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.
Friday, May 29, 2020
Saturday, May 23, 2020
Quarantine Edition Part 10:
Maybe picking a 600 page book and a couple of 300 pages books at once wasn't the best way to keep my book numbers up.
Mercia: A Captivating Guide to an Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of England and the Invasions of the Vikings during the 9th Century by Captivating History
Non-fiction: History, E-book
The history of the Mercia, the kingdom located in what is now the UK. It includes maps.
Oscar Wilde: A Life From Beginning to End by Hourly History
Non-fiction: History, Biography, E-book
A short biography of Oscar Wilde.
Mayflower: A History From Beginning to End by Hourly History
Non-Fiction: History, E-Book
A short history of the most famous voyage of the Mayflower as well as the Pilgrims that were on the ship.
American Legends: The Life of Humphrey Bogart by Charles River Editors
Non-fiction: History, Biography, E-book
Humphrey Bogart started his career as a nude model, for baby food. This quick biography coveres much of his life, but mostly his personal relationships and how he became a movie star.
In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire
Fiction: YA, fantasy, 204 pages
1st, this author's books need to be easier to find which number they are in a series. As I keep reading them out of order as a quick look of the covers doesn't denote that it is a series. But this book is a prequel, even if it is book 4 in the series, so it does do a good job of explaining the important things. Lundy is a girl who is lonely. (Also she gets points from me for reading a series of books I loved when younger, but most people don't know.) Her father is the principle of her school, and she doesn't have friends. She finds a tree with a door in it where there wasn't any tree with or without a door before. She opens it and travels down a hallway with a few rules listed in it that opens to the Goblin Market, a place made for people like her.
Mercia: A Captivating Guide to an Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of England and the Invasions of the Vikings during the 9th Century by Captivating History
Non-fiction: History, E-book
The history of the Mercia, the kingdom located in what is now the UK. It includes maps.
Oscar Wilde: A Life From Beginning to End by Hourly History
Non-fiction: History, Biography, E-book
A short biography of Oscar Wilde.
Mayflower: A History From Beginning to End by Hourly History
Non-Fiction: History, E-Book
A short history of the most famous voyage of the Mayflower as well as the Pilgrims that were on the ship.
American Legends: The Life of Humphrey Bogart by Charles River Editors
Non-fiction: History, Biography, E-book
Humphrey Bogart started his career as a nude model, for baby food. This quick biography coveres much of his life, but mostly his personal relationships and how he became a movie star.
In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire
Fiction: YA, fantasy, 204 pages
1st, this author's books need to be easier to find which number they are in a series. As I keep reading them out of order as a quick look of the covers doesn't denote that it is a series. But this book is a prequel, even if it is book 4 in the series, so it does do a good job of explaining the important things. Lundy is a girl who is lonely. (Also she gets points from me for reading a series of books I loved when younger, but most people don't know.) Her father is the principle of her school, and she doesn't have friends. She finds a tree with a door in it where there wasn't any tree with or without a door before. She opens it and travels down a hallway with a few rules listed in it that opens to the Goblin Market, a place made for people like her.
Friday, May 15, 2020
Quarantine Edition Part 9:
Doctor Who Classics Omnibus, Vol. 1 by Pat Mills , John Wagner, Grant Morrison, Steve Moore, Steve Parkhouse, Dave Gibbons, John Ridgway, Paul Neary
Fiction: Graphic Novel, Pop Culture 360 pages
A collection of Doctor Who stories. Most are from the 4th Doctor.
