Comments for Bookskill https://fieldlibraryadults.wordpress.com A Field Library Book Blog Fri, 07 Dec 2018 20:45:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on ANOTHER LOOK AT LITTLE WOMEN: MEG, JO, BETH, AMY by Sarah https://fieldlibraryadults.wordpress.com/2018/12/05/another-look-at-little-women-meg-jo-beth-amy/comment-page-1/#comment-415 Fri, 07 Dec 2018 20:45:05 +0000 http://fieldlibraryadults.wordpress.com/?p=3028#comment-415 so after reading your review the other day I had a parent come in asking for some literature set in the civil war and I had this on the top of my head to recommend, so thank you!

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Comment on A DIFFERENT KIND OF FIRST ENCOUNTER: SEMIOSIS by DON’T BE AFRAID OF SCIENCE FICTION: THE NEXT READING CHALLENGE CATEGORY – Bookskill https://fieldlibraryadults.wordpress.com/2018/03/05/a-different-kind-of-first-encounter-semiosis/comment-page-1/#comment-364 Thu, 25 Oct 2018 16:53:33 +0000 http://fieldlibraryadults.wordpress.com/?p=2701#comment-364 […] deal with being partially underwater.  Or you could read Semiosis by Sue Burke, which I reviewed here, a book that follows generations of settlers on a world where the dominant intelligence belongs to […]

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Comment on THE GHOST OF NEW YORK YET TO COME: NEW YORK 2140 by DON’T BE AFRAID OF SCIENCE FICTION: THE NEXT READING CHALLENGE CATEGORY – Bookskill https://fieldlibraryadults.wordpress.com/2017/03/13/the-ghost-of-new-york-yet-to-come-new-york-2140/comment-page-1/#comment-363 Thu, 25 Oct 2018 16:53:30 +0000 http://fieldlibraryadults.wordpress.com/?p=1917#comment-363 […] mind blown by big concept science fiction, like Kim Stanley Robinson’s New York 2140, reviewed here, which talks about what the world would be like after catastrophic global climate change causes all […]

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Comment on SPACE: WHERE NO MAN HAS ROCKED BEFORE by DON’T BE AFRAID OF SCIENCE FICTION: THE NEXT READING CHALLENGE CATEGORY – Bookskill https://fieldlibraryadults.wordpress.com/2018/06/27/space-where-no-man-has-rocked-before/comment-page-1/#comment-362 Thu, 25 Oct 2018 16:53:26 +0000 http://fieldlibraryadults.wordpress.com/?p=2852#comment-362 […] deep, something that will make you laugh aloud.  Try Space Opera by Catherynne Valente (reviewed here), or try any of the books in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams.  The […]

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Comment on TIME FOR SOME CATS by Marc-André https://fieldlibraryadults.wordpress.com/2018/10/24/time-for-some-cats/comment-page-1/#comment-361 Wed, 24 Oct 2018 22:11:24 +0000 http://fieldlibraryadults.wordpress.com/?p=2984#comment-361 Cats make everything better. 🙂

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Comment on OUR FRIENDS, THE TREES: THE OVERSTORY by THE 2018 MAN BOOKER PRIZE SHORTLIST BOOKS AT THE FIELD – Bookskill https://fieldlibraryadults.wordpress.com/2018/04/04/our-friends-the-trees-the-overstory/comment-page-1/#comment-337 Tue, 25 Sep 2018 20:43:09 +0000 http://fieldlibraryadults.wordpress.com/?p=2742#comment-337 […] it’s a good match for the vividness of The Mars Room.  I’ve already written about this book here, and if you haven’t checked it out yet, this would be a good time to do […]

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Comment on WHO CHOSE THESE TITLES? THE GREAT AMERICAN READ, PART ONE by THE GREAT AMERICAN READ, PART 2: LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THESE BOOKS – Bookskill https://fieldlibraryadults.wordpress.com/2018/07/25/who-chose-these-titles-the-great-american-read-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-312 Wed, 01 Aug 2018 18:51:36 +0000 http://fieldlibraryadults.wordpress.com/?p=2881#comment-312 […] about The Great American Read, the program set up by PBS to determine Americans’ favorite novel (here).  In my last post, I discussed the odd choices the selectors made with respect to some of the […]

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Comment on CYBORGS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN: ALL SYSTEMS RED by BECOMING (MORE) HUMAN: ARTIFICIAL CONDITION – Bookskill https://fieldlibraryadults.wordpress.com/2017/06/02/cyborgs-just-wanna-have-fun-all-systems-red/comment-page-1/#comment-305 Wed, 30 May 2018 14:30:00 +0000 http://fieldlibraryadults.wordpress.com/?p=2272#comment-305 […] too many spoilers (you can read my review of All Systems Red, or you can just read All Systems Red itself; it’s short and fast), by the […]

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Comment on MURDER IN THE LAST DAYS OF THE RAJ: A RISING MAN by EDGAR AWARD FINALISTS AND WINNERS AT THE FIELD – Bookskill https://fieldlibraryadults.wordpress.com/2017/05/10/murder-in-the-last-days-of-the-raj-a-rising-man/comment-page-1/#comment-289 Mon, 07 May 2018 16:29:24 +0000 http://fieldlibraryadults.wordpress.com/?p=2182#comment-289 […] from Brooklyn relocates to Dallas, and it’s quite a culture shock for her, and for Dallas), and A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee (veteran of the Western Front in WWI goes to Calcutta and is thrown into the […]

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Comment on THE HEAT IS ON: MYSTERIES SET IN THE SOUTHWEST AT THE FIELD LIBRARY by EDGAR AWARD FINALISTS AND WINNERS AT THE FIELD – Bookskill https://fieldlibraryadults.wordpress.com/2017/03/02/the-heat-is-on-mysteries-set-in-the-southwest-at-the-field-library/comment-page-1/#comment-288 Mon, 07 May 2018 16:29:22 +0000 http://fieldlibraryadults.wordpress.com/?p=1863#comment-288 […] the four finalists, I’ve already discussed two in this blog, The Dime, by Kathleen Kent (a tough woman cop from Brooklyn relocates to Dallas, and it’s quite a culture […]

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