Tag: Doomsday Book

DOOMSDAY BOOK BY CONNIE WILLIS

I read this for the first time when it was first published in 2008. It wasn't available as an audible book yet, though it would be soon. So my first reading was words on paper. It's the story of the plague, the Bubonic Plague in England. In addition to the many light-hearted stores Ms. Willis … Continue reading DOOMSDAY BOOK BY CONNIE WILLIS

Following The Leader — Bellwether, by Connie Willis

Bellwether was the first full-length novel by Connie Willis I read after finishing her Cambridge Time Travel series. One of the rare book that grabbed me from page one ... really, from sentence one ... in the process of rereading it I realized that this isn't a science fiction book. It's just a very good … Continue reading Following The Leader — Bellwether, by Connie Willis

The Best of the Best of Connie Willis

The Best of Connie Willis: Award-Winning Stories By Connie Willis, with an introduction by Connie Willis 496 pages -- Publication Date: July 9, 2013 Available in hardcover and Kindle Reviewing this collection was a pleasure. I love Connie Willis' writing. All of it. Short stories, novels, novellas, everything. In this volume, I especially enjoyed her introduction. … Continue reading The Best of the Best of Connie Willis

A happy slave to books

Half a dozen times during every month of the year, I see the sun rise and hear the birds sing the morning in. It's not insomnia. I am in the thrall of a good book and I just can't stop reading. I've been a book junkie since I was a very young child and its an … Continue reading A happy slave to books