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Book Title
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Comments
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| "The Rape of Nanking" |
by Iris Chang. Historical non-fiction about Japan's invasion of Nanking,
China during the Sino-Japanese War. Very graphic and chilling. Educate
yourself--read this book! |
| "Life with it Sorrow, Life with its Tear" |
by Lester Atwell. Nostalgic novel about depression-era America in a
former well-to-do family. 2nd reading. (First was about 20 years ago!) |
| "Dragonseye" |
by Anne McCaffrey. Series: Pern. About the time leading up to Pern's
Second Fall and focusing on Bitra Hold. As usual, a gripping novel. |
| "The Black Sun" |
By Jack Williamson. Sci-fi novel about Earth's attempt to "seed" the
universe. A seed ship lands on a planet with a dying sun. Are they doomed?
Are they alone? Jack Williamson is a pioneer science fiction writer. Did
you know he coined the terms "terraforming" and "genetic engineering?" |
| "Crown of Shadows" |
By C.S. Friedman. Conclusion to the Coldfire Trilogy. Dark fantasy
involving humans who have colonized a planet that feeds off of human emotions.
The main characters are a priest who has found himself unwillingly on the
same side as a man who murdered his family and lives off of the blood of
others for his own immortality. A great trilogy, but don't read the three
books years apart like I did. |
| "For the Term of His Natural Life" |
By Marcus Clarke. Historical novel written in the late 19th century
about the British penal colonies in Australia. Pretty depressing fare but
educational in a general sense. It took me a while to finish--it's not
the easiest reading--but worth it. |
| "Diary of a Blackguard" |
Wonderful fiction story written in 1924. If you are a musician
(classical), you will like this story. |
| "Freedom's Choice" |
By Anne McCaffrey. Sequel to "Freedom's Landing." Not as
good as the first one and not nearly what I expected from one of my favorite
authors. |
| "The Best Cat Ever" |
By Cleveland Amory. Not enough about the cat, but still entertaining. |
| "Dog Stories" |
By James Herriott. Wonderful stories, even if they are about
dogs! |
| "Cat Stories" |
By James Herriott. Made me want to rush out to rent a copy of
"All Creatures Great and Small." |
| "The Sunset Warrior" |
By Eric Van Lustbader. Part I of the Sunset Warrior Cycle.
Power struggle takes place in a failing subterranean society. Kind
of weak, but still entertaining. Each book of this series gets progressively
better. |
| "The Shallows of Night" |
By Eric Van Lustbader. Part II of the Sunset Warrior Cycle. |
| "Dai-san" |
By Eric Van Lustbader. Part III of the Sunset Warrior Cycle. |
| "Beneath an Opal Moon" |
By Eric Van Lustbader. Part IV of the Sunset Warrior Cycle.
Best of the series. Strangely, the main character of the first three of
the series isn't even in this book, but this book is much more gripping
and colorful, though a little stereotypical. |
| "Yankee Samurai" |
By Joseph D. Harrington. Non-fiction depicting the role of the
Nisei (Ameicans of Japanese descent, or second-generation Japanese) in
WWII. The Nisei's actions in WWII shortened the war by at least two
years and saved at least a million lives. This book is a little hard
to follow at times, but like "The Rape of Nanking" is a must read for anyone
interested in Japanese history. |
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