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“Leroy bet me I couldn’t find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough.” —Rita Mae Brown, Rubyfruit Jungle The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut #2) by Mary Robinette Kowal When I finished the first Lady Astronaut novel, “The Calculating Stars,” I decided […]

Paul’s Book Reviews

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Paul Woodford

Eight short book reviews: fiction, science fiction, mystery, thriller, horror, young adult, fantasy.

Paul’s Book Reviews: My Top Reads for 2018

Posted on December 14, 2018December 14, 2018 by Paul Woodford

This is going to be a short list. Looking back over the books I read in 2018, only three stand out—and by “stand out” I mean books I’d happily read again. Two are new, published this year or in late 2017; one is from 1998 but new to me. Two are mainstream fiction with historical […]

Paul’s Book Reviews: Playing Catch-Up

Posted on September 26, 2018September 26, 2018 by Paul Woodford

My book review posts don’t normally have a theme. They are what they are: reviews of the latest books I’ve read, fiction, nonfiction, thrillers, whatever. This time, though, I include three books I’ve had on the to-read shelf for years … more than a decade in one case … that I finally got around to […]

Paul’s Book Reviews: Fiction, Thrillers, Mysteries, Space Opera, Duds

Posted on February 23, 2018February 23, 2018 by Paul Woodford

“One thing was certain: Rose had been wrong about the world becoming small again. Or at least it would not be the same small world it had been. Too much had changed. And amid those shifts and realignments, Anna had slipped through a crack and escaped.” — Jennifer Egan, Manhattan Beach Manhattan Beach by Jennifer […]