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The Silent Patient is written by British Cypriot (Cyprus) author, Alex Michaelides and this book is his debut novel. This was a must-read thriller of 2019 and New York Times #1 best seller. It also won the Goodreads Choice Award for best mystery/thriller. I was attracted to this book by these laurels and ended up... Continue Reading →
"Kindred" is a Sci-Fi based Historical Fiction Novel written by Octavia E. Butler in 1979. Butler was the first Sci-Fi black woman author. Although the novel was popular and became a best seller, it won no awards until late in the century. I chose this book given its excellent good reads rating and I wanted... Continue Reading →
"Project Hail Mary" is a Sci-Fi Novel by Software Engineer turned Sci-Fi Author, Andy Weir. Andy was the author of the famed book "The Martian" which also turned into a movie starring Matt Demon. I was on a Andy Weir reading spree and after having read Artemis, I turned to Project Hail Mary with high... Continue Reading →
"Artemis" is a Sci-Fi Novel by Software Engineer turned Sci-Fi Author, Andy Weir. Andy was the author of the famed book "The Martian" which also turned into a movie starring Matt Demon. I thoroughly enjoyed both the book and the movie and was wanting to checkout Andy's other works. Once I knew Artemis was written... Continue Reading →
I have to say, I was thoroughly impressed. The book offers a fascinating and detailed look at the early days of Pixar and its journey to becoming one of the most successful and innovative animation studios in the world. One of the highlights of the book for me was the author's insider perspective on the... Continue Reading →
ce·ru·le·anadjective - deep blue in color like a clear sky."cerulean waters and golden sands" I was in for an easy fantasy novel and this book came up my recommendation as a feel-good fantasy novel about magical kids. Interesting as the description sounds, I decided to give this a read. Linus Baker loves rules, which makes... Continue Reading →
The Girl with the dragon tattoo is a suspense thriller written by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson. The plot revolves around Mikael Blomkvist, a publisher at a Swedish Magazine called "Millennium". Blomkvist is hired by a retried CEO, Henrik Vanger, to investigate the missing case of his then 16 year old niece who went missing 36... Continue Reading →
Was on a mood for Sci-Fi Fiction and was foraging the internet and this book, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by by Philip K. Dick. The words Androids and Electric in the title caught my attention. I also read a brief description that Ridley Scott's Blade Runner was based on this book. Never having... Continue Reading →
“Humans were built to look back; that's why we have that swivel joint in our necks”― Stephen King, 11/22/63 Not really a Stephen King fan but there was too much talk going on in reddit about this book that made me want to check it out. Being a fan of historical fiction, the captivating title immediately caught... Continue Reading →
We are marching towards the end of the HP series. Harry is in his Puberty trying to hit on a girl in a restaurant in London Subway when Dumbledore spoils the plan and has them portkeyed to a different place. Harry, from the last book, is different and starts accepting the fact that things always... Continue Reading →
Cognitive Scrawls 