Hello readers! My reading slowed way down this month as I published my own book. Now that "Subton Switch" is out in print and e-book, I can take a break from WRITING books and get back into READING them!
"The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World" by Edward Dolnick is my new favourite book.
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Let me add that I despise mathematics. I enjoy history as far as story telling but have no memory for pristine facts and dates. Science, I love dearly, although I do not understand the complexities of the aforementioned maths.
THIS masterpiece described the history of science with mathematical attributes in a way I actually mostly understood! The inner workings of ancient scientific communities was detailed in humour and tongue in cheek observations.
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The diagrams and specific examples made the ideas easy to understand. The tone of the author's voice throughout was void of intellectualisms and nuances of academia. Rather, the text read as a story. It was an enlightening after dinner conversation with a cousin, not an ancient professor with a combed-over scalp in cavernous ivy-league dungeon droning nasally to a layered crowd of 300 stupefied students.
I owe the library five dollars and change in overdue fees. This is a book to delight in and savour. I am already planning on borrowing it again.
P.S. I committed my worst Reader Crime and dog-eared pages. I valiantly tried to set them all back before returning it to the library, but alas, the corners will forever bear the brunt of my curiosity.
"An Exaltation of Shadows: Volume 2" by Ashley Grant, with Bryany Vielman, Meghan Christiansen, Martha Williams, Linda M. Crate, and Nekroturnal Bat, narrated by Thomas Paschal, is a poetry collection published by Dark Gatekeeper Gaming.
This is a conglomeration of all things spooky, creepy, evil, and desolate. Whether it's witches, angels, fairytales, or nightmares, these poems from six different writers are connected by decidedly eerie narration.
This is the perfect collection to haunt your library on a moonless night.
"Seven Lives: The Respawn Saga (Volume 2) by Christian Terry is a game changer!
Gripping action from the beginning continues relentlessly through pages of apocalyptic battle, alien allies and enemies, deadly challenges, steampunk-esque robots, and a wonderfully evil queen.
A journey of friendship, family, and galactic impressions, this sequel to "Ten Lives" is an adrenaline rush.
"The Muslim Prince" by Roger Ley is believable alternate history, written in clear modernity, with insights that are true to life.
This is a story of love and family, new beliefs and old habits, told with Ley's signature wit. Entwined with evident research, accurate historical references, and discerning language, Ley has presented a compelling "what if."
"What if Diana hadn't died?" This is the question answered in "The Muslim Prince."
In this novella, we begin on that fateful day, only in this version, it is unextraordinary. The beloved princess buckles up safely and encounters no dramatic mishap from relentless paparazzi.
Instead, she lives.
And so does the royal family, unchanged by a tragedy that never happened.
Regal Prince William marries well and continues the royal lineage with baby Prince James of Cambridge.
Through the eyes of young James, we see life in this alternate history, in which Diana Princess of Wales is happily married to Dodi Fayed.
"The Muslim half of his family was so much more interesting and exotic than the Windsors, who carried their history like a wet great-coat."
As James grows to adulthood, and governments gain interest in his Muslim allies, the British Empire develops counter-culture revolution that is fantastical yet believable.
What if she had lived?
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