Need Something to Read?

Hi All,

Its summertime and the reading is good!  What? you say?  Read in the summer? Absolutely - its a great time to dig in to a book that will enthrall you, excite you and just darn keep you entertained!

How can you beat that introduction?

Forthwith - a bunch of links to 'best' of type lists of books.  The only difference is that these will be books in various categories.

General Fiction - Modern Library 100 Best Novels 

Library Thing - Best Contemporary Literary Fiction - over the last 30 years  

Science Fiction - NPR - Your Picks - Top 100 Science-Fiction/Fantasy Books

Fantasy - Paste Magazine - 30 Best Fantasy Book Series of All Time

Fantasy - Fantasy Book Review- UK - Top 100 Fantasy Books

Mystery - BestMysteryBooks.com - Top 25 Best Mystery Books

Horror - Worlds Without End - Nightmare Magazine's Top 100 Horror Books

Romance - Bustle - 13 Romance Novels That Should Be On Every Woman's Bucket List

Western - Western Writers of America - Best Western Novels of the 20th Century

So now that you have an impressive list of books to choose from, where do you find these books? At the library of course.  Click on this link to go to the library card catalog to see if the book that you are interested in is on the shelf!

So...with that list I would think most people's interests would be piqued. If I missed a genre/style of writing that you would like to see, email me by clicking on this link!

Enjoy the books and writing!

Regards,
Stu

A Bakers Dozen of Civil War Books

Hi All,

It has been called the war that forged the United States into the country that it is today.  It is historic on a variety of fronts: in terms of the number of Americans killed, the length of the war, the political, social and economic changes it wrought and much, much more.

I'm talking about the United States Civil War from 1861-1865.  There are literally hundreds of websites dedicated to the varied facets of the war: battles, generals, President Lincoln, weaponry, soldiers, photographs and much, much, more.

So if you want to start to learn about the civil war, where should you start? Great question - and this blog post should at least get you started on your journey.  Folks have spent their whole lives studying this conflict - it is worth the time and effort to learn about this amazing period of American history.

So...click on these next few links to find top (best) books on the American civil war. Read on!

Top 12 Civil War Books Ever Written - Salon.com

Civil War Book List - New York Times, The Opinion Pages

Six Books on the Civil War - Smithsonian.com

50 Greatest Civil War Books - Civil War Memory

10 Best Novels About the US Civil War - Christian Science Monitor

Enjoy the links!  Happy reading.

Stu

2014 Lists of Lists

Hi All,

With two full days left in 2014 the countdown begins!  Today's blog entry concerns lists - specifically lists of the best and worst of 2014!  Fun stuff to be sure - and it was even more fun to create this post!

Best Movies of 2014  - The Top Tens
Best Books of 2014 - Huffington Post
Best Laptop Computers of 2014
Best Cars - KBB.com (lots of Top 10 Auto Lists here)
Best Smartphones of 2014
Best Albums of 2014
Best Apps of 2014 - Android and Apple
Best Antivirus Software of 2014
Best Government Agencies to Work for of 2014
Best News Websites of 2014
Best News Bloopers of 2014
Best Cartoons of 2014 - image results
Top 15 Authors to Watch in 2014
100 Best Websites for Writers in 2014

Enjoy the links!

Regards,
Stu