Wednesday, July 28, 2021

July Books:

 I have reached goal 2 and so upped my goal to 75 for the year.  

Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life From Beginning to End by Hourly History
Nonfiction: History, Biography, E-book
A short book on the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Murder On The Texas Eagle (Doreen Sizemore Adventures #1) by Serena B. Miller 
Fiction: Mystery, Short Story, E-book
A elderly lady thinks she is going on an adventure of riding a train to visit her brother who lives many states away, but she wasn't expecting on solving a murder on the trip.  

Fatal Charm: The Shocking True Story of Serial Wife Killer Randy Roth by Carlton Smith
Nonfiction: History, True Crime, Biography, E-book
This is a story of either the most unlucky man with wives, or a cold blooded murder.  As the title shows it is the 2nd case.  Randy Roth was married 4 times.  The 1st and 3rd both divorced him after rater short marriages, the 1st after 4 years the 3rd after 4 months.  But the 2nd and 4th both died in what he tried to convince people were freak accidents. The 2nd "fell" off a mountain, the 4th "drown" while in a blow up boat at a busy beach.  The book goes over his life and well as the court case and all the legal issues with proving the murders (as well as insurance fraud, and other lesser crimes.) It also talks about the Bath Tub Murders and how they effected the legal issues involved in the case. 

Weird Al: Seriously by Lily E. Hirsch
Nonfiction: Biography, Pop Culture
A look into the music of Weird Al with interviews and thoughts by Weird Al. 

The Book of Enoch
Nonfiction: Classic, 115 pages
A book that some felt could be a book of the bible thought to be written by the Old Testament figure, Enoch, also has some things from the Book of Noah.  Also if Noah looked like this book says, he was like a light haired Snow White.

The Loneliness of the Deep Space Cargoist (The Deep Space Cargoist #1) by J.S. Carter Gilson 
Fiction: Sci-Fi, Short Story, E-book
After some space debris left a hole in Inez's ship, she needs to get to a place it can be repaired.  She also finds other ships that have been completely destroyed.  She takes an item from one of the ships causing all sorts of problems.

The Twilight Man: Rod Serling and the Birth of Television by Koren Shadmi
Nonfiction: Biography, Graphic Novel, 176 pages
This graphic novel goes over the life of Rod Serling starting with his time in the military during WWII, and including his years of writing, and time in Hollywood.  It is framed as his talking with a fellow passenger on a plane.