Sunday, September 27, 2020

The Wreck of the Nancy Bell by John Conroy Hutcheson


A wonderful tale of true sailors voyage. A lot of sailing language and nautical terms.  But the real masterpiece is the slow terror that engulfs the reader as we all know the ship is going to be wrecked.  But, who will survive?  This is a suspenseful romance as well as an adventure at sea.

Wednesday, September 23, 2020


A classic work of romance and adventure by George Washington Cable.

George Washington Cable (October 12, 1844 – January 31, 1925) was an American novelist notable for the realism of his portrayals of Creole life in his native New Orleans, Louisiana. He has been called "the most important southern artist working in the late 19th century", as well as "the first modern southern writer." In his treatment of racism, mixed-race families and miscegenation, his fiction has been thought to anticipate that of William Faulkner.

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Legacy by James H. Schmitz


In LEGACY, Trigger Argee has been sent by her boss to the University Planet to oversee a plasmoid project. So why aren't Professor Mantelish or Trigger's boss anywhere to be found -- and why is Trigger being kept in the dark? And why is Pilch of the Psychology Service so keen to dig through Trigger's mind?