Sunday, April 03, 2022

February and March Books:

 Apparently I didn't make a list of the books I read last month, and so this is a 2 month post.  Also I al already over 50% to my reading goal and so will likely bump it up when I get to it.  

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Robotica by: Bathroom Readers' Institute 
Non-fiction: History, Pop Culture, Science, Sci-fi, 256 pages
A bathroom reader that only deals with things related to robots in some way.

Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom by: Nelson Mandela
Non-fiction: Quotes, 192 pages
A collection of quotes from Nelson Mandela divided by subject and with info on when/where each quote is from.

Adoptable Dog: Teaching Your Adopted Pet to Obey, Trust, and Love You by: John Ross, Barbara McKinney
Non-fiction: Pets, 353 pages
A book on getting a dog with some additional information for issues that may happen in adopting a older dog instead of getting a puppy from a breeder.  

Michigan Haunts: Public Places, Eerie Spaces by: Jon Milan, Gail Offen
Non-fiction: Paranormal, History, 128 pages
A book on places in Michigan that are thought to be haunted.  The book is divided by the type of place it is and has notes about with places are not open to the public.

My Haunted Family: Engrossing Tales of One Family's Encounters with the Unknown by: Rose Pressey Betancourt
Non-fiction: Paranormal, Memoir, 156 pages
This book is a collection of real life ghost stories, but all are ones where the author either heard the story from the person themselves (most of whom were family) or at most was a story a parent told that happened to a grandparent (maybe a great uncle or aunt this was one of the books I read over amonth ago.)

Fathom: The Definitive Edition (Fathom Vol. 1 #0,½,1-13) by: Michael Layne Turner, Bill O'Neil, Geoff Johns
Fiction: Graphic Novel. Sci-fi, 496 pages 
This collection of graphic novels is the story of the Fathom universe.  There is the world above the water that we know, but also a world of humans who live under the oceans. (and also have tech that can go into space.)

 Stitch and the Samurai Volume 1, 2, & 3 by: Hiroto Wada
Fiction: Graphic Novel, Pop Culture, 176 pages, 176 pages & 224 pages
This series asked what would happen if instead of landing in modern Hawaii Stich landed in feudal Japan.   And instead of being found by a little girl who thought he was a dog, he was found by a warlord who thought he might be a raccoon. 

Medieval Women and Their Objects by: Jenny Adams, Nancy Mason Bradbury
Non-fiction: History, Essays, Classic Lit, E-book
This book goes over the late Medieval women of England and France in a series of essays dealing with there objects.  A whole lot of them deal with women in Chaucer.  Ones that don't deal with everything from personal books, churches, to their body itself. 

Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places by: Colin Dickey
Non-fiction: History 320 pages
Turned out I already read this book years ago, but as I already was a couple chapters into it when I noticed, I just finished the book.

Gothic: An Illustrated History by: Roger Luckhurst
Non-fiction: History, Pop culture 288 pages
A book on the major themes, ideas, places, etc of the gothic story.

What the Hell Are You Doing?: The Essential David Shrigley by: David Shrigley
Non-fiction: Art, Comics, Humor, 352 pages
The art of David Shrigley.

How Dogs Work: A Head-To-Tail Guide to Your Canine by: Daniel Tatarsky, David Humphries (Illustrations)
Non-fiction: Science, Animals, 160 pages
This book looks like it should be for children, but the info is more a quick study of the most important things that a new dog owner might need to know with info that seams more for older kids or adults.

Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer by: Harold Schechter
Non-Fiction: History, True Crime, E-book
This is the story of the blowing up of the Bath MI School. It happened in the 1920's making it possibly the 1st time something like this was done in America. (As it was done on purpose and not an issue with a gas leak or other accidental cause.)