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Fossil Hunter, Robert J. Sawyer

Fossil Hunter Book Two of the Quintaglio Ascension In this trilogy, the Quintaglio race discovers that their world is a spherical moon orbiting a Jupiter-like planet, and that the tidal forces resulting from their proximity to the planet will break … Continue reading →

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Far-Seer, Robert J. Sawyer

Far-Seer Book One of the Quintaglio Ascension Far-Seer is the first book in a trilogy that takes place on a world where dinosaurs rather than homo sapiens have evolved into the intelligent species. Book one follows the discoveries of a … Continue reading →

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The Widow, Fiona Barton

The Widow I found this book in a give-away pile at my friend’s cabin on BC’s Sunshine Coast, and had heard (possibly good) things about it, and if fit my current need for some light reading. Turns out it was … Continue reading →

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No Time for Goodbye, Linwood Barclay

No Time for Goodbye Well, I have some catching up to do! It seems I am about 3 books behind which unfortunately means the next three entries will be a bit hastily written. I read No Time for Goodbye for … Continue reading →

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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two, Jack Thorne

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the script book for a play written by Jack Thorne, based on an original new HP story by Thorne, J.K. Rowling, and John … Continue reading →

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A Year of Not Trying – The Widow, Fiona Barton

Book 1 – The Widow Well, now that the book-per-week is (finally) over, I thought maybe I’d track what I read in a year just as a matter of course. Reading whatever I want, without trying. This is the beginning … Continue reading →

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The Reading Challenge – One Year Later

I love reading, and a year ago, I embarked on a challenge to read one book a week for a full year. At that time, I wrote this introductory paragraph: The challenge: to read a book a week for a … Continue reading →

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Cold Case Vancouver, Eve Lazarus

book 51 – Cold Case Vancouver This book is a collection of unsolved murder cases from Vancouver’s past, ranging from the 1940’s to 2005. The case stories provide an interesting look back on Vancouver’s somewhat sordid past, and remind the reader … Continue reading →

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Beasts of No Nation, Uzodinma Iweala

book 50 – Beasts of No Nation I’ll get straight to it: I  hated this book. Its the story of a Agu, young boy (age unknown, but perhaps around 8?) who is kidnapped by a warlord in an African country … Continue reading →

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Schrödinger’s Cat Trilogy, Robert Anton Wilson

book 47/48/49 – Schrödinger’s Cat Trilogy, Robert Anton Wilson Confession: I bought this book years ago, thinking it was “In Search Of Schrodinger’s Cat” by John Gribbin, a book about quantum theory and reality that I keep lending to people … Continue reading →

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