Book review: “Colony Mars” by Gerald M. Kilby and “Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel…

I recently finished listening to the first 3 books in Gerald M. Kilby’s “Colony Mars” series, and reading “Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel in paperback. The stories are quite different… however, I found both to be engaging in some ways, sometimes exciting, but also with irritations that I noticed as I progressed with them. Here’sContinue reading “Book review: “Colony Mars” by Gerald M. Kilby and “Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel…”

Book Review: “The Windup Girl” by Paolo Bacigalupi

Originally published in 2009, I was gifted a copy of “The Windup Girl” a couple of years ago and have just gotten around to reading it. WOW! What a fantastic story!And what a perfectly executed piece of writing! On the front cover of my copy there is a quote from Time Magazine claiming that ‘BacigalupiContinue reading “Book Review: “The Windup Girl” by Paolo Bacigalupi”