Monthly Archives: April 2025

Spider World #6 Shadowland, by Colin Wilson

Posted on April 30, 2025 by schoultz

Why this book:   The final book in Colin Wilson’s Spider World Series, following The Desert, The Tower, The Fortress, The Delta, and The Magician.  In some configurations of the Spider World series, the first three books are combined into one, entitled … Continue reading →

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A Soldier of the Great War, by Mark Helprin

Posted on April 30, 2025 by schoultz

Why this book: Recommened to me by several credible friends.  Also, having read >>>>Continie which also takes place in Northern Italy,  and now  that I have hiked 3 times in the Dolomites, where much of this novel takes place, I was … Continue reading →

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Red Dog Farm, by Nathaniel Ian Miller

Posted on April 28, 2025 by schoultz

Why this book:  I’m planning to spend a couple of weeks in Iceland this summer and somehow this book came to my attention as a novel which takes place in rural Iceland fairly recently. I read it as part of … Continue reading →

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Replay, by Ken Grimwood

Posted on April 16, 2025 by schoultz

Why this book:   Selected by my Science Fiction reading group.  Though it was written in 19886 it won several awards  to include Worrld Fantasy Award for best novel in 1988.  Also apparently was the inspiration for the movie Ground  Hog … Continue reading →

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The Anxious Generation, by Jonathan Haidt

Posted on April 8, 2025 by schoultz

Why this book:  Selected by the SEAL book club I help run.  We had previously read Jonathan Haidt’s book The Righteous Mind and found it insightful and enlightening.  Summary in 4 Sentences: This books makes a strong case with impressive … Continue reading →

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The Garden of Evening Mists, by Tan Twan Eng

Posted on April 6, 2025 by schoultz

Why this book:  While I was reading All the Beauty in the World, this book kept popping up on my google and Amazon feeds – if you liked All the Beaurty, you’d probably like this.  I looked it up, the story … Continue reading →

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