The Allure of Immortality: An American Cult, a Florida Swamp, and a Renegade Prophet by Lyn Millner
Non-Fiction: History, Religion, E-book
Amazingly the Branch Davidians weren't the first group of Americans who's leader thought that he was Cyrus from the Bible and used the Hebrew version of the name. This book is about a group from the era when many new religions were starting in America. (The leader was related by marriage to Joseph Smith the founder of Mormonism.) His name was Cyrus Teed and the group were called Koreshans. This book covers the whole time of the group and after effects. It starts with the beginnings of the group's ideas when Cyrus worked as a "doctor" who used the positive power of the brain to treat people. We learn about his idea that we were living on the inside of the earth and what we saw as space was the middle of the planet, his thoughts on marriage, and his beliefs on becoming immortal. It then goes over how his group grew and the problems that they faced. They moved down to Florida to start their own Utopian community. And had new problems as well as new successes. It includes the aftermath of the death of the leader. How the group slowly died (both by people leaving, and because as they were a celibate group without recruiting new members, they got old and died with no replacement members.) It also talks about what happened to their land and artifacts after the group was gone.
The History of Cuba in 50 Events by Henry Freeman
Non-Fiction: History, E-book
50 events starting with the earliest inhabitants of the island to modern times.
Cuban Missile Crisis: A History From Beginning to End by Stephan Weaver
Non-fiction: History, E-book
A short history of the Cuban Missile Crisis including info on the main world leaders involved and possible outcomes each would have been worried about.
Battle of Waterloo: A History From Beginning to End by Hourly History
Non-fiction: History: E-book
A detailed description of what happened during the battle as well as the main events leading up to it as well as the aftermath.
The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden and the Trial of the Century by Sarah Miller
Non-Fiction: History, YA, 288 pages
This book goes from the events of the day of the murders through the trails and includes info on the rest of Lizzie's life. It is amazing the number of things that were lost from such a famous case, not to mention the number of things done that we would now see as corrupting evidence and bad police work.
Siege of Yorktown: The Last Major Land Battle of the American Revolutionary War by Henry Freeman
Non-fiction: History: E-book
A quick read on what happened at the siege of Yorktown.
Fiction: Graphic Novel, Pop Culture 360 pages
A collection of Doctor Who stories. Most are from the 4th Doctor.
The Allure of Immortality: An American Cult, a Florida Swamp, and a Renegade Prophet by Lyn Millner
Non-Fiction: History, Religion, E-book
Amazingly the Branch Davidians weren't the first group of Americans who's leader thought that he was Cyrus from the Bible and used the Hebrew version of the name. This book is about a group from the era when many new religions were starting in America. (The leader was related by marriage to Joseph Smith the founder of Mormonism.) His name was Cyrus Teed and the group were called Koreshans. This book covers the whole time of the group and after effects. It starts with the beginnings of the group's ideas when Cyrus worked as a "doctor" who used the positive power of the brain to treat people. We learn about his idea that we were living on the inside of the earth and what we saw as space was the middle of the planet, his thoughts on marriage, and his beliefs on becoming immortal. It then goes over how his group grew and the problems that they faced. They moved down to Florida to start their own Utopian community. And had new problems as well as new successes. It includes the aftermath of the death of the leader. How the group slowly died (both by people leaving, and because as they were a celibate group without recruiting new members, they got old and died with no replacement members.) It also talks about what happened to their land and artifacts after the group was gone.
The History of Cuba in 50 Events by Henry Freeman
Non-Fiction: History, E-book
50 events starting with the earliest inhabitants of the island to modern times.
Cuban Missile Crisis: A History From Beginning to End by Stephan Weaver
Non-fiction: History, E-book
A short history of the Cuban Missile Crisis including info on the main world leaders involved and possible outcomes each would have been worried about.
Battle of Waterloo: A History From Beginning to End by Hourly History
Non-fiction: History: E-book
A detailed description of what happened during the battle as well as the main events leading up to it as well as the aftermath.
The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden and the Trial of the Century by Sarah Miller
Non-Fiction: History, YA, 288 pages
This book goes from the events of the day of the murders through the trails and includes info on the rest of Lizzie's life. It is amazing the number of things that were lost from such a famous case, not to mention the number of things done that we would now see as corrupting evidence and bad police work.
Siege of Yorktown: The Last Major Land Battle of the American Revolutionary War by Henry Freeman
Non-fiction: History: E-book
A quick read on what happened at the siege of Yorktown.
Friday, May 08, 2020
Quarantine Edition Part 8:
Almost 80% done with my yearly reading goal.
