to do with the Arthurian
legend. I wanted these books and they did not disappoint. Three quick studies
of Merlin’s youth.
Age of Myth by Michael Sullivan – Raithe
inadvertently becomes the god killer when he slays a fallen elf. His adventures
with escaped slave Malcolm send him to a village where trouble follows. I only
gave it 3 out of 5 stars.
Castle Barebane by Joan Aiken – Val Montgomery
set for a society wedding she feels completely out of place for welcomes an
opportunity to flee the social inequality she is destined for to care for her
niece and nephew in England. A perilous journey that takes them to a Castle in
Scotland.
The God Who Weeps by Terry and Fiona Givens –
Sister Leah Beggs mentioned that she reads this book every year along with The
Miracle of Forgiveness and the Book of Mormon. The Givens give a beautiful
lyrical account of the Mormon beliefs in God. From our premortal experience
with him, his hopes for our mortal trial and his plan to redeem us. It is
beautiful and well worth reading again and again.
The Stranger by Albert Camas (Nobel Peace
Prize for Literature 1957) – To me this was a study in apathy. The main
character was only interested in satisfying his immediate appetites. Commits a
heinous act because he is hot, the sun is bright and the flash of the sun on a
knife blade. Then displays no emotion during his trial.
Agatha Raisin: The Quiche of Death by M.C.
Beaton (Marion Chesney) – This is the first of Agatha’s Murder Mysteries. She
is retiring into the English countryside and cheats to win a quiche contest and
get into the good graces with the locals. It goes terribly wrong when her
quiche kills the judge. Fun, more modern Agatha Christie type mystery.
Snow White and Rose Red by Patricia C Wrede –
Fairytale retelling set in the 1580’s using John Dee and Edward Kelly as the
dwarfs. A time when England was steeped in the mystical and occult. John Dee
was the Queen’s Astrologer at this time and studied ways to summon and commune
with angels.
The Killing Floor by Lee Child – This is the
first Jack Reacher novel. Jack is rambling and ends up in a small town in
Georgia where co-incidentally his brother’s body id found, murdered. Something
deadly is going on in this strange little town. I like the Jack Reacher Movies.
The book was a little more violent than I can handle anymore.
I am Not a Serial Killer by Dan Well (LDS
Author) – John Wayne Cleaver works at his mom’s mortuary. He is fascinated by
the dead and is constantly reining in his urges to become a seriel killer. He
is fascinated by serial killers and lives by a very rigid set of rules to keep
hi urges in check. That is working until a body is brought in that John can see
what the police may have missed that points to this being the work of a serial
killer. His first novel. I enjoyed the story but the subject matter…I won’t read
the follow up books.
The Seventh Bride by T. Kingfisher – Rhea a
miller’s daughter receives a marriage proposal from a nobleman. This is a retelling of Blackbeard. Nicely
done.
Byrony and Roses by T. Kingfisher – Byrony
gets caught in a snow (freakish) storm on her way home from the market.
Retelling of Beauty and the Beast.
Jackalope Wives and Other Stories by T.
Kingfisher – Darkly humorous, quirky short stories and poems
How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn –
I loved listening to this with someone reading who had that beautiful Welsh
brogue and could pronounce those names that looked like alphabet soup. This is
the book I gave out for Christmas this past year. Beautiful story of young Huw
Morgan growing up in a coal mining town. Richard Llewellyn’s gift of
description is unparalleled. The language is beautiful and the story made me
laugh, cheer and cry. Excellent it was.
The Wedding Bargain by Agnes Sligh Turnbill –
A lovely old book I found at a garage sale. Liz Harding is the Private
secretary to Daniel Morgan. She goes into resign after eight years of service
because she is hopelessly in love with her boss. Without knowing her feelings
or intentions he proposes a Marriage Bargain. She agrees in hopes that he will
eventually fall in love with her. But his heart has been hardened by a previous
trauma. When his past comes up to threaten their small happiness and his life,
she must stand by him. Darling romance/mystery. A delightful find.
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
– The witch of the woods requires an infant sacrifice each year. But the witch
can’t understand why the village keeps leaving babies out in the woods. She
rescues them each year and takes them to families in other towns who
desperately want babies. Along the way if she runs out of milk, she feeds them
on star light. One year she makes a mistake and feed the baby lots of
moonlight. Delightful story.
The Innkeeper’s Song by Peter Beagle – A
search for a lost lover brought back to life and three sorceresses trying to
save the world’s most powerful wizard.
All the Truth That’s in Me by Julie Berry –
Judith has had a horrifying experience but survived but she came back mutilated.
She lives on the edge of society and writes in her diary to boy who doesn’t
know she has always loved him. A story of cruelty and redemption.
100 Little Malicious Mysteries Anthology –
Short mysteries by some famous authors and some unknowns. It was a bathroom
book.
Atlantia by Ally Condie – From the author that
gave us the Matched Trilogy. They live in a city under the ocean because the
world above has died. But their city is also falling apart.
Soulless (The Parasol Protectorate) by Gail
Carringer – Alexia Tarrabotti is a spinster in Victoria England. She also
doesn’t have a soul. A vampire attack
ends with the vampire ending up dead. Now vampires are going missing and Alexia
is being blamed. Enter Lord Maccon, big burley handsome werewolf detective.
The Magician’s Apprentice by Kate Banks and
Peter Sis – A boy’s journey from a cruel master to a kind master. He learns to
view the world in a whole way as they travel.
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