Inner Loop Book List

April 2024 Meeting

Marla reported on 2 Streaming TV shows this month
  • Streaming TV 1)3 Body Problem (Netflix)
  • Streaming TV 2)Shogun (Hulu)
    Pat had no report this month
    Carole had no report this month
    Pego reported on 4 books and 2 book series this month:
  • Audiobook 1)Valdemar (concluding book, Founding of Valdemar trilogy) by Mercedes Lackey
  • 2)Gryphon in Light (Kelvren's Saga, bk 1) by Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon
  • 3)Last Hours series by Cassandra Clare
  • 4)Infernal Devices series by Cassandra Clare
  • 5)Demon Daughter (Penric & Desdemona, bk 12) by Lois McMaster Bujold
  • 6)Jolene (Elemental Masters, bk 15) by Mercedes Lackey
    Rose reported on 2 books, 2 Streaming TV shows, and 1 Cable TV show this month:
  • 1)Second Self (Star Trek: Picard, bk 5) by Una McCormack [Raffi's backstory]
  • 2)Coup de Grâce (Firefly, bk 8) by Una McCormack
  • Streaming TV 3)Star Trek: Discovery (5th & Final Season) (Paramount+)
  • Streaming TV 4)Halo (Paramount+)
  • Cable TV 5)Resident Alien (SYFY, streams on Peacock)
    Clif reported on 1 book this month:
  • 1)Collected novels by Jules Verne [5 novels under one hardback cover]
    Margaret reported on 1 book, 1 book series, and 1 streaming TV show this month:
  • 1)Icarus Job (Icarus, bk 4) by Timothy Zahn
  • 2)Decline & Fall of the Galactic Empire series by Andrew Moriarty
  • Streaming TV 3)Sister Boniface Mysteries (BritBox, now showing on PBS)

    March 2024 Meeting

    Tom reported on 1 book, 4 movies, and 1 streaming TV series this month:
  • 1)Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert
  • Movie 2)Dune, Part Two (Official Trailer)[Warner Brothers]
  • Movie 3)Rebel Moon (Netflix)
  • Movie 4)Godzilla x Kong : The New Empire (Official Trailer) [Warner Brothers]
  • Movie 5)Ghostbusters II (1989, original cast)(Columbia Pictures {Sony})
  • Streaming TV 6)3 Body Problem (Netflix)
    Doug reported on 10 books, 1 movie, 1 TV miniseries, 1 streaming TV series, 1 streaming radio series, and one podcast this month:
  • 1)Bicentennial Man And Other Stories by Isaac Asimov
  • 2)Ugly Little Boy by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg
  • 3)Nightfall by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg
  • 4)Positronic Man by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg
  • 5)Lord Valentine's Castle (Majipoor Cycle, bk 1) by Robert Silverberg
  • 6)To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Riverworld, bk 1) by Philip Jose Farmer
  • 7)Grand Tour series by Ben Bova
  • 8)Project Hope (Science Fiction Book Club selection) by Clifford Simak
  • 9)Universe (Dell 10 cent book) by Robert A Heinlein
  • 10)Dragon and the George (Dragon and the George, bk 1) by Gordon R. Dickson
  • Movie 11)Ghostbusters (2016, female cast)
  • TV series 12)Children of Dune (2003 SyFy miniseries) [currently available on HBO Max]
  • Streaming TV 13)3 Body Problem (Netflix)
  • Streaming Radio 14)RadioClassics: Classic radio dramas & comedy (from the Golden Age of Radio [before television])
  • Podcast 15)Science Fiction (Damien Walter, host)
    Clif reported on 2 books and 1 movie this month:
  • 1)Fall by Neal Stephenson
  • 2)The Rathbones by Janice Clark
  • Movie 3)Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Official Trailer) [Columbia {Sony Pictures Entertainment}]
    Margaret reported on 4 Kindle eBooks this month:
  • 1)Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run Bk 1) by L.M. Sagas
  • 2)Long Run (Interstellar Medic, bk 1) by Patrick Chiles
  • 3)Firewall (Star Trek: Picard, bk 6 [Seven & Fenris Rangers]) by David Mack
  • 4)Tsalmoth (Vlad Taltos, bk 16) by Steven Brust
    Carole reported on 5 books and 2 streaming TV series this month:
  • 1)Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
  • 2)Valdemar (concluding book, Founding of Valdemar trilogy) by Mercedes Lackey
  • 3)Katz' Cat (Katz' Cat series, bk 1 by Dawn Greenfield Ireland
  • 4)Greatest Hits by Harlan Ellison (short story collection)
  • 5)Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan, bk 1) by Tom Clancy
  • Streaming TV 6)Halo (Paramount Plus)
  • Streaming Miniseries 7)Monsieur Spade (Official Trailer) [Co-production between AMC Networks & Canal+. Aired on AMC Networks & Acorn TV]
    Pat reported on 1 book this month
  • 1)Cardinal of the Kremlin (Jack Ryan, bk 3) by Tom Clancy
    Gary reported on 2 streaming TV series and 1 audio drama this month:
  • Streaming TV 1)3 Body Problem (Netflix)
  • Streaming TV 2)Mrs. Davis (Peacock)
  • Audio Drama 3)Third Eye by Felicia Day (Audible)
    Pego reported on 5 books, and 1 movie this month:
  • 1)System Collapse (Murderbot Diaries, bk 7) by Martha Wells
  • 2)Demon Daughter (Penric & Desdemona, bk 12) by Lois McMaster Bujold
  • 3)The Hanged Man (On Her Majesty's Psychic Service, bk 1) by P.N. Elrod
  • 4)Way of the Bear (Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito, bk 8) by Anne Hillerman
  • 5)Castle Shade (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, bk 17) by Laurie R. King
  • Streaming Movie 6)Nosferatu (Apple TV)
    Rose reported on 4 books and 2 movies this month:
  • 1)Rock Rats (Grand Tour, bk 11 AND Asteroid Wars, bk 2) by Ben Bova
  • 2)System Collapse (Murderbot Diaries, bk 7) by Martha Wells
  • 3)Demon Daughter (Penric & Desdemona, bk 12) by Lois McMaster Bujold
  • 4)Second Self (Star Trek: Picard, bk 5) by Una McCormack [Raffi backstory]
  • Movie 5)Dune Part Two (Official Trailer)[Warner Brothers]
  • Movie 6)Godzilla Minus One (Official Trailer)

    February 2024 Meeting

    Carol reported on 1 book and 3 streaming TV series this month:
  • 1)Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
  • Streaming TV 2)True Detective: Night Country (Max) [formerly HBO Max]
  • Streaming TV 3)Halo (Paramount+)
  • Streaming TV 4)Shogun (Hulu)
    Tom reported on 3 streaming TV shows and 1 documentary this month:
  • Streaming TV 1)True Detective: Night Country (Max) [formerly HBO Max]
  • Documentary 2)Dune (Denis Villeneuve) Making of & Behind the Scenes (YouTube)
  • Streaming TV 3)Avatar The Last Airbender [note: Live Action] (Netflix)
  • Streaming TV 4)3 Body Problem (Netflix)
    Gary reported on 2 streaming TV shows and 1 audiobook this month:
  • Streaming TV 1)Star Trek: Lower Decks (Paramount Plus)
  • Streaming TV 2)Star Trek: Prodigy (Netflix) [Note: Cancelled by Paramount+ but now picked up by Netflix]
  • Audiobook 3)Level Seven by William Ledbetter (Audible Original)
    Pat reported on 1 book this month:
  • 1)Messiah Stone (Messiah Stone, bk 1) by Martin Caidin
    Rose reported on 1 book this month:
  • 1)Rock Rats (Asteroid Wars, bk 2 AND Grand Tour, bk 11) by Ben Bova
    Pego reported on 5 books and 1 author recommendation
  • 1)Chain of Gold (Last Hours, bk 1) by Cassandra Clare
  • 2)Mystery novels written by author Laurie R King
  • 3)Stargazer (Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito, bk 6) by Anne Hillerman
  • 4)Hollow Kingdom (Hollow Kingdom, bk 1) by Kira Jane Buxton
  • 5)Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
  • 6)Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
    Clif reported on 2 books this month:
  • 1)Fall [aka Dodge in Hell] (Dodge, bk 2) by Neal Stephenson
  • 2)Ring of Five Dragons (Pearl Saga, bk 1) by Eric Van Lustbader
    Margaret reported on 4 Kindle eBooks this month:
  • 1)A Fire Born of Exile (Xuya Universe Romances, bk 2) by Aliette de Bodard,
  • 2)Long Past Dues (The Unorthodox Chronicles Book 2) by James J. Butcher
  • 3)From the Forest (Saga of Recluce, bk 23) by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
  • 4)Halo Gate (Starways, bk 4) by Alexis Glynn Latner

    January 2024 Meeting

    Tom reported on one book this month:
  • 1)Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
    Gary reported on one book this month:
  • 1)Blindsight by Peter Watts
    Pego reported on 6 audiobooks this month:
  • 1)Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird (Short Fiction Anthology) edited by Jonathan Maberry
  • 2)Infernal Devices, the Complete Collection (Clockwork Angel, Clockwork Prince, & Clockwork Princess) by Cassandra Clare
  • 3)Chain of Gold (Last Hours, bk 1) by Cassandra Clare
  • 4)Surrender None (Legacy of Gird, bk 1) [Prequel to Deed of Paksenarrion] by Elizabeth Moon
  • 5)Feral Creatures (Hollow Kingdom, bk 2) by Kira Jane Buxton
  • 6)Paris Bookseller by Kerri Maher
    Carole had no report this month
    Doug reported on one book series & one streaming TV series this month:
  • 1)Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin
  • 2)Game of Thrones (HBO series based on the Song of Ice and Fire series)
    Pat reported on 2 books this month:
  • 1)Goblin Emperor (Goblin Emperor, bk 1) by Katherine Addison
  • 2)High Country (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds tie-in, bk 1) by John Jackson Miller
    Marla reported on 1 book this month:
  • 1)Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, bk 1)by Becky Chambers
    Margaret reported on 4 Kindle eBooks this month:
  • 1)Long Fall Up: And Other Stories by William Ledbetter
  • 2)Valdemar (Founding of Valdemar, bk 2) by Mercedes Lackey
  • 3)Gryphon in Light (Kelvren's Saga, bk 1) by Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon
  • 4)Demon Daughter (Penric & Desdemona, bk 12) by Lois McMaster Bujold
    Clif reported on one science fiction/fantasy magazine issue this month:
  • 1)Burning Grannies by Rory Harper (cover story in Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, January/February 2024 issue)

