Books, Part II

The book that I most heartily recommend for reading is the first novel by Ernest Cline. The title, Ready, Player One, gives a hint as to what the book delves into.It explores the reliance on computer nd the attempt to escape reality on the world wide web.
This is an excellent read. 

I like watching the television show "Bones," so I decided to see if I would like the books written by Kathy Reichs. For me, I like some of the books more than others. If you are expecting to find a novel like the tv show, change your expectations. Other than the main character having the same basic occupation and the same name, nothing else is the same. What I've read so far by Kathy Reichs: Spider Bones, Fatal Voyage, Death DuJour, 206 Bones, Devil Bones, Bones to Ashes, Break no Bones, Cross Bones and Monday Morning.

Robert Liparulo is writing a series called "The Dreamhouse Kings." I picked up the first four of the series at Olive's library. The use of the rooms of a house as portals to other times is an interesting one that Liparulo is slowly beginning to use to its potential. I would recommend this series to younger readers, though there are point that are graphic in depictions of violence
I've read House of Dark Shadows, Watcher in the Woods, Gatekeepers, and Timescape.

I Wish I'd Been There is a compilation of 20 essays by historians and history writers edited by Bryan Hollinshead. The writers pick a day in American history and write an explanation of that period and what they would expect to learn or see on that day. Some of the essays are dry, as you would probably expect, but all are informative.

Joseph Cummins has written History's Great Untold Stories.Larger Than Life Characters and Dramatic Events that Changed the World. A long title for a very good book on forgotten and/or little known facts in history.

Robert Heinlein's, The Door Into Summer  is a favorite of min that I re-read every few months. You have a story with time travel, suspended animation, theft, Love triangles within triangles and a cat. What more could you want?

Ted Bell is an adult adventure novelist that has woven a young readers tale that ties into his adult novels through the characters. Nick of Time is a fine effort which should be an enjoyable book for the younger reader.