Good Sabbath to all those who are religious. Happy Sunday to the rest. :)
The end of yesterday's baseball tournament was rained out yesterday so if the ground dries up, we'll be headed out to games again this afternoon. Is it weird that I'm more excited than the kids?
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Now on to the books . . .
White Seed by Paul Clayton
Rating: 3.6 Stars with 26 votes
Category: Historical
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One of the most haunting mysteries in American history — The Lost Colony of Roanoke — comes roaring back to life in White Seed, with a compelling cast of characters, among them:
Maggie Hagger, indentured Irish serving girl, a victim of rape and intimidation,
Manteo, Croatoan interpreter for the English, inhabitant of two worlds, belonging to neither,
John White, ineffective Governor, painter, dreamer, father and grandfather,
Captain Stafford, brave and disciplined, but cruel soldier, and
Powhatan, shrewd Tidewater warlord who wages a stealthy war against the colonists.
From Publishers Weekly: This above-average historical hews closely to the record of Sir Walter Raleigh's second doomed attempt to plant the British flag in Virginia, but embroiders the who, what, when with enough... embellishment to create a riveting story. The focus is 17-year-old "wench" Maggie Hagger, whose passage on Raleigh's ship was paid by colony Governor Sir John White so she can serve his pregnant daughter. The ship's stormy passage to the New World -- during which widower White falls for Maggie, who is meanwhile evading unwanted advances from a scalawag -- establishes the many well-wrought characters, some noble (particularly real-life Native Manteo), others evil. The depiction of the colony's physical and moral disintegration between 1587 and 1590 -- as drunken, cannibalistic soldiers mutiny and brutalize the settlers they were meant to protect, and as colonists confront disease, starvation and madness -- evokes a harrowing sense of human fallibility. Readers with more than a nodding familiarity with American colonial history will experience a … déjà vu, but others less hip to what happened in late-16th century times will find this saga, which starts slowly but soon reaches page-turner velocity, to be both a dandy diversion and an entertaining education.
Four Seasons of Romance by Rachel Remington
Rating: 4.7 Stars with 3 votes
Category: Romance
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Four Seasons of Romance is the story of Catherine and Leo, a sweeping account of epic feelings, tough decisions, and unkept promises. Choices will be made, lives changed, and hearts broken; but will love triumph in the end?
“In the gentle spring of 1935, Leo Taylor first laid eyes on Catherine Woods and their journey began. Theirs was a love that coursed strong and dangerous, eternal and eternally unpredictable. It’s a story of love, but not a perfect love story; the good ones never are.
Neither Catherine nor Leo imagined the first spark igniting a fire that would burn for more than seventy years—a fire that neither the Connecticut River nor the Ammonoosuc River could wash away. A fire that went through the pouring rains to burn until Catherine and Leo took their last breaths. And while they are both gone, the flame that fueled their hearts is not extinguished. It burns on in each of us through this story—forever.”
The Psych Ward Killer by Michael Price
Rating: 4.7 Stars with 3 votes
Category: Mystery/ Thriller
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Most hospitals are places of healing. This one is a place for killing.
When Municipal Hospital's Psych Ward is transformed into a stage for bizarre, ritualistic murders, Detective James Wilks must outfox the most deceptive killer in Boston's history. From the moment the first victim is found in a halo of blood with an upside-down cross carved in his forehead, James realizes the killer he seeks is pure evil.
The murderer leaves notes on his victims, calling himself Dionysus and boasting of supernatural powers that will prevent his capture. Dionysus intends to "cleanse" the human species by getting rid of the mentally ill. Will he strike too close to home, or will James sniff out this diabolical killer before he snuffs another life? There's a corpse down every hallway and a twist around every corner. Don't miss the thrill-a-minute ride and the shocking ending of The Psych Ward Killer.
Trans-Human by David Simpson
Rating: 4.5 Stars with 19 votes
Category: Science Fiction
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In this sequel to Post-Human, humanity will be forced to face a future more advanced than it could have imagined if it wants to survive. Nineteen months have passed since the AI turned against humanity and was subsequently destroyed. In the meantime, James Keats has turned over the AI's powers to a non-intelligent, easily controlled operating system. He and Thel have left the planet and spent six months vacationing on Venus, which has been newly terraformed without the consent or knowledge of the Governing Council. The AI has been deleted, but the message it sent out into the abyss of space in search of a companion has been answered. An alien force dwarfing the Earth is on its way to find out why the AI has stopped communicating. Keats and company can only assume its intentions will be hostile when it finds out the truth. Only one thing is for sure: nothing will ever be the same again. Welcome to the Trans-Human era. Welcome to the singularity.