    December 2023 Meeting

    Carole reported on 1 book, 1 movie, and 2 streaming TV series this month:
  • 1)System Collapse (Murderbot Diaries, bk 7) by Martha Wells
  • Movie 2)Barbie (Live action movie)
  • Streaming TV 3)Reacher (Amazon Prime Video)
  • Streaming TV 4)Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Specials (including Christmas 2023 Special) (Disney+)
    Rose reported on 1 book series and 3 streaming TV series this month:
  • 1)https://www.fantasticfiction.com/b/ben-bova/asteroid-wars/">Asteroid Wars series by Ben Bova
  • Streaming TV 2)For All Mankind (Apple TV)
  • Streaming TV 3)Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (Apple TV)
  • Streaming TV 4)Rebel Moon (Netflix)
    Pego reported on 2 books, 2 series, and 2 authors this month:
  • 1)System Collapse (Murderbot Diaries, bk 7) by Martha Wells
  • 2)Slay (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, bk 30) by Laurell K Hamilton
  • 3)Jenna Bennett (Fantastic Fiction author)
  • 4)Susan Wittig Albert (Fantastic Fiction author)
  • 5)Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series by Laurie R King (Fantastic Fiction)
  • 6)Hollow Kingdom series by Kira Jane Buxton (Fantastic Fiction)
    Tom reported on 2 nonfiction books and 1 movie this month:
  • 1)Dreamland: An Autobiography by Bob Lazar
  • 2)Their Rails Crossed at Wallis: A Study of the GC&SF and SA&AP Railroads in Southeast Texas from 1879 to 1929 by Ken E Stavinoha
  • Movie 3)Wonka (prequel to "Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory" 1971 film with Gene Wilder)
    Thomas reported on 2 books written in the 1940's during WWII and 1 book series this month:
  • 1)A Christmas Party (Country House Mysteries, bk 9)[AKA Envious Casca] by Georgette Heyer (copyright 1941)
  • 2)Murder After Christmas by Rupert Latimer (copyright 1944)
  • 3)British Library Crime Classics (A series by Martin Edwards) (Fantastic Fiction)
    Alison reported on 1 book series and 1 author this month:
  • 1)Immortal Descendants, a series by April White (Fantastic Fiction)
  • 2)Nora Roberts (Fantastic Fiction)
    Amy reported on 1 graphic novel, 1 nonfiction book,
  • Graphic novel 1)Murder on the Orient Express: The Graphic Novel by Agatha Christie (adapted by & illustrated by Bob Al-Greene)
  • 2)Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy by Nathaniel Philbrick
    Anita reported on 1 cable TV show this month:
  • 1)Unexplained, hosted by William Shatner (History Channel)
    Doug reported on 2 books this month:
  • 1)Downloaded by Robert J Sawyer
  • 2)The Passage (Passage series, bk 1) by Justin Cronin
    Marla reported on 1 book and 1 streaming TV series this month:
  • 1)A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
  • Streaming TV 2)Rebel Moon (Netflix)
    Clif reported on 4 streaming TV shows this month:
  • 1)Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Specials (including Christmas 2023 Special) (Disney+)
  • 2)For All Mankind (Apple TV)
  • 3)Wheel of Time (Amazon Prime Video)
  • 4)Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+)
    Margaret reported on 2 Kindle eBooks and 1 graphic novel on Kindle eBook this month:
  • Graphic Novel 1)Here Be Dragons (Rivers of London series) by Ben Aaronovitch
  • 2)Icarus Twin (Icarus Saga, bk 3) by Timothy Zahn
  • 3)Level Six (Killday, bk 2) by William Ledbetter

    November 2023 Meeting

    Alison reported on one Audiobook series this month:
  • Audiobook 1)Immortal Descendents series by April White
    Carole reported on 2 streaming TV shows and 2 books this month:
  • Streaming TV 1)For All Mankind (AppleTV+)
  • Streaming TV 2)Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+)
  • 3)System Collapse (Murderbot Diaries, bk 7) by Martha Wells
  • 4)Star Trek: Strange New Worlds tie-in The High Country by John Jackson Miller
    Amy reported on two streaming TV shows this month:
  • Streaming TV 1)Shetland Season 8 (Britbox)
  • Streaming TV 2)Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (Britbox)
    Anita reported on one Cable TV show and one author this month:
  • The Unexplained [Hosted by William Shatner](History Channel)
  • Books by Tamora Pierce
    Thomas reported on 1 book this month:
  • 1)The Transuection Machine by Edward D. Koch
    Rose reported on three books this month:
  • 1)Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, bk 3) by Ann Leckie
  • 2)A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, bk 2) by Arkady Martine
  • 3)Dissidence (Corporation Wars, bk 1) by Ken McLeod
    Pego reported on five fiction & 1 nonfiction books this month:
  • Nonfiction 1)You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost): A Memoir by Felicia Day
  • 2)Translation State (set in Imperial Radch world but with new characters) by Ann Leckie
  • 3)Slay (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, bk 30) by Laurell K Hamilton
  • 4)Mary Russell's War (A prequel book in the Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series) [A collection of stories] by Laurie R King
  • 5)For the Sake of the Game: Stories Inspired by the Sherlock Holmes Canon. An anthology of stories edited by Laurie R King and Leslie S. Klinger
  • 6)Dirty Deeds (Savannah Martin Mysteries, bk 9) by Jenna Bennett
    Clif reported on 1 streaming TV show and 1 book this month:
  • Streaming TV 1)New Tricks (Hulu)
  • 2)A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, bk 2) by Arkady Martine
    Margaret reported on three Kindle eBooks this month:
  • 1)System Collapse (Murderbot Diaries, bk 7) by Martha Wells
  • 2)Star Trek: Strange New Worlds tie-in The High Country by John Jackson Miller
  • 3)Olympian Affair (Cinder Spires, bk 2) by Jim Butcher

    September 2023 Meeting

    Amy reported on 1 Cable TV series this month:
  • Cable TV 1)The Food That Built America (History Channel)
    Pego reported on 1 themed anthology book & 3 audiobooks this month:
  • 1) Wolfsbane and Mistletoe edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner. [Short stories by Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs, Keri Arthur, Carrie Vaughn, Karen Chance, & more!]
  • Audiobk 2) Satanic Mechanic (Tannie Maria Mystery, bk 2) by Sally Andrew
  • Audiobk 3) Marlow Murder Club (Marlow Murder Club. bk 1) by Robert Thorogood
  • Audiobk 4) A Cutthroat Business (Cutthroat Business, bk 1) by Jenna Bennett [Omnibus collection, 3 books in box set]
    Rose reported on 3 books this month:
  • 1) Wool (Silo Trilogy, bk 1) by Hugh Howey
  • 2) Shift (Silo Trilogy, bk 1) by Hugh Howey
  • 3) Dust (Silo Trilogy, bk 1) by Hugh Howey
    Margaret reported on 4 Kindle eBooks this month:
  • 1) Warriorborn (Cinder Spires bk 1.5 [novella]) by Jim Butcher
  • 2) Starter Villain by John Scalzi
  • 3) House of Rough Diamonds (Over Where bk 3) by Jane Lindskold
  • 4) Other Rhodes (Rhodes Mysteries bk 1) by Sarah A. Hoyt
    Robert and Carole gave no report this month
    Pat reported on 2 nonfiction books this month:
  • 1)Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman: Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P. Feynman
  • 2)Damn You, Autocorrect!: Awesomely Embarrassing Text Messages You Didn't Mean to Send by Jillian Madison
    Clif reported on 1 book this month:
  • 1)Chantry Guild (Childe Cycle final bk) by Gordon R. Dickson

    August 2023 Meeting

    Pego reported on 2 streaming TV shows & one book this month:
  • Streaming TV 1)Recipes for Love and Murder (Acorn TV)
  • 2)Recipes for Love and Murder (Tannie Maria Mystery, bk 1) by Sally Andrew
  • Streaming TV 3)Outlier (Acorn TV)
    Rose reported on 3 books and 1 streaming TV show this month
  • 1)Wool (Silo Trilogy, bk 1) by Hugh Howey
  • 2)Shift (Silo Trilogy, bk 2)by Hugh Howey
  • 3)Dust (Silo Trilogy, bk 3) Hugh Howey
  • Streaming TV 4)Silo (Apple TV)
    Anita reported on 1 book this month:
  • 1)Battle (House Wars, bk 5) by Michelle West
    Marla reported on 1 book trilogy and 2 streaming TV series this month:
  • 1)Mr. Mercedes (Bill Hodges Trilogy, bk 1) by Stephen King
  • 2)Finders Keepers (Bill Hodges Trilogy, bk 2) by Stephen King
  • 3)End of Watch (Bill Hodges Trilogy, bk 3) by Stephen King
  • Streaming TV 4)Foundation Season 3 (Apple TV)
  • Streaming TV 5)One Piece (Netflix)
    Carole reported on 1 book and 2 streaming TV series this month:
  • 1)The High Country (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds tie-in novel series, bk 1) by John Jackson Miller
  • Streaming TV 2)Foundation Season 3 (Apple TV)
  • Streaming TV 3)Only Murders In The Building (Hulu)
    Margaret reported on 4 Kindle eBooks this month:
  • 1)Other Rhodes (Rhodes Mysteries, bk 1) by Sarah A. Hoyt
  • 2)Suuzu & the Nine Nippets of Legend (Amaranthine Interludes, bk 1) by Forthright
  • 3)Spiral Path (Night Calls, Bk 3) by Katharine Eliska Kimbriel
  • 4)Adversary (Starways, bk 3) by Latner, Alexis Glynn Latner
    Clif reported on 2 books this month:
  • 1) Archie Meets Nero Wolfe: A Prequel to Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Mysteries (The Nero Wolfe Mysteries) by Robert Goldsborough
  • 2)The Final Encyclopedia (Childe Cycle, bk 7) by Gordon R. Dickson

