Monthly Archives: October 2004
Typhoon
Robin White People are generally surprised when I share this, but I have a ‘thing’ for submarine stories. I’m not sure what it is – maybe it’s because the isolation of a submarine is so much akin to the isolation of a starship, and I’m a big science fiction geek. But there you have it. … Continue reading
Sanctuary
Nora Roberts I’ve always considered Nora Roberts to be my guilty pleasure author, partly because her books are as much mystery/suspense as they are romance, and educated readers don’t read romance novels…do they? But the truth is, when you want to curl up in bed with something that is total entertainment, Roberts is one of … Continue reading
Stormqueen, and others
Marion Zimmer Bradley After a break during which I read some more modern novels, I went back to Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Darkover series, and read all the books that had been missing from my own collection, largely thanks to the folks at Half Price Books. I’m not going to list every title, but I am … Continue reading
Traitor’s Sun (and others)
Marion Zimmer Bradley During the months of August and September, I was under a self-imposed book-buying moratorium, while we packed the house, and moved from California to Texas. However, I was still engaged in retro-reading, and, because I hadn’t read the series in a long time, I indulged in re-reading the entire Darkover series, by … Continue reading
