Classic horror. A haunted house. Multiple movies/shows based on it. What could go wrong? This book has a lot to offer from the haunts, the investigation, and the psychological chills. But is it really scary? Let's just say that I would have found it entertaining if Zak Bagans and the…
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The Missing (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
In this novel, our favorite gruff, no nonsense, good ol' country doctor returns. That's right - Dr. Katherine Pulaski is back!
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Slaughterhouse-Five
This book always seems to be among the favorites of sci-fi and literature readers alike. So, naturally I have to read it. And man-oh-man is it packed with story elements from sad to darkly humorous and from historical to fantastical. It's a lot to unpack. So it goes.
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The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
What would you do if you lived the same lifetime over and over and remembered everything from your previous lives? Would you try to protect the world? Or destroy it?
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The Power of Myth (Programs 1-6)
I've gone along for many years hearing about The Power of Myth and The Hero's Journey. But it wasn't until the year 2024, some 36 years after it was originally published, that I finally got to hear Campbell and Moyers's discussion for myself.
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The Collectors (Star Trek: Department of Temporal Investigations)
Dulmer and Lucsly are back and with them are more of their friends from the Department of Temporal Investigations. Including one from several hundred years in the future. But can the DTI hold a story all their own without other familiar Star Trek faces?
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Kiss the Girls (Alex Cross #2)
I'm the kind of person who is willing to read just about anything. As I continue my journey through the Alex Cross series, I've decided that erotic fiction is not my jam. Not that I was interested in erotic fiction in the first place. But getting slapped in the face…
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Along Came a Spider (Alex Cross #1)
I'm not sure how many people in my generation (I prefer X-ennial over geriatric millennial) even know who Charles Lindbergh was, let alone what happened to his kid. But you can learn all about it in this thriller in which a character has somewhat of an obsession with the Lindbergh…
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Space Shuttle Stories
Another pick of The Planetary Society Book Club - this for April 2024. As the cover states, this book features firsthand astronaut accounts from all 135 missions. It's loaded with photos too!
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Pliable Truths (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
Picard and Garak on the cover? The Enterprise-D docked at Deep Space 9, er, Terok Nor too?! Oh, this is going to be gooood! [Spoiler Alert: It. Is. Great!]