    July 2023 Meeting

    Pego reported on 1 nonfiction and 2 fiction books this month:
  • Nonfiction 1)Rebel Ideas: The Power of Thinking Differently by Matthew Syed
  • 2)House Atreides (Prelude to Dune, bk 1) by Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert
  • 3)Butlerian Jihad (Legends of Dune, bk 1) by Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert
    Carole reported on one book and two streaming TV series this month:
  • 1)The Last Colony(Old Man's War bk 3) by John Scalzi
  • Streaming TV 2)Foundation, Season 2 (Apple TV+)
  • Streaming TV 3)Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+)
    Gary reported on one book this month:
  • 1)Existence by David Brin
    Marla reported on 3 books and 2 streaming TV series this month:
  • 1)Beyond (Founding of Valdemar, bk 1) by Mercedes Lackey
  • 2)Into the West (Founding of Vademar, bk 2) by Mercedes Lackey
  • 3)Mr. Mercedes (Bill Hodges Trilogy, bk 1) by Stephen King
  • Streaming TV 4)Foundation, Season 2 (Apple TV+)
  • Streaming TV 5)Silo (Apple TV+)
    Pat reported on two books this month:
  • 1)The Black Beast (Book of the Isle, bk 4) by Nancy Springer
  • 2)Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, bk 1) by Eoin Colfer
    Rose reported on 1 book series, 2 books, and 2 Streaming TV series this month:
  • 1)Kurtherian Gambit: Empress' Spy 4-book series by S.E. Weir and Michael Anderle
  • 2)The Gunslinger (Dark Tower, bk 1) by Stephen King
  • 3)Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, bk 3) by Ann Leckie
  • Streaming TV 4)Foundation, Season 2 (Apple TV+)
  • Streaming TV 5)Silo (Apple TV+)
    Anita reported on 3 books this month:
  • 1)Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
  • 2)Witness for the Dead (Cemeteries of Amalo, bk 1) by Katherine Addison
  • 3)Grief of Stones (Cemeteries of Amalo, bk 2) by Katherine Addison
    Amy reported on 2 books and 1 documentary Streaming TV series this month:
  • 1)Storm Cursed (Mercy Thompson, bk 11) by Patricia Briggs
  • 2)Cat Me If You Can (Cat in the Stacks Mystery, bk 13) by Miranda James
  • Documentary TV series 3)Alan Carr's Adventures with Agatha Christie (BritBox)
    Clif reported on an Ace Double (2 novellas) this month:
  • 1)Son of the Tree (Nopalgarth, bk 1) by Jack Vance
  • 2)The Houses of Iszm (Nopalgarth, bk 2) by Jack Vance
    Margaret reported on 4 Kindle eBooks this month:
  • 1)Aeronaut's Windlass (Cinder Spires, bk 1) by Jim Butcher
  • 2)Witch King (Witch King, bk 1) by Martha Wells
  • 3)Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
  • 4)Scarlet (Scarlet Revolution, bk 1) by Genevieve Cogman

    June 2023 Meeting

    Pego reported on 5 books, 1 book series, and 1 movie this month:
  • 1)House Atreides (Prelude to Dune, bk1) by Kevin J Anderson and Brian Herbert
  • 2)Movie Dune, part 1 (directed by Denis Villeneuve)
  • 3)Fatal Storm (Cormac and Amelia, bk 3) by Carrie Vaughn
  • 4)My Dear Watson by Margaret Park Bridges
  • 5)Death on Tap (Sloan Krause, bk 1) by Ellie Alexander
  • 6)Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter series by Susan Wittig Albert
  • 7)Medici Manuscript (Glass Library, bk 2) by C J Archer
    Rose reported on 2 books this month:
  • 1)Diplomatic Agent (Kurtherian Gambit: Empress' Spy, bk 4) by Michael Anderle and S E Weir
  • 2)Mages of Starsea (Starsea Cycle, bk 1) by Kyle West
    Carole reported on 1 book and 2 streaming TV shows this month:
  • 1)Last Colony (Old Man's War, bk 3) by John Scalzi
  • Streaming TV 2)Silo (Apple TV)
  • Streaming TV 3)Foundation (Apple TV) [Season Two]
    Pat reported on 3 books this month:
  • 1)The Abolitionist's Daughter by Diane C. McPhail
  • 2)Captain From Castile by Samuel Shellabarger
  • 3)The Canterbury Tales retold by Geraldine McCaughrean (Adapter), Geoffrey Chaucer (Author), Victor G. Ambrus (Illustrator)
    Robert reported on 1 movie and 1 streaming TV show this month:
  • Movie 1)Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
  • Streaming TV 2)Star Trek Strange New Worlds
    Marla reported on 1 Streaming TV show this month:
  • Streaming TV 1)Silo (Apple TV)
    Clif reported on 1 book this month:
  • 1)Stakeout at the Vampire Circus (Dan Shamble, Zombie PI, bk 1.5) by Kevin J. Anderson
    Margaret reported on 4 Kindle eBooks this month:
  • 1)Lord Mettlebright's Man (Amaranthine Interludes, bk 2) by Forthright
  • 2)Night Calls (Night Calls, Bk 1) by Katharine Eliska Kimbriel
  • 3)Kindred Rites (Night Calls, Bk 2) by Katharine Eliska Kimbriel
  • 4)Translation State (Imperial Radch, standalone novel) by Ann Leckie

    May 2023 Meeting

    Carole reported on 2 books, 1 cable TV show, and 1 streaming TV show this month:
  • 1)Beyond (The Founding of Valdemar bk 1) by Mercedes Lackey
  • 2)Into the West (Founding of Valdemar, bk 2) by Mercedes Lackey
  • Cable TV 3) The Ark (SYFY Channel) [Next day stream on Peacock]
  • Streaming TV 4) Silo (Apple TV+)
    Robert reported on 1 musical CD this month:
  • Mirror to the Sky (Yes) [CD released May 19, 2023]
    Pego reported on 4 books this month:
  • 1)Into the West (Founding of Valdemar, bk 2) by Mercedes Lackey
  • 2)Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty
  • 3)The Librarian of Crooked Lane (Glass Library bk 1) by C.J. Archer
  • 4)The Medici Manuscript (Glass Library, bk 2) by C.J. Archer
    Rose reported on 5 books and 1 streaming TV show this month:
  • 1)Into the West (Founding of Valdemar, bk 2) by Mercedes Lackey
  • 2) Lesser Evil (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, bk 3) by Timothy Zahn
  • 3) Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, bk 1) by Ann Leckie
  • 4) Diplomatic Recruit (Kurtherian Gambit: Empress' Spy, bk 1) by S.E. Weir and Michael Anderle
  • 5) Shadows of Eternity by Gregory Benford
  • Streaming TV 6) Last of Us (MAX) [Formerly HBO Max]
    Clif reported on 1 book this month:
  • Nonfiction 1) The Emperor's New Mind - Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Law of Physics by Roger Penrose
    Margaret reported on 4 Kindle books this month:
  • 1) To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit, bk1) by Moniquill Blackgoose
  • 2) Travel by Bullet (Dispatcher, bk 3) by John Scalzi
  • 3) Loki's Ring by Stina Leicht
  • 4) Icarus Hunt (Icarus, bk 1) by Timothy Zahn
    Marla reported on 1 book this month:
  • 1) Our Friends from Frolix 8 by Philip K. Dick

    March 2023 Meeting

    Marla reported on 1 book this month:
  • 1)Fairy Tale by Stephen King
    Pat reported on 2 books this month:
  • 1)The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman (Author), Chris Riddell (Illustrator)
  • 2)The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane: A Novel by Lisa See
    Carole is in the midst of reading 2 books this month:
  • 1)Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, bk 3) by Ann Leckie
  • 2)Into the West (Founding of Valdemar, bk 2) by Mercedes Lackey
    Rose reported on 4 books this month:
  • 1)Icarus Hunt (Icarus, bk 1) by Timothy Zahn
  • 2) Greater Good (Star Wars : Thrawn Ascendancy, bk 2) by Timothy Zahn
  • 3) Lesser Evil (Star Wars : Thrawn Ascendancy, bk 3) by Timothy Zahn
  • 4) Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, bk 1) by Ann Leckie
    Pego reported on 2 books and 1 streaming TV series this month:
  • 1)Provenance (Stand-alone novel set in the world of the Imperial Radch trilogy) by Ann Leckie
  • 2)Into the West (Founding of Valdemar, bk 2) by Mercedes Lackey
  • Streaming TV 3) Shadow and Bone (Netflix)
    Anita reported on 1 book this month:
  • 1)Hob's Bargain by Patricia Briggs
    Margaret reported on 4 Kindle eBooks this month:
  • 1)Raw Space (Canaris Rift bk 1) by Todd McCaffrey
  • 2)Dead Man's Hand (Unorthodox Chronicles bk 1) by James J. Butcher
  • 3)Jigsaw Assassin (Major Bhaajan series bk 4) by Catherine Asaro
  • 4)Miss Bennet's Dragon: A Pride and Prejudice Retelling (Jane Austen Fantasy bk 1) by M. Verant
    Clif reported on 2 nonfiction topics and 1 streaming TV series this month:
  • Nonfiction journal article 1) JWST Sees No Atmosphere on ‘Earthlike’ TRAPPIST-1 Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1b is probably an airless rock, but the same may not be true for its six Earth-sized siblings
    By Alexandra Witze, Nature magazine on March 29, 2023. As republished in Scientific American [retrieved online 4/19/2023 at 8:21 AM].
  • Instructional nonfiction YouTube video 2) ChatGPT 4 Learns to Use Midjourney - It Mastered Promptcrafting! (AI EXPIRIMENTS)
    By MattVidPro AI [YouTube channel], approx. March 29, 2023 [retrieved online 4/19/2023 at 8:33 AM].
    (Chat GPT4 AI program learns to create text prompts to enter into Midjourney AI to create pieces of artwork.)
  • Streaming TV 3)Umbrella Academy (Netflix)

