People vs dogs
“The more I know about people, the better I like my dog.”
– Mark Twain
Martian Invaders Meet Mom
Martian Invaders Meet Mom by Rebecca Lickiss and Alan Lickiss, is another free speculative fiction novella, that I recently read on my Kindle. This time it’s a children’s science fiction story. Hostile aliens send two male androids to Earth to prepare for an invasion. The androids meet four boys going to school and join them to learn more. After school, they also meet Mom. The invasion plans might have to be put on hold for a while…
This was a fun quick read that I really enjoyed. Just a simple, lighthearted story, exactly right for me at this time.
Years ago, I read two books by Rebecca Lickiss, Eccentric Circles and Never After and I loved them, especially the first one. To my surprise, other reviewers didn’t love them as much as I did. Oh, well, there’s no accounting for taste.
Housewife with a halflife by Alison Wells
Housewife with a halflife is another speculative fiction novel that I’ve recently read on my Kindle.
Susan Strong is a housewife like any other, until her fairy godfather Dave shows up to warn her that she’s literally disintegrating and that her falling apart could be the end of our universe. He’s there to save her, but he’s not having an easy time of it. First of all, Susan doesn’t quite believe him, even though she likes him. Secondly, during a shopping trip, she and her twin boys are sucked through a portal to another universe. Dave is doing all he can to save Susan’s life and get her and her sons back home again, but he’s running out of time and Susan isn’t really cooperating. She has too much to do, trying to cling to her everyday chores.
I really liked this book. The only thing I didn’t enjoy completely, was the way the book kept getting more serious. I preferred the lighthearted beginning. It wasn’t shallow, just more fun. At this time I really need something to take my mind of things, not be forced to contemplate sombre topics like life and death. However, even at the end, which was somewhat a happy one, I still loved this book and can really recommend it to anyone who likes science fiction and humour.
Never without a book…
“He never went out without a book under his arm, and often came back with two.”
-Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
The Glass Wall by Madison Adler/Carmen Caine
For some reason, I neglected to review a number of ebooks that I downloaded for free from Amazon, right after I read them. I’m trying to remedy that now.
Superficially, this book, Beyond the Glass Wall (The Glass Wall), book one in a series of YA urban fantasy books, sounds like any recent YA fantasy book. If I’d read the blurb I probably wouldn’t have bothered reading it. But my list of Kindle freebies is so long and from my view on my Kindle I can’t see what the book is about, just the title. So I did start reading it and I quickly realized that I liked it.
The books starts with the main character, 17-year-old Sydney, moving in with a new foster family. She’s been through this a lot so she’s not all that bothered. However, the family she comes to is very nice and she slowly finds herself warming up to them. Almost right away, she spots a very good-looking guy moving into a house nearby. Sydney soon finds out that he’s far more than just a handsome stranger.
It appears Rafael, the new guy, has superhuman powers, which leads Sydney to suspect he might be some sort of alien, which isn’t quite the case. It takes Sydney a long time to find out exactly what he is. In the meantime, she also meets another extremely handsome guy, Jareth, who is a rock star. He has a mysterious connection to Rafael, though not really a friendly one.
I can’t seem to give this book justice. It still sounds like a cliche. Just take my word for it, this one is really good. I finished it in just a few days, because I wanted to know more about Rafael and Jareth.
I suppose partly it’s because it’s so easy to see everything through Sydney’s eyes. I liked the way she slowly realized that her foster family was different from earlier ones, who she liked, but never felt completely connected to. Right from the start the parents treat her as their own child. Their daughter takes a little longer to connect with Sydney, but she too, comes to view her as a close family member. This book is the first in a series of four. There’s also a prequel, Behind the Mirror, a short story, that is available for free download on Amazon.
Marry, Date or Dump: Hobbits | Hardcovers and Heroines
Read more here and see the pics.
This is a tough one, but I think I would dump Frodo, date Sam and marry Merry & Pippin. No matter how attractive, Frodo is leaving Middle Earth and Sam – is totally devoted, but probably mainly to Frodo. Merry & Pippin, finally, would probably be a lot of fun to be around.
Hot video
I found this in a newspaper and I thought I’d share it here. Enjoy! (Not safe for work.) I’m not sure if the sound is supposed to be like this, but even without, I’d say it works fine.
A visit to the dentist
Today, I went to the dentist. For the first time in years, I have to return to have a tooth fixed. It’s cracked, but hardly hurts at all. The dentist thinks it might be possible to save it. I’m keeping my fingers crossed.
Crime Fiction Writing Research – It’s a Writer Thing
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the vegan chickpea: Puppy talk
Read more here. We do this all the time but we don’t do the different voices. It’s more about the choice of words, which is typical of each dog (or cat).
