I was thrilled to spot a new book by one of my favourite authors on display at the Brodie Library a few months ago, and it didn’t disappoint. Jilly Cooper is popular British writer who has a passion for horses, and a knack for relationships. Her newest book, Mount! focusses on Rupert Campbell-Black’s horse racing... Continue Reading →
Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
Most of us are familiar with Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the story of two young people from opposing families who fall in love. But what happens when you make the star-crossed lovers soldiers on opposing sides of a galactic war; soldiers who are determined to survive despite impossible odds? You get Saga by Brian... Continue Reading →
The Sword of Shannara by Terry Brooks
As someone who doesn’t read a lot of fantasy, I was a little reluctant to pick up this book. I was even more reluctant after the person who recommended it informed me that it was the first book of Brooks’ original trilogy and now part of a growing series. However, I decided to jump in... Continue Reading →
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
I wasn't interested in the Lord of the Rings, indeed, I hadn't really heard much about Tolkien or his writings until The Fellowship of the Ring came out in 2001. I thought it and the sequels were amazing. About a year ago, I saw that Fellowship was on Time Magazines list of All TIME best... Continue Reading →
The Wheel of Time
Every once in awhile I find I am compelled to deviate from my normal reading tastes and delve into a genre I rarely read. In this case the genre is fantasy and the books are the Robert Jordan Wheel of Time series. A few years ago I was over at my buddy Dave’s house and... Continue Reading →
Bond……James Bond
As I was cleaning up the basement yesterday (very ambitious I know) and trying to determine just what was in some of those long forgotten boxes, I came across some absolute gems that I can’t believe I have never written about. If you like espionage, spy drama and suspense, of course you have to try... Continue Reading →
Louis L’Amour
Ok, I’m not much into westerns. Don’t get me wrong, every single Clint Eastwood western rocks (especially Hang ‘em High and Unforgiven, even Two Mules for Sister Sara) but book wise, I’ve never been interested……until I actually picked up a Louis L’Amour novel and basically read it straight through. A few years ago when my... Continue Reading →
The Civil War on Audio
As a follow-up to Karen’s article about Homeland, (I can’t admit to being a certain librarian), I’ve had a month of just enjoying Civil War novels. While reading Homeland, I was also listening to Jeff Shaara’s Civil War Battlefields. Downloaded from the Overdrive Audiobook Section of TBPL’s Virtual Collection, I listened to it on my... Continue Reading →
The Witching Hour by Anne Rice
While I am normally not a huge Anne Rice fan, her novel The Witching Hour is( in my humble opinion) her best novel to date. Rice’s novel follows the story of a specific family bloodline through four centuries until the present. For the past four centuries, persons within each generation of the Mayfair family have... Continue Reading →
Ole Agent Pendergast
Awhile ago a coworker had recommended the authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child to me, especially the books featuring Agent Pendergast. After reading the first book in the Pendergast series, I began my journey through the entire Pendergast series, as well as all other co-authored works and all individual works (which, by the way are... Continue Reading →
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