    February 2023 Meeting

    Carole reported on 2 books this month:
  • 1)Fairy Tale by Stephen King
  • 2)Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, bk 2) by Ann Leckie
    Rose reported on 1 book this month:
  • 1)Station Eternity (Midsolar Murders, bk 1) by Mur Lafferty
    Pego reported on 1 book and 1 streaming TV series this month:
  • 1) Chaos Rising (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, bk 1) by Timothy Zahn
  • Streaming TV 2)The Ark
    Marla reported on 2 books this month:
  • 1)Fairy Tale by Stephen King
  • 2)The Sleeper and The Spindle: A Novella by Neil Gaiman
    Pat reported on 1 book this month:
  • 1)The Goods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
    Thomas reported on 1 movie and 2 books this month:
  • 1) The Wandering Earth (Netflix) [adapted from a story by Cixin Liu]
  • 2)Inspector Ghote's Good Crusade (Inspector Ghote, bk 2) by H.R.F. Keating
  • 3)The Puzzle of the Silver Persian (Hildegarde Withers, bk 5) by Stuart Palmer
    Anita reported on 1 book series this month:
  • 1)Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs
    Clif reported on 1 streaming TV series and 2 books this month:
  • Streaming TV 1)Star Trek: Picard, Season 3
  • 2)Rest of the Robots (short fiction collection) by Isaac Asimov
  • 3)The Martian Way and Other Stories by Isaac Asimov
    Margaret reported on 2 Kindle eBooks this month:
  • 1)Village in the Sky (Alex Benedict, bk 9) by Jack McDevitt
  • 2)Bloodstained Shade (Aven Cycle, bk 3) by Cass Morris

    January 2023 Meeting

    Carole reported on four books this month:
  • 1)Fairy Tale by Stephen King
  • 2)Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, bk 2) by Ann Leckie
  • 3)Last Colony (Old Man's War, bk 3) by John Scalzi
  • 4)Songs of Distant Earth by Arthur C Clarke
    Thomas reported on 1 author this month:
  • 1)Craig Rice
    Clif brought a collection of 43 short fiction tales on a loanable Kindle to share this month
    Margaret reported on 4 Kindle eBooks this month:
  • 1)Silver Bullets of Annie Oakley (Elemental Masters, bk 16) by Mercedes Lackey
  • 2)Into the West (Founding of Valdemar, bk 2) by Mercedes Lackey
  • 3)Red Scholar's Wake (Xuya Universe, bk 5) by Aliette de Bodard
  • 4)Silent Blade (Kinsmen bk 1) by Ilona Andrews
    Pat reported on 2 books this month:
  • 1)Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
  • 2)Black Steel by Steve Perry
    Rose reported on four books this month:
  • 1)Adrift (Donovan, bk 5) by W. Michael Gear
  • 2)Wandering Earth (short fiction collection by Cixin Liu)
  • 3)To Hold Up the Sky (short fiction collection by Cixin Liu)
  • 4)Chaos Rising (Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy, bk 1) by Timothy Zahn
    Pego reported on three books this month:
  • 1)By Demons Possessed (Chronicles of the Kencyrath, bk 9) by P C Hodgell
  • 2)Grey Dawn (Dulcie Schwartz Mystery, bk 6) by Clea Simon
  • 3)Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, bk 1) by Ann Leckie

    December 2022 Meeting

    Robert reported on three musical groups this month:
  • 1)Foreigner
  • 2)Kansas | Another Fork In The Road - 50 Years Of Kansas cd-set |
  • 3)Journey | Live in concert at Lollapalooza cd-set |
    Thomas reported on 1 book this month:
  • 1)Heaven Chronicles (contains two novellas: Legacy and The Outcasts of Heaven Belt) by Joan D. Vinge
    Carole reported on 2 books this month:
  • 1)Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, bk 1)
  • 2)Fairy Tale by Stephen King
    Rose reported on 4 books and 1 audio drama this month:
  • 1)Death's End (Remembrance of Earth's Past, bk 3) by Cixin Liu
  • 2)Podkayne of Mars by Robert A. Heinlein
  • Audio drama 3)Star Trek: Borg – Experience the Collective [audio drama adaptation of the video game Star Trek: Borg]
  • 4)Outpost (Donovan, bk 1) by W. Michael Gear
  • 5)Abandoned (Donovan, bk 2) by W. Michael Gear
    Pego reported on 8 books this month:
  • 1)Wishful Thinking (How To Be The Best Damn Faery Godmother In The World (Or Die Trying, bk 1) by Helen Harper
  • 2)As You Wish (How To Be The Best Damn Faery Godmother In The World (Or Die Trying, bk 3) by Helen Harper
  • 3)Best Wishes (How To Be The Best Damn Faery Godmother In The World (Or Die Trying, bk 4) by Helen Harper
  • 4)The Ghost and Mrs. McClure (Haunted Bookshop Mystery, bk 1) by Cleo Coyle
  • 5)The Ghost and the Femme Fatale (Haunted Bookshop Mystery, bk 4) by Cleo Coyle
  • 6)Gates of Tagmeth (Chronicles of the Kencyrath, bk 8) by P C Hodgell
  • 7)Endless Blue by Wen Spencer
  • 8)On What Grounds (Coffeehouse, bk 1) by Cleo Coyle
    Clif reported on 3 Books and 1 eBook this month:
  • eBook 1)The Maid by Nita Prose
  • 2)Whim of the Dragon(Secret Country, bk 3) by Pamela Dean
  • 3)Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera, bk 1) by Jim Butcher
  • 4)Interesting Stories For Curious People: A Collection of Fascinating Stories About History, Science, Pop Culture and Just About Anything Else You Can Think of (Interesting Stories for Curious People, bk 1) by Bill O'Neill
    Margaret reported on 4 Kindle eBooks this month:
  • 1)Station Eternity (Midsolar Murders bk 1) by Mur Lafferty
  • 2)Cast in Eternity (Chronicles of Elantra bk 18) by Michelle Sagara
  • 3)Sweep of the Heart (Innkeeper Chronicles bk 6) by Ilona Andrews
  • 4)Santa Grint (Time Police short story) by Jodi Taylor

    November 2022 Meeting

    Max reported on 3 Streaming TV series and 2 books this month:
  • Streaming TV 1)The Boys (Amazon Prime)[starring Karl Urban]
  • Streaming TV 2) Professor T (in the original Belgian)
  • Streaming TV 3)Brokenwood Mysteries (Acorn TV)
  • 3)The Voyage of the Space Beagle by A. E. van Vogt
  • 4)The Man In The High Castle by Philip K. Dick
    Clif reported on 1 NASA mission, 1 Streaming TV series, and 1 movie this month:
  • NASA mission 1)Artemis 1 mission
  • Streaming TV 2)Shakespeare & Hathaway (Prime Video)
  • Movie 3)Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever (Marvel Studios)
    Amy reported on 7 Streaming TV series this month:
  • Streaming TV 1)Whistable Pearl (Acorn TV)
  • Streaming TV 2)My Life is Murder (Acorn TV)
  • Streaming TV 3)Harry Wild (Acorn TV)
  • Streaming TV 4)Poirot [David Suchet] (Britbox)
  • Streaming TV 5)Shetland (Britbox)
  • Streaming TV 6)Father Brown (BBC One)
  • Streaming TV 7)Sister Boniface Mysteries (BBC One)
    Anita reported on one book series this month:
  • 1)Haunted Home Renovation Mystery series by Juliet Blackwell
    Margaret reported on four Kindle eBooks this month:
  • 1)Tsumiko and the Enslaved Fox (Amaranthine Saga bk 1) by Forthright
  • 2)Mikoto and the Reaver Village (Amaranthine Saga bk 4) by Forthright
  • 3)Golden Enclaves (Scholomance bk 3) by Naomi Novik
  • 4)The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal

    October 2022 Hybrid Meeting

    Max reported on one book and three movies this month:
  • 1)The Man of Bronze (Doc Savage, bk 1) by Kenneth Robeson
  • movie 2)Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975) Official Trailer
  • movie 3)The Phantom (1996 film) (Wikipedia)
  • movie 4)The Phantom: The Ghost Who Walks (Fandom.com)
    Thomas reported on one book this month:
  • 1)The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
    Pat reported on one book this month:
  • 1)Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
    Clif reported on one book this month:
  • 1)The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
    Rose reported on four audiobooks this month:
  • 1)The Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth's Past, bk 2) by Cixin Liu
  • 2)Titan: Fortune of War (STNG) by David Mack [Admiral William Riker & the Starship Titan]
  • 3)Return to Yesterday (Lost in Space, bk 1) by Kevin Emerson [Note: Lost in Space 2018 reboot TV series airing on Netflix)
  • 4)The Khitomer Accords Saga (Star Trek : Typhon Pact omnibus) by David R George III and Una McCormack [three of the long-running Typhon Pact series that were by the same authors]
    Pego reported on one book and one book series this month:
  • 1)Dark of the Moon (Chronicles of the Kencyrath, book 2) by P C Hodgell
  • 2)The Cormac and Amelia series by Carrie Vaughn
    Margaret reported on four Kindle eBooks this month:
  • 1)This Broken World (Vortex of Worlds, bk 1) by Charles E. Gannon
  • 2)Soul Taken (Mercy Thompson, bk 13) by Patricia Briggs
  • 3)Be the Serpent (October Daye, bk 16) by Seanan McGuire
  • 4)The Icarus Plot by Timothy Zahn Standalone

