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Book Buying Guide

Looking for a good book to buy as a last minute gift? I’ve got a few suggestions. My reading list for 2016 is over 100 books again this year and it’s been tough to keep this list short!

Winning the “Best Book to Make You Smile, Laugh, and Become Intrigued by the Storyline” award is Robin Sloan’s Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore. Set in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, occasionally in New York, it’s a fun book for anybody who loves books, coding, and fantasy.

If nonfiction story telling is more your thing, then the winner of the “Best Book …

Book Reviews,

Best Books of 2016 (so far)

I’ve read over 50 books in the first six months of the year, and some of them were really good. Here are the best books of 2016 (so far).

I thoroughly enjoyed The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey by Rinker Buck. There’s some profanity, and I don’t agree with his opinions on religion, but how can I resist a story of two aging baby-boomer brothers who buy a wagon and mule team, then travel the Oregon Trail? Between angry property owners and Wal-Mart stops, they see some amazing places and have the experience of a lifetime. Oh, and …

Book Reviews,

Best Books of the First Quarter

A friend asked what have been the best books of the first quarter of 2016. I’ve read about three dozen this year and after looking through the list it was easy to spot what I thought were the best. Decided to break them down into three categories reflecting the genres I’ve read most.

My favorite fictional book has to be The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah. Beautifully written story of two sisters in France during World War II, and how they handled their impossible situations. Simply brilliant. A second choice would be the mystery Adios Hemingway by Leonardo Padura Fuentes.

My …