Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki:   Reviewed by Kristin Donuts. Aliens. Demons. I’m pretty sure I’ve never read a book which combined these three elements before. If I ha...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky:   Reviewed by Ben The latest book I finished was Roadside Picnic , written by Soviet authors Arkady and Boris Strugatsky in 1972. The book i...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: When the Sky Fell on Splendor by Emily Henry

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: When the Sky Fell on Splendor by Emily Henry:   Reviewed by Kristin Mysterious lights, strange manifestations of power, memory loss, unusual scarring which changes shape and size. And th...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Strange Planet and Stranger Planet by Nathan W. Pyle

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: Strange Planet and Stranger Planet by Nathan W. Pyle:     Reviewed by Jeanne  Some months ago I started seeing some amusing comic strips featuring blue alien-like beings with big eyes and an i...

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

Bookblog of the Bristol Library: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Cha...: Reviewed by Kristin Rosemary is glad to head out into deep space with the crew of the Wayfarer.   While the Wayfarer is not the...

Something Very Cool!---Alien Life With Pictures

"Bet you never thought ET would look like this — or that we'd find him hitching a ride on a weather balloon.

But that is exactly what a team from the University of Sheffield says happened, according to a new paper in the Journal of Cosmology. Professor Milton Wainright launched a balloon with special sterile studs that would only deploy when it reached the stratosphere, then retract on the way down."


This is so very cool and the entire article is here.

Free Book Alert

AFTER A LEAN WINTER by David Farland is available here. The book is an estimated 35 pages and is currently free at Amazon as of the time of this posting.

Synopisis on Amazon:

"In 1898, Martians attacked Earth, according to H.G. Wells in his classic War of the Worlds. He tells the story of what happened in England, but what of the rest of the world?

In “After a Lean Winter,” David Farland reimagines the invasion from the point of view of International Best Seller Jack London—with dark and fascinating results!"