    September 2022 Hybrid Meeting

    Margaret reported on 3 Kindle eBooks this month:
  • 1)Soul Taken (Mercy Thompson Novel Book 13) by Patricia Briggs
  • 2)Be the Serpent (October Daye bk 16) by Seanan McGuire
  • 3)This Broken World (Vortex of Worlds, bk 1) by Charles E. Gannon
    Gary reported on 1 streaming TV series and 4 audiobooks/audiobook series this month:
  • Streaming TV 1)Good Omens [originally Netflix but now an Amazon Original so you need to stream it on Prime Video]
  • 2)Sandman, vols. 1&2 (Neil Gaiman book on Audible.com)
  • 3)Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman (Audible.com)
  • 4)In Death series (featuring New York police lieutenant Eve Dallas)by J.D. Robb
    Anita reported on 2 omnibus editions (3 bks under 1 cover) and 1 book this month:
  • 1) Warlock omnibus [Storm over Warlock, Order in Otherwhere, & Forerunner Foray] by Andre Norton
  • 2) Bromeliad Trilogy [Truckers, Diggers, & Wings] by Terry Pratchett
  • 3) Books of a Feather (Bibliophile Mystery, bk 10) by Kate Carlisle
    Pat reported on 1 book this month:
    1)Early Asimov by Isaac Asimov
    Robert reported on 3 TV shows doing a special and 1 musical group this month:
  • 1)Special event: SAME CASE for three hours on all three Law & Order shows [Law & Order; Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; & Law & Order: Organized Crime] ON THE SAME NIGHT
  • 2)Musical group Yes
    Clif reported on

    August 2022 Hybrid Meeting

    Carole reported on 1 book and 2 streaming TV series this month:
  • 1) Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman
  • Streaming TV 2)Sandman Season One (Netflix)
  • Streaming TV 3)Escape to the Country (BBC) [British reality TV series]
    Clif reported on 1 book this month:
  • Once Upon a Broken Heart (Once Upon a Broken Heart, bk 1) by Stephanie Garber
    Marla reported on 1 book and 2 streaming TV series this month:
  • The Long and the Short of it (Chronicle of St. Mary's) by Jodi Taylor (a short story collection)
  • Streaming TV 2)Sandman Season One (Netflix)
  • Streaming TV series 3) Arcane (aka Arcane: League of Legends) (Netflix)
    Gary reported on 5 audiobooks this month:
  • Audiobk 1)Proto Zoa: Five Early Short Stories by Lois McMaster Bujold
  • Audiobk 2)Space: 1969 by Bill Oakley
  • Audiobk 3)Ministry for the Future: A Novel by Kim Stanley Robinson
  • Audiobk 4)Time Police series by Jodi Taylor
  • Audiobk 5)The Nothing Girl (Frogmorton Farm Series, bk 1) by Jodi Taylor
    Thomas reported on 1 book this month:
  • Dark Forest (Remembrance of Earth's Past, bk 2) by Cixin Liu
    Pat reported on 2 books this month:
  • 1)Life Takes Wings: Becoming the World's First Female 747 Pilot by Lynn Rippelmeyer
  • 2)The Early Asimov [Stories from the first ten years] by Isaac Asimov
    Rose reported on 4 audiobooks this month:
  • Audiobk 1)Star Trek Voyager: To Lose The Earth by Kirsten Beyer (sequel to Star Trek Voyager: Architects of Infinity)
  • Audiobk 2) The Rift Uprising (Rift Uprising Trilogy, bk 1) by Amy S. Foster
  • Audiobk 3) The Rift Frequency (Rift Uprising Trilogy, bk 2) by Amy S. Foster
  • Audiobk 4) The Rift Coda (Rift Uprising Trilogy, bk 3) by Amy S. Foster
    Pego reported on 2 audiobook series and
  • Audiobk 1)World of the Five Gods : Penric & Desdemona (first 8 books in this series)
  • Audiobk 2)Donovan series (first 3 books) by W. Michael Gear
  • Audiobk 3)Stitch in Time (Stitch in Time, bk 1) by Kelley Armstrong
  • Audiobk 4)A Terrible Fall of Angels (Zaniel Havelock series, bk 1) by Laurell K Hamilton
  • Audiobk 5)Soul Taken (Mercy Thompson, bk 13) by Patricia Briggs
    Glenda reported on 1 audiobook trilogy this month:
  • Audiobk 1)Wake (WWW series bk 1) by Robert Sawyer
  • Audiobk 2)Watch (WWW series bk 2) by Robert Sawyer
  • Audiobk 3)Wonder (WWW series bk 3) by Robert Sawyer
    Margaret reported on 4 eBooks this month:
  • 1)From Unseen Fire (Aven Cycle, bk 1) Morris, Cass
  • 2)Give Way to Night (Aven Cycle, bk 2) by Cass Morris
  • 3)Victories Greater Than Death (Unstoppable, bk 1) by Charlie Jane Anders
  • 4)Level Five (Killday bk 1) by William Ledbetter

    July 2022 Meeting

    Carole brought her friend's manuscript seeking Beta Readers
    Anita reported on 2 books, 4 movies, and one streaming TV series this month:
  • 1)Goblin Emperor (Goblin Emperor series, bk 1) by Katherine Addison
  • 2)Cast in Ruin (Chronicles of Elantra, bk 7) by Michelle Sagara
  • Movie 3)Minions 2: The Rise of Gru (Final Trailer)
  • Movie 4)DC League of Super-Pets (Official Trailer)
  • Movie 5)Sing (Official Trailer #3)
  • Movie 6)Sing 2 (Official Trailer [HD])
  • Streaming TV 7)Murder 101 (Amazon Prime)
    Pat reported on a magazine issue this month:
  • 1)The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September-October 2012 issue (Vol. 123, Nos. 3 & 4)
    (Available for sale Sept. 1, 2012)
    Marla reported on one book and one streaming TV series this month:
  • 1)The Long and Short of it (Chronicles of St. Mary's series short story collection) by Jodi Taylor
  • Streaming TV 2)Umbrella Academy (Netflix)
    Max reported on 4 books, 2 movies, and 2 streaming TV shows this month:
  • 1)Pandora's Planet by Christopher Anvil
  • 2)The Man in the High Castle by Philip K Dick
  • 3)In the Presence of Mine Enemies by Harry Turtledove
  • Nonfiction 4)The View from the Bridge: Memories of Star Trek and a Life in Hollywood by Nicholas Meyer
  • Movie 5)The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
  • Movie 6)Nope (Official Trailer)
  • Streaming TV 7)Powers (Amazon Prime)
  • Streaming TV 8)Boys (Amazon Prime)
    Clif reported on a book, a streaming TV live action series, and a streaming TV anime series this month:
  • 1)Our Friends From Frolix 8 by Philip K. Dick
  • Streaming TV 2)Cowboy Bebop
  • Streaming anime TV 3)Cowboy Bebop [anime]
    Margaret reported on 4 Kindle eBooks this month:
  • 1)Elder Race by Adrian Tchaikovsky
  • 2)Isolate (Grand Illusion, bk 1) by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
  • 3)The Law (A Dresden Files Novella) by Jim Butcher
  • 4)A New Clan (Star Kingdom, bk 4) by David Weber & Jane Lindskold

    June 2022 Hybrid Meeting

    Robert reported on two albums this month:
  • Studio Album 1)Born for This Moment (to be released on July 15, 2022) by Chicago
  • Studio Album 2)Freedom (released on July 8, 2022) by Journey
    Thomas reported on 1 book this month:
  • A Flush of Shadows (Five novelas published under one cover) by Kate Wilhelm
    Gary reported on 1 audiobook series this month:
  • 1)Software (Ware series bk 1) by Rudy Rucker
  • 2)Wetware (Ware series bk 2) by Rudy Rucker
  • 3)Freeware (Ware series bk 3) by Rudy Rucker
  • 4)Realware (Ware series bk 4) by Rudy Rucker
    Pat reported on 2 books this month:
  • Nonfiction 1)Black Holes: The Edge of Space, The End of Time by Walter Sullivan
  • 2)Lifehouse (Deathkiller trilogy bk 3) by Spider Robinson
    Carole reported on one streaming TV series this month:
  • 1)Star Trek Strange New Worlds
    Rose reported on one trilogy and 1 book this month:
  • Audiobk 1) Moments Asunder (Star Trek: Coda: Book 1) by Dayton Ward, narrated by Robert Petkoff
  • Audiobk 2) The Ashes of Tomorrow (Star Trek: Coda bk 2) by James Swallow, narrated by Robert Petkoff
  • Audiobk 3) Oblivion's Gate (Star Trek: Coda, bk 3) by David Mack, narrated by Robert Petkoff
  • Audiobk 4)Architects of Infinity (Star Trek: Voyager series bk 9) by Kirsten Beyer
    Pego reported on 1 series and 3 novellas:
  • 1)Books by the Bay mystery series by Ellery Adams
  • 2)The Deep [novella] by Rivers Solomon
  • 3)The Physicians of Vilnoc [novella] (Penric & Desdemona series bk 9) by Lois McMaster Bujold
  • 4)The Assassins of Thasalon [novella] (Penric & Desdemona series bk 10) by Lois McMaster Bujold
    Clif reported on 1 book this month:
  • The Early Asimov [Stories from the first ten years] by Isaac Asimov
    Margaret reported on 4 Kindle eBooks this month:
  • 1)Harbinger (Elfhome bk 5) by Wen Spencer
  • 2)A Spindle Splintered (Fractured Fables bk 1) by Alix E. Harrow
  • 3)Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard
  • 4)Iron Widow (Iron Widow, bk 1) by Xiran Jay Zhao

