When Kindle asked me to rate this out of 5 stars, I had a moment's pause. My confession: it took me over six months to make it through this collection of 17 short stories by Jane Yolen. Some I read in a single sitting, desperately flicking through the pages without hesitation. But unfortunately, … [Read more]
A little too timely
I picked up this book to be a small break from my all the Steinbeck I've been reading lately. I like to alternate a little between fiction and non-fiction. Within the non-fiction, I like to mix it up between professional reading and just interesting. Usually, there is some overlap and I think … [Read more]
He was a user of his own consciousness, but he did not have owner privileges
I thought about the rating for this one for awhile, and a solid three stars doesn't quite capture it. It's better than that, but has some issues that I found...not frustrating....or off-putting exactly, but definitely distracting. So we are in the future, 2144 to be exact, and the patenting of … [Read more]
So Jacob galloped over the fields of Essex, flopped in the mud, lost the hunt, and rode by himself eating sandwiches…
So I am going to spoil this novel about part way through the review, and I will indicate that it's coming, so be forewarned. This is Virginia Woolf's third novel, and according to my looking into it, this one forms a kind of departure in style. I haven't read The Voyage Out or Night and Day, her … [Read more]