Friday, May 29, 2020

Quarantine Edition Part 11:

Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It by Adam Savage
Non-fiction: Science, Pop Culture, 320 pages
This book is all about being a maker, mostly about making things that the author is known for making, but he also has quotes and info from other makers in the book

The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding: A Hercule Poirot Short Story by Agatha Christie
Fiction: Mystery, Short Story, E-book
Poirot is asked to discreetly find a ruby stolen from a prince, by attending a traditional English Christmas out in the country. 

The Vikings: A Brief History by University Press
Non-fiction: History, E-book
Like the title states, this briefly goes over the history of theVikings.

Jefferson Davis Timeline: by Hourly History
Non-fiction: History, E-book
This book goes over the life of Jefferson Davis, in chronological order with a paragraph under each year where something important happened in his life.

A Festival of Ghosts by William Alexander
Fiction: Children's, paranormal, mystery, 272 pages
1st, this is book 2 in the series.  They talk about events from book one in it, but you could read it having not read book 1. Rosa is an assistant librarian, which not only includes what we think of an librarian but also dealing with ghosts, spirits and appeasing them.  She lives in a town that had banished all ghosts for generations, but now is full of ghosts due to the town's banishment being broken.  She, as a kid, is given the task of dealing with the ghosts in the school as well as trying to help her friend who's parent's Renaissance Festival fair grounds are haunted by 2 groups of ghosts.

A Parfait Murder: Out of the Strong Came Forth Sweetness by Luna Snow
Fiction: Mystery, Short Short, E-book
A couple of wealthy people move into a quaint British town and threaten to change everything.  Pat the town's retired librarian tries to think up a way the stop them. But it looks like she is no match for the two schemers. . .

Badwater: A Horror Story (The Shattered God Mythos) by Travis Liebert 
Fiction: Paranormal, Short Story, E-book
This book is about a rescue diver who ends up in an lovecraftian horror.

Murder Aboard the Titanic (Mystery at Sea) by R. Barri Flowers
Fiction: Mystery, Short Short, E-book
This book is actually 2 short stories that both take place on the Titanic, one is about Jack the Ripper being on the boat and the other is an unrealistic romance story on the boat.

The house next door by Tom Coleman
Fiction: Paranormal, Short story, E-book
Sarah is a teen that lives next to a creepy old house with a weird man in it.  After his wife dies, she brings him a pie and disappears.







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