    May 2022 Hybrid Meeting

    Anita reported on 2 books and 1 streaming TV series this month:
  • 1)Nine Lives to Murder by Marian Babson
  • 2)Project Elfhome by Wen Spencer
  • Streaming TV 3)Murder in Provence (Amazon Prime)
    Robert reported on one new music single this month:
  • 1)"You Got The Best Of Me" single by Journey
    Carole reported on 1 book and 1 streaming TV series this month:
  • 1) Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
  • 2) Halo (Paramount+)
    Rose reported on 1 audiobook and 1 eBook this month:
  • Audiobook 1)Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
  • eBook 2)Children of Time (Children of Time, book 1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky
    Clif reported on 2 fiction and 1 nonfiction books this month:
  • 1)Physik(Septimus Heap bk 3) by Angie Sage
  • nonfiction 2) Field Guide to the Invisible by Wayne Biddle
  • 3)The Body in the Transept (Dorothy Martin bk 1) by Jeanne M. Dams
    Marla reported on 1 streaming TV series this month:
  • Streaming TV 1)Outer Range (Amazon Prime)
    Pat reported on 1 book this month:
  • 1)Flyte (Septimus Heap bk 2) by Angie Sage
    Margaret reported on 4 eBooks this month:
  • 1)Another Time, Another Place (Chronicles of St. Mary's bk 12) by Jodi Taylor
  • 2)Heroic Hearts (anthology) edited by Jim Butcher & Kerrie Hughes
  • 3)Fair Trade (Liaden Universe, bk 24) by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller
  • 4)Braking Day (debut novel) by Adam Oyebanji

    April 2022 Hybrid Meeting

    Rose reported on 6 audiobooks and 1 Kindle eBook series this month:
  • Audiobk 1)Fire with Fire (Star Trek: Prometheus bk 1) by Bernd Perpies, Christian Humberg, et al.
  • Audiobk 2)The Root of All Rage (Star Trek Prometheus bk 2) by Bernd Perplies, Christian Humberg, et al.
  • Audiobk 3)In the Heart of Chaos (Star Trek: Prometheus bk 3) by Christian Humberg and Bernd Perplies
  • Unabridged audiobook CROSSOVER ST:TNG and ST:DS9 trilogy: The crews of Jean-Luc Picard, Benjamin Sisko, Ezri Dax, and William Riker unite to prevent a cosmic-level apocalypse:
  • Audiobk 4) Moments Asunder (Star Trek: Coda: Book 1) by Dayton Ward, narrated by Robert Petkoff
  • Audiobk 5) The Ashes of Tomorrow (Star Trek: Coda bk 2) by James Swallow, narrated by Robert Petkoff
  • Audiobk 6) Oblivion's Gate (Star Trek: Coda, bk 3) by David Mack, narrated by Robert Petkoff
  • Galactic Center series (5 novels plus nf companion bk) by Gregory Benford
    Anita reported on 1 movie and 1 book this month:
  • The Bad Guys (Dreamworks) [animated film]
  • 2)Masques (Sianim bk 1) by Patricia Briggs
    Robert reported on a new single & two farewell tours by major musical groups this month:
  • 1) You Got the Best of Me (latest single by band Journey)
  • 2) B52's Farewell Tour
  • 3) White Snake's Farewell Tour
    Carole reported on 4 books, 1 Kindle eBook, & 4 Streaming TV series this month:
  • 1)Billy Summers by Stephen King
  • 2)The Sleeper and The Spindle: A Novella by Neil Gaiman
  • 3)Tir na nOg (poems, stories & essays) by Justin Wiggins
  • 4)Lost Mars: Stories from the Golden Age of the Red Planet by Mike Ashley (Editor)
  • Kindle eBook 5)Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
  • Streaming TV series 6)Halo (Paramount Plus)
  • Streaming TV series 7) Star Trek: Picard (Paramount Plus)
  • Streaming TV series 8) Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount Plus)
  • Streaming TV series 9) Murdoch Mysteries (Acorn)
    Pat reported on 1 book this month:
  • The World's Best Fairy Tales: A Reader's Digest Anthology
    Marla reported on 1 book and 3 movies this month:
  • 1) Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch bk 1) by Ann Leckie
  • Animated Movie 2) Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood (Netflix)
  • Movie 3) Spider-Man: No Way Home (Sony)
  • Movie 4) The Lost City (Paramount) [Sandra Bullock]
    Thomas reported on 1 book this month:
  • 1) The Day the Sun Stood Still - Three Original Novellas of Science Fiction by Poul Anderson, Robert Silverberg, Gordon R. Dickson, plus a foreward by Lester Del Rey
    Clif reported on 1 movie and 5 books this month:
  • Movie 1) Spider-Man: No Way Home (Sony)
  • 2)Magyk (Septimus Heap bk 1) by Angie Sage
  • 3)Flyte (Septimus Heap bk 2) by Angie Sage
  • 4)Physik (Septimus Heap bk 3) by Angie Sage
  • 5)The Magykal Papers (Septimus Heap series reference book) by Angie Sage
  • 6)Children of Time (Children of Time, book 1) by Adrian Tchaikovsky
    Pego reported on 2 audiobooks this month:
  • Audiobk 1)A Killer Plot (Books by the Bay Mystery bk 1) by Ellery Adams
  • Audiobk 2)A Just Clause (Booktown Mystery bk 11) by Lorna Barrett
    Margaret reported on 4 novels and 1 memoir this month:
  • 1)Twin Fury (Dragon Assassins, bk 1) by Arthur Slade
  • 2)Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London bk 9) by Ben Aaronovitch
  • 3)Aurora Borealis Bridge (OverWhere, bk 2) by Jane Lindskold
  • 4)Crowbones (World of the Others Book 3) by Anne Bishop
  • Memoir 5)Life Takes Wings by Capt. Lynn Rippelmeyer

    March 2022 Hybrid Meeting

    Carole reported on three streaming TV shows this month:
  • 1)Star Trek: Picard (Season Two) (Paramount+)
  • 2)Halo (Paramount+)
  • 3)Bridgerton (Netflix)
    Anita reported on one book series this month
  • 1)Chronicles of Elantra series by Michelle Sagara
    Robert reported on one performance of the Houston Rodeo this month:
  • 1)Journey concert at RodeoHouston this year
    Pat reported on one book this month
  • 1)Magyk (Septimus Heap bk 1) by Angie Sage
    Marla reported on one online game, one graphic novel, one TV show, and one movie this month
  • 1)Wordle
  • 2)Saga graphic novel series by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
  • 3)Resident Alien (SYFY Channel) AND Resident Alien (Peacock TV)
  • 4)Spider-Man: No Way Home (SONY)
    Clif reported on the first six books of a series this month
  • 1)Elric Saga by Michael Moorcock
    Rose reported on three audiobooks and one eBook this month
  • 1)Martian Race (Martian Race series bk 1) by Gregory Benford
  • 2)Sunborn (Martian Race series bk 2) by Gregory Benford
  • 3)Star Trek Next Generation: Genesis Wave [4-bk series] by John Vornholt, narrated by Tim Russ
  • eBook 4)Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
    Pego reported on two books and one book series this month:
  • 1)Black Leopard, Red Wolf (Dark Star trilogy bk 1) by Marlon James
  • 2)Akata Woman (Akata Witch bk 3) by Nnedi Okorafor
  • 3)Booktown Mystery series by Lorna Barrett
    Margaret reported on four eBooks this month
  • 1)Sword and Shadow (Wolves of Elantra Book 2) by Michelle Sagara
  • 2)The Emperor's Wolves (Wolves of Elantra bk 1) by Michelle Sagara
  • 3)Cast in Sorrow (Chronicles of Elantra bk 10) by Michelle Sagara
  • 4)Cast in Shadow (Chronicles of Elantra bk 1) by Michelle Sagara

    February 2022 Hybrid Meeting

    Pat reported on one book this month:
  • Crown Duel (Crown & Court Duel bk 1) by Sherwood Smith
    Carole reported on one streaming TV series this month:
  • The Expanse (Amazon Prime)
    Robert reported on one TV show this month:
  • Jeopardy!: National College Championship
    Holly reported on two ways to watch Asian TV Dramas/Romance shows this month:
  • Top 10 Asian Romantic Movies (YouTube.com)[Search YouTube for more Asian movies]
  • AsianCrush (Facebook watch channel)
    Thomas reported on one book this month:
  • 1)Flimflam Affair (Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery bk 7) by Bill Pronzini
    Pego reported on two audiobook series by the same author this month:
  • 1)Something Strange and Deadly (trilogy plus prequel novella) by Susan Dennard
  • 2)Witchlands (quartet plus illustrated companion book) by Susan Dennard
    Rose reported on three books and books by a particular author this month:
  • 1)Currents of Space (Galactic Empire Trilogy bk 2) by Isaac Asimov
  • 2)Three-body Problem (Remembrance of Earth's Past bk 1) by Cixin Liu
  • 3)Briarheart (feminist retelling of Sleeping Beauty) by Mercedes Lackey
  • 4)William Shatner's Star Trek books
    Clif reported on three books this month:
  • 1)Magyk (Septimus Heap bk 1) by Angie Sage
  • 2)Flyte (Septimus Heap bk 2) by Angie Sage
  • 3)Physik (Septimus Heap bk 3) by Angie Sage
    Margaret reported on four Kindle eBooks this month:
  • 1)Shadows of Eternity by Gregory Benford
  • 2)Library of the Sapphire Wind (OverWhere bk 1) by Jane Lindskold
  • 3)Liaden Universe Constellation V (Liaden Universe series short fiction) by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller
  • 4)Monday, Monday (Rivers of London graphic novel series bk 9) by Ben Aaronovitch

    January 2022 Hybrid Meeting

    Rose reported on one audiobooks and two series this month:
  • Fallen Star (bk 2 of the Star Wars: The High Republic) by Claudia Gray
  • Foundation Series by Isaac Asimov
  • Galactic Empire trilogy (Stars Like Dust, Currents of Space, & Pebble in the Sky) by Isaac Asimov
    Pego reported on two books this month:
  • 1)Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone (Outlander, bk 9) by Diana Gabaldon
  • 2)Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes, bk 1) by Laurie R. King
    Clif reported on one book this month:
  • 1)Magyk (Sepimus Heap, bk 1) by Angie Sage
    Amy reported on one eBook this month: Three Days in Moscow: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire (Three Days Series, bk 2) by Bret Baier and Catherine Whitney [nonfiction]
    Anita reported on one book this month:
  • 1)Beyond (The Founding of Valdemar bk 1) by Mercedes Lackey
    Carole reported on four streaming TV series:
  • 1)The Expanse (Amazon Prime)
  • 2)Foundation (Apple TV)
  • 3)SEE (Apple TV)
  • 4)Book of Boba Fett (Disney+)
    Pat reported on three books this month:
  • 1)Cilka's Journey (Tattooist of Auschwitz, bk 2) by Heather Morris
  • 2)The Runaway Quilt (Elm Creek Quilts bk 4) by Jennifer Chiaverini
  • 3)Crown Duel by Sherwood Smith
    Margaret reported on four eBooks this month:
  • 1)Servant Mage by Kate Elliott
  • 2)Last Smile in Sunder City (Fetch Phillips Archives bk 1) by Luke Arnold
  • 3)Jade City (Green Bone Saga bk 1) by Fonda Lee
  • 4)Fumiko &the Finicky Nestmate (Amaranthine Saga bk 5) by Forthright