Themes and Variations by David Sedaris
Non-fiction: essay, humor, e-book
A short essay on themes of book signing tours that the author has been on.
Thomas Aquinas: A Life from Beginning to End by Hourly History
Non-fiction: Biography, e-book
A quick read about the life of St. Thomas Aquinas.
Native American Mythology: Captivating Myths of Indigenous Peoples from North America by Matt Clayton
Non-fiction: History, E-book
A collection of myths from various groups of Native Americans for North America (largely from what is now the USA) They attempt to include peoples from all major areas (plains, North West, etc) and divide the stories up into themes.
Hannibal Barca: A Life From Beginning to End by Hourly History
Non-fiction: History, Biography, E-book
As most all anyone knows about Hannibal is that time he took war elephants over the Alps, this has a fair amount of information that I did not already know, even if this book is quite short.
Atlantis: Myths, Legends and History by KIV Books
Non-fiction: History, Mystery, E-book
This book first goes over the main points of the story of Atlantis as told by Plato, and then talks about different locations that people have thought were Atlantis and how they fit or don't what Plato said.
Cleopatra: A Life From Beginning to End by Hourly History
Non-fiction: Biography, E-book
A quick look at the life of the last Pharaoh of Egypt.
The Odd Fellow: A Mystery by Ian Honeysett
Fiction: Short Story, Mystery, E-book
As this story is about a small town priest who thinks that there is something up with one of his new parishioners and then goes about solving a mystery that no one asked him too, this book reminded me a bit of a Father Brown Mystery, although this takes place in the 1770's.
Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure by Cecil Castellucci , Jason Fry
Fiction: Pop-Culture 231 pages
This story takes place after Han is frozen in carbonite and before he is rescued. (So between episode V and VI.) In this book the Rebels find out that the Empire is making another Death Star. And so Princess Leia is send on a mission to make the Empire think that the Rebels are collecting in a area far from where their main force's are working on finding a way to stop the new Death Star.
Friday, May 01, 2020
Quarantine Edition Part 7:
Look, if it's an e-book it's a book. I know some of these books are a little short, helping me to stay at at least a book a day.
The Wars of the Roses: A Captivating Guide to the English Civil Wars That Brought down the Plantagenet Dynasty and Put the Tudors on the Throne by Captivating History
Non-Fiction, History, E-book
As one can tell by the long title, this book goes over the history of the War of the Roses. It includes key people, battles, who was king, and how they held onto power or lost it.
Talking to the Dead: Kate and Maggie Fox and the Rise of Spiritualism by Barbara Weisberg
Non-fiction: History, Biography, 336 pages
This book goes over the lives of the Fox sisters, it includes some on their lives before the famous knocking and continues to their deaths.
Alexander the Great: A Life From Beginning to End by Henry Freeman
Non-fiction: Biography E-book
A short gloss over the live of Alexander the Great. It includes more about his early life then many books of this length would.
Boer Wars: A History From Beginning to End by Henry Freeman
Non-fiction: History, E-book
A quick look about the Boer Wars, including info on who the Boers were, what lead to the wars and the effects of the wars.
The Sawbones Book: The Hilarious, Horrifying Road to Modern Medicine by Justin McElroy, Sydnee McElroy,
Non-fiction: History, Science, Humor, Pop Culture 216 pages
Much like the Podcast this book deals with the many, many missteps of medical history.
Mayan Civilization: A History From Beginning to End by Hourly History
Non-Fiction: History, E-book
A quick look at the Mayan Civilization.
Step Aside, Pops (Hark! A Vagrant #2) by Kate Beaton
Fiction: Graphic Novel, 168 pages
This collection of comics has many types of comics in it. Some include stories based of: historic figures, classic novels, as well as taking an old drawing and adding context.
Ancient Civilizations: The Aztecs by Victor Miller
Non-fiction: History, E-book
The actual parts on the history of the Aztecs was mostly good. The parts that tried to show how Europeans were all just as bad or worst then their human sacrifices reads like someone with an ax to grind.
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