Frank McGeough

Good near-term sci-fi story about electronic brain enhancement with an emphasis on cultural, personal, relationship impact rather than the science.

Good use of a story within a story. Monsters + Sherlock Holmes = fun read.

I'm glad I read this collection of short stories. The crafting of individual sentences is quite amazing. It's very sad that his life was so short.

Ursula K Le Guin was just getting started as an author. This novel was the start of seeing how good she'd become. There's a lot to like in this one and it can be read without reading the two initial Hainish cycle stories. I enjoyed the exploration of the basis of knowledge, myth, lies and how we understand each other within the context of the main character's journey of self-rediscovery.

Free download on my Kindle, good detective novel

Plot moved along. Protagonist, woman from town where murders are occurring, and now a FBI agent, was interesting. Scenes were just ok. Overall story was ok.

The story line is a bit tangled and the plot isn't necessarily sorted out by the end but the writing is wonderful.

Enjoyed this one. If you haven't ever read Sedaris then you should get the audio book. Hearing David Sedaris read his own writing is the best way to enjoy his novels.

Brilliant twisting tale

Story starts traditionally but takes some unexpected and delightful turns. Loved the descriptions of places and characters. Very glad I picked this one up.

Marvelous story. Glad I read this one.

Really fun novel. Death, a Love Story. Mere mortal Milo falls for the immortal Death (who wants to be called Suzie). Milo is trapped between his love for Suzie and a looming threat of eternal nothingness as he reaches his allotted 10,000 reincarnations. It's definitely silly but the silliness carried me through easily to the end.

Good novel for folks that appreciate Jack Reacher.

Memoirs, in general, are not something I'd read. Someone loaned me this book after they really enjoyed it so I read it. I don't think there's anything particularly 2-star worthy in this book. Its just that I don't enjoy reading these works. Hey, at least I can talk about it with the lender now and understand what's being discussed.

Good sci-fi thriller. Fun book. Page turner.

Good wrap-up of a well done series. Enjoyed reading these.

Fast paced well written political thriller.

Just OK. The concept was somewhat interesting but the plot did not hang together well for me.

Interesting historical fiction about a young German immigrant girl captured by the Kiowa and then sold back after a few years. The story is about her long travel through Texas with an older man, Capt. Jefferson Kyle Kidd, who aims to return her to whatever relatives are left. Time is 1870, shortly after the end of the Civil War, with Texas in a tumultuous state. 2016 National Book Award nominee. The author was a poet prior to the publication of this novel and the imagery is vivid and engaging.

Some OK but very basic recipes but the tone is just odd and I didn't find the gimic funny.

Its not a subject I'm particularly interested in but the novel was really well written.

Really enjoyable novel. Humorous and touching. If you liked “A Man Called Ove” or “A Confederacy of Dunces” then you'll probably like this.

Another very good Claire North book. Unique imagined scenario where a “ghost” is moving from body to body via touch taking over their consciousness.

A fast-paced cinematic novel (20th Century Fox bought the rights to it I believe). An elite crime fighting unit in NYC led by Sgt. Denny Malone battle crime, their own deep involvement in corruption and the more complicated corruption at higher levels of government. Lots of intrigue, violence and a story that is in the hands of an author who can really move the plot along. If you liked books or movies like Serpico or The Departed you'll most likely love this novel.

I'm a sucker for techno-thrillers and Daniel Suarez does a great job of delivering novels where technology is pushed to some barely foreseeable degree. This time its genetic modifications. Fast moving as always and story driven by tech. If you enjoyed Michael Crichton novels then you'll most likely enjoy Daniel Suarez's work.

Good introduction to Vue.js. Clearly written. And amusing.

Interesting rambling discussion of sapiens. How we came to dominate the planet and why? good mix of philosophy, history, archeology.