Tag Archives: fiction

The Dreadful Lemon Sky, by John D. MacDonald

Posted on September 11, 2026 by schoultz

Why this book; I was looking for something “light” and fun to read, and I had enjoyed my previous two John D MacDonald-Travis McGee novels: A Purple Place for Dying and The Deep Blue Good-bye. I listened to Lemon Sky … Continue reading →

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Reeds in the Wind, by Grazia Deledda

Posted on September 7, 2026 by schoultz

Why this book: On a recommended reading list of books to read before my impending visit to Sardinia. I looked at google and it said that Reeds in the Wind was first published 1913 and Deledda won the Nobel Prize … Continue reading →

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Accabadora, by Michel Murgia

Posted on August 14, 2026 by schoultz

Why this book; Recommended as a book to read before my upcoming trip to Sardinia. Summary in 4 Sentences: We learn early on what a “soul-child” is in Sardinia – a child who is given up to another adult – … Continue reading →

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The Unlikely Occultist – a Biographical Novel of Alice A. Bailey, by Isobel Blackthorn

Posted on February 6, 2026 by schoultz

Why this book: I had read Tom Murphy’s Beyond the Trident which referred to Alice Bailey and her telepathic “coach” being a Tibetan Monk – I was intrigued. Isobel Blackthorn wrote a full biography of Alice Bailey after writing this … Continue reading →

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The Tiger’s Wife, by Tea Obreht

Posted on January 11, 2026 by schoultz

Why this book: Selected by my literature reading group.  Summary in 3 Sentences: This book is hard to summarize, as there are multiple subplots going on in different time windows, with different characters in different places.  The setting is in the … Continue reading →

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The French Lieutenant’s Woman, by John Fowles

Posted on September 21, 2025 by schoultz

Why this book: Selected by my literature reading group. Also, I’ve had my wife’s copy on my bookshelf, unread by me, for decades. Summary in 4 Sentences:  An upper class English gentleman in the late 1860s,  has made a good … Continue reading →

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Remarkably Bright Creatures, by Shelby van Pelt

Posted on September 9, 2025 by schoultz

Why this book:  I listened to a preview of it on audible, in the voice of an octopus in a tank in an aquarium.  Since reading Soul of an Octopus and watching the movie My Octopus Teacher, I’ve been very … Continue reading →

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The Shipping News, by Annie Proulx

Posted on July 30, 2025 by schoultz

Why this book: Selected by my literature reading group – several had already read it and wanted to read it again.  It is one of a handful of novels that won the American Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize in … Continue reading →

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The Japanese Lover, by Isabel Allende

Posted on June 20, 2025 by schoultz

Why this book:  Selected by my literature book club. Summary in 3 sentences:  There are two  key protagonists in this novel, beginning with a young woman Irina who is working in a retirement home in the early 21st century in the … Continue reading →

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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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