    December 2021 Hybrid Meeting

    Holly reported that she had been watching a lot of Chinese & Korean sf on YouTube and other sites this past month.
    Rose reported on four books this month:
  • 1)Three-body Problem (Remembrance of Earth's Past, bk 1) by Cixin Liu
  • 2)Foundation and Earth (Foundation, bk 7) by Isaac Asimov
  • 3)The Pursuit of the Pankera by Robert Heinlein
  • 4)The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield
    Pat reported on two books this month:
  • 1)Billy Summers by Stephen King
  • 2)Allegiance (Legacy Trilogy, bk 2) by Cayla Kluver
    Carole Keene reported on two books and two streaming TV shows this month:
  • 1)Physicians of Vilnoc (Penric&Desdemona, bk 9) by Lois McMaster Bujold
  • 2)Nature of Middle-Earth (Nonfiction) by J.R.R. Tolkien
  • 3)Wheel of Time (Amazon Prime)
  • 4)The Witcher (Netflix)
    Clif talked about the art he has been working on this past month:
  • 1)ArtBreeder [computer art software]
  • 2)Luminar AI (computer art software)
  • 3)Luminar Photo Editor (computer art software)
  • 4)Aurora HDR (computer art software)
  • 5)Oracle card deck project
    Alison reported on two TV shows this month:
  • 1)Bar Rescue (Paramount Network) [cooking show]
  • 2)Great British Baking Show (PBS) [cooking show]
    Robert reported on one audio CD and two streaming TV shows this month:
  • 1)The Neverending Show: Live In The Netherlands (Audio CD by Alan Parsons)
  • 2)Star Trek Picard Season 2 in Feb. 2022 (Paramount+)
  • 3)Star Trek Prodigy debuts Jan. 6, 2022 (Paramount+)
    Pego reported on two audiobooks this month:
  • 1)A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, bk 1) by Becky Chambers
  • 2)An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good (Elderly Lady, bk 1) by Helene Tursten
    Margaret reported on four Kindle eBooks this month:
  • 1)1635: Music and Murder (1632/Ring of Fire) by David Carrico
  • 2)Letters from Gronow (1632/Ring of Fire) by David Carrico
  • 3)Murder by Other Means (Dispatcher bk 2) by John Scalzi
  • 4)Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone (Outlander bk 9) by Diana Gabaldon

    November 2021 Hybrid Meeting

    Carole reported on 1 hardbook, 1 Kindle eBook, and 1 streaming TV show this month:
  • 1)Beyond (The Founding of Valdemar bk 1) by Mercedes Lackey
  • 2)The Flowers of Vashnoi (Vorkosigan Saga, bk 14.5) by Lois McMaster Bujold [Note: This is a novella]
  • 3)The Nevers (HBO Max)
    Marla reported on 2 streaming TV series this month:
  • 1)Dexter: New Blood (2021) Official Trailer (Showtime)
  • 2)Lucifer (Netflix)
    Robert reported on a notable passing this month:
  • 1)Moody Blues co-founder, drummer Graeme Edge, dies at 80 by The Associated Press | November 12, 2021 2:54 AM ET | (story on NPR)
    Alison reported on 3 books this month:
  • 1)Dogs and Goddesses by Jennifer Crusie, Lani Diane Rich and Anne Stuart
  • 2)Wild Ride by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer
  • 3)Agnes and the Hitman by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer
    Anita reported on 2 book series this month:
  • 1) Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde
  • 2) Nursery Crime series by Jasper Fforde
    Amy reported on 1 Kindle eBook this month:
  • 1)Ink and Shadows (Secret, Book & Scone Society bk 4) by Ellery Adams
    Clif reported on 1 book and 2 movies this month:
  • 1)The Book of Unusual Knowledge by Publications International Ltd.
  • Movie 2)Kingsman: The Secret Service
  • Movie 3)Eternals [Marvel Cinematic Universe]
    Margaret reported on 4 Kindle eBooks
  • 1)Knot of Shadows (Penric & Desdemona, bk 11) by Bujold, Lois McMaster
  • 2)The Last Graduate (Scholomance bk 2) by Novik, Naomi
  • 3)When Sorrows Come (October Daye, bk 15) by McGuire, Seanan
  • 4)Starmaze (Starways, bk 2) by Latner, Alexis Glynn

    October 2021 Hybrid Meeting

    Clif reported on 1 book this month
  • 1)Symbiosis by Nicky Drayden
    Kimberly reported on one book this month
  • 1)How to Be You: Stop Trying to Be Someone Else and Start Living Your Life by Jeffrey Marsh
    Amy reported on 1 Kindle eBk this month:
  • 1)Steamed Open (Maine Clambake Mystery series bk 7) by Barbara Ross
    Pat reported on 1 book this month:
  • 1)Leopard in Exile (Carolus Rex series bk 2) by Rosemary Edghill and Andre Norton
    Rose reported on 1 audiobook, 1 audiobook trilogy, 1 podcast, and 2 streaming TV series, and one feature film this month:
  • 1)Aftermath by LeVar Burton (read by the author)
  • 2)Levar Burton Reads (podcast)
  • 3)Hell's Heart (Star Trek: Prey bk 1) by John Jackson Miller (Author), Robert Petkoff (Narrator),
  • 4)The Jackal's Trick (Star Trek: Prey bk 2) by John Jackson Miller (Author), Robert Petkoff (Narrator)
  • 5)The Hall of Heroes (Star Trek: Prey bk 3) by John Jackson Miller (Author), Robert Petkoff (Narrator),
  • 6)Foundation series on Apple TV
  • 7)Another Life (Netflix)
  • 8)Dune Part 1
    Alison reported on 1 feature film this month:
  • 1)No Time to Die (last James Bond film starring Daniel Craig)
    Robert reported on 1 feature film and 1 music CD this month:
  • 1)Robert's favorite James Bond actors are Pierce Brosnan & Roger Moore
  • 2)The Quest (studio album on CD) by the group Yes
    Margaret reported on 4 Kindle eBooks this month:
  • 1)Upright Women Wanted by Gailey, Sarah
  • 2)Saving Time (Time Police, bk 3) by Taylor, Judi
  • 3)Purgatory's Shore (Artillerymen Bk 1) by Anderson, Taylor
  • 4)Cemetery Boys by Thomas, Aiden
    Carole reported via email on 1 book and 1 streaming TV series this month:
  • 1)Beyond (The Founding of Valdemar bk 1) by Mercedes Lackey
  • 2)Another Life (Netflix)
    Marla reported via email on 2 books and 1 streaming TV series:
  • 1) What Abigail Did That Summer (Rivers of London bk 8.5) by Ben Aaronovitch
  • 2) Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
  • 3) Locke and Key (Netflix)

    September 2021 HYBRID Meeting

    Robert reported on 1 movie this month:
  • 1)upcoming James Bond film No Time To Die"
    Alison had no report this month.
    Clif reported on a "director's cut" (as it were) edition of American Gods by Neil Gaiman.
    Rose reported on 4 audiobooks & 2 streaming TV series this month:
  • 1)Desperate Hours (Star Trek: Discovery bk1) by David Mack (Michael Burnham backstory)
  • 2)Drastic Measures (Star Trek Discovery bk 2) by Dayton Ward (Philippa Georgiou backstory)
  • 3)Fear Itself (Star Trek: Discovery bk 3) by James Swallow (Saru backstory)
  • 4)The Way to the Stars (Star Trek: Discovery bk 4) by Una McCormack (Sylvia Tilly backstory)
  • 5)The Enterprise War (Star Trek: Discovery bk 5) by John Jackson Miller (Christopher Pike backstory)
  • Upcoming TV series 6)Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount Plus)
  • Streaming TV series 7) Foundation (Apple TV) [Isaac Asimov book series]
    Marla reported on 2 books and a streaming TV series this month:
  • 1)American Gods [Graphic novel adaptation] by Neil Gaiman
  • 2)Deacon King Kong by James McBride
  • Streaming TV series 3)Y: The Last Man (FX on Hulu)[A drama based on DC Comics’ acclaimed series by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra]
    Amy reported on 1 book this month
  • 1)Spook in the Stacks (Lighthouse Library Mystery bk 4) by Eva Gates
    Anita reported on 2 books this month:
  • 1)Sword of the Deceiver (Isvalta bk 4) by Sarah Zettel
  • 2)The Usurper's Crown (Isvalta bk 2) by Sarah Zettel
    Carole had no report this month
    Pat reported on 2 books this month:
  • 1)Shadow of Albion (Carolus Rex bk 1) by Rosemary Edghill and Andre Norton
  • 2)Billy Summers by Stephen King
    Pego reported on 3 books this month:
  • 1)Orphans of Raspay (Penric & Desdemona bk 8) by Lois McMaster Bujold
  • 2)Wheel of the Infinite by Martha Wells
  • 3)Gideon the Ninth (Locked Tomb bk 1) by Tamsyn Muir
    Margaret reported on 5 Kindle eBooks this month:
  • 1)Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
  • 2)Sundown (Murphy's Lawless: Watch the Skies bk 1) by Ezell, Kacey
  • 3)Promises (Murphy's Lawless bk 4) by Ezell, Kacey
  • 4)Desperado (Murphy's Lawless: Watch the Skies bk 2) by Ikenberry, Kevin
  • 5)Obligations (Murphy's Lawless bk 2) by Ikenberry, Kevin

    August 2021 HYBRID MEETING

    Alison reported on 2 books this month
  • 1)Blood Brothers (Sign of Seven Trilogy bk 1) by Nora Roberts
  • 2)Wraithblade (Wraithblade series bk 1) by S.M. Boyce
    Carole reported on 1 book, 1 book series, and 1 streaming TV series this month:
  • 1)The Flowers of Vashnoi (Vorkosigan series bk 14.5) by Lois McMaster Bujold
  • 2)Murderbot Series by Martha Wells
  • 3)Blake's 7 (Britbox)
    Pat reported on 2 books this month:
  • 1)Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts I & II (Harry Potter series bk 8) by J K Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany
  • 2)H.M.S. Surprise (Aubrey/Maturin [Master & Commander] series bk 3) by Patrick O'Brian
    Gary reported on 3 Audible audiobooks, and 1 audiobook series this month:
  • 1)Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
  • 2)The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year's Best Science Fiction by Gardner Dozois, editor
  • 3)Tor.com: Selected Original Fiction, 2008-2012 (MANY top authors)
  • 4)Chronicles of St. Mary's Series by Jodi Taylor
    Marla reported on three books this month:
  • 1)Lies Sleeping (Rivers of London bk 7) by Ben Aaronovitch
  • 2)The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother [memoir] by James McBride
  • 3)Billy Summers by Stephen King
    Robert had no report this month
    Amy reported on 5 books this month:
  • 1)Forger of Light (Celine Skye Psychic Mystery bk 2) by Nupur Tustin
  • 2)A Minor Deception (Joseph Haydn Mystery bk 1) by Nupur Tustin
  • 3)Aria to Death (Joseph Haydn Mystery bk 2) by Nupur Tustin
  • 4)Prussian Counterpoint (Joseph Haydn Mystery bk 3) by Nupur Tustin
  • 5)The Lincoln Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill America's 16th President - And Why It Failed (nonfiction) by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch
    Anita reported on 4 books this month:
  • 1) Raven's Shadow (Raven bk 1) by Patricia Briggs
  • 2) Raven's Strike (Raven bk 2) by Patricia Briggs (this was a duology/2-bk series)
  • 3)Shadow of Albion (Carolus Rex bk 1) by Andre Norton and Rosemary Edghill
  • 4)Leopard in Exile (Carolus Rex bk 2) by Andre Norton and Rosemary Edghill (also a duology/2-bk series)
    Rose reported on 10 Audiobooks and 2 audiobook series this month:
  • 1)Light of the Jedi (Star Wars: The High Republic bk 1) by Charles Soule
  • 2)The Rising Storm (Star Wars: The High Republic bk 2) by Cavan Scott
  • 3)The Fallen Star (Star Wars: The High Republic bk 3) by Claudia Gray
  • 4)Murderbot Series by Martha Wells
  • 5) through 11)Star Trek Discovery series by different authors featuring different crew members
  • 5)Desperate Hours (Star Trek Discovery bk 1)[Michael Burnham on Shenzhou]
  • 6)Fear Itself (Star Trek Discovery bk 3) [Lt. Saru]
  • 7)The Way to the Stars (Star Trek Discovery bk 4) [Cadet Tilly]
  • 8)The Enterprise War (Star Trek Discovery bk 5)[Captain Christopher Pike]
  • 9)Dead Endless (Star Trek Discovery bk 6)[Lt. Paul Stamets]
  • 10)Die Standing (Star Trek Discovery bk 7)["Agent Georgiou"/Terran Emperor in Section 31]
  • 11)Wonderlands (Star Trek Discovery bk 8)[Michael Burnham's year before Discovery shows up in the future]
    Pego reported on 3 series and 3 books this month:
  • 1)Murderbot Series by Martha Wells
  • 2)The Wizard Hunters (Fall of Ile-Rien bk 1) by Martha Wells
  • 3)The Ships of Air (Fall of Ile-Rien bk 2 by Martha Wells
  • 4)The Gate of Gods (Fall of Ile-Rien bk 3 by Martha Wells
  • 5)City of Bones by Martha Wells
  • 6)Wheel of the Infinite by Martha Wells
  • 7)The Orphans of Raspay (Penric & Desdemona bk 8) by Lois McMaster Bujold
  • 8)Architects of Memory (Memory War bk 1) by Karen Osborne
    Clif reported on 2 books this month:
  • 1)Gideon the Ninth (Locked Tomb bk 1) by Tamsyn Muir
  • 2)Harrow the Ninth (Locked Tomb bk 2) by Tamsyn Muir
    Margaret reported on 4 Kindle eBooks this month:
  • 1)Scavenger Door (The Finder Chronicles bk 3) by Palmer, Suzanne
  • 2)Paper & Blood (Ink & Sigil bk 2) by Hearne, Kevin
  • 3)Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot bk 1) by Chambers, Becky
  • 4)Axiom's End: A Novel (Noumena Book 1) by Ellis, Lindsay

    July 2021 HYBRID [both IN-PERSON and ZOOM] MEETING

    Rose reported on three audiobook book series this month:
  • 1)Out of the Dark 2-bk series by David Weber
  • 2)Fury 2-bk series by David Weber
  • 3)Murderbot Diaries 6-bk series by Martha Wells
    Clif reported on two books this month:
  • 1)Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
  • 2)Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts I & II (Harry Potter bk 8) by J.K. Rowling with Jack Thorne and John Tiffany [play script, not novel]
    Carole reported on 2 ebooks this month:
  • 1)Penric's Fox (Penric & Desdemona bk 3) by Lois McMaster Bujold
  • 2)Katz' Cat by Dawn Greenfield Ireland
    Pat reported on 2 books this month
  • 1)The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride
  • 2)Voodoo Moon (A Moon Sisters Novel) by June Stevens Westerfield
    Marla reported on 4 Kindle ebooks in the same series this month:
  • 1) Rogue Protocol (Murderbot Diaries bk 3) by Martha Wells
  • 2) Exit Strategy (Murderbot Diaries bk 4) by Martha Wells
  • 3)Network Effect (Murderbot Diaries bk 5) by Martha Wells
  • 4)Fugitive Telemetry (Murderbot Diaries bk 6) by Martha Wells
    Pego reported on 3 book series this month:
  • 1)Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs
  • 2)Murderbot series by Martha Wells
  • 3)Fury series by David Weber
    Margaret reported on 4 Kindle ebooks this month:
  • 1)Fairhaven Rising (The Saga of Recluce, bk 22) by L.E. Modisett, Jr.
  • 2)Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark
  • 3)Cast in Conflict (Chronicles of Elantra bk 16) by Michelle Sagara
  • 4)Raybearer (Raybearer bk 1) by Jordan Ifueko

    June 2021

    Carole reported on one hardback book and one Kindle eBook this month:
  • 1)Tau Zero by Poul Anderson
  • Kindle eBook 2)Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
    Alison reported on one book series this month:
  • 1)Hidden Legacy series by Ilona Andrews
    Marla reported on two books, one series, and a streaming TV show this month:
  • 1)Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
  • 2)Tales from the Folly: A Rivers of London Short Story Collection by Ben Aaronovitch
  • 3)Chronicles of St. Mary's series by Jodi Taylor
  • Streaming TV 4)Sweet Tooth (Netflix)
    Robert had no report this month
    Margaret reported on four Kindle eBooks this month:
  • 1)Galaxy & the Ground Within (Wayfarers bk 4) by Chambers, Becky
  • 2)A Study in Crimson (Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes WWII London) by Harris, Robert J.
  • 3)Silver in the Wood (Greenhollow Duology bk 1) by Tesh, Emily
  • 4)Currency of War (The Imperials, bk 4) by Snodgrass, Melinda M.
    Holly reported on a two online Korean dramas this month:
  • Streaming TV 1)Are You Human, Too? (YouTube)
  • Streaming TV 2)My Holo Love (Netflix)
    Clif reported on one Kindle ebook and one Streaming TV show this month:
  • Streaming TV 1)Loki (Disney+)
  • Kindle eBook 2)Network Effect (Murderbot Diaries, bk 5) by Martha Wells

    May 2021 IN-PERSON MEETING

    Gary reported on two audiobooks this month:
  • 1)Fugitive Telemetry (Murderbot Diaries, bk 6) by Martha Wells
  • 2)Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley
    Pat reported on one book this month:
  • 1)Putting Up Roots (Jupiter series, bk 3) by Charles Sheffield
    Marla reported on two movies and three books this month:
  • Movie 1)Cosmos (official trailer) (Low-budget indie film)
  • Movie 2)Shadow in the Cloud (official trailer)
  • 3)Furthest Station (Rivers of London/Peter Grant series, bk 5.5) by Ben Aaronovitch
  • 4)Hanging Tree (Rivers of London/Peter Grant series, bk 6) by Ben Aaronovitch
  • 5)Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
    Robert had no report this month
    Clif reported on three books this month:
  • 1)Leviathan (Leviathan trilogy, bk 1) by Scott Westerfeld
  • 2)Behemoth (Leviathan trilogy, bk 2) by Scott Westerfeld [currently reading]
  • 3)Goliath (Leviathan trilogy, bk 3) by Scott Westerfeld [hopes to read soon]
    Margaret reported on four Kindle eBooks and one print book this month:
  • Kindle eBook 1)A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe bk 1) by Clark, P. Djeli
  • Kindle eBook 2)Solstice Countdown (SPI Files bk 7) by Shearin, Lisa
  • Kindle eBook 3)Seven of Infinities (Universe of Xuya series, bk 4) by de Bodard, Aliette
  • Kindle eBook 4)Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
  • 5)New Skies, An Anthology of Today's Science Fiction, edited by Patrick Neilsen Hayden (c.2003)

    April 2021 IN-PERSON MEETING

    Gary reported on one movie and one audiobook series this month:
  • 1)Love and Monsters
  • Audiobook 2)Chronicles of St. Mary's series by Jodi Taylor
    Marla reported on two TV shows this month
  • 1)Resident Alien (SYFY Channel)
  • 2)Wynonna Earp (SYFY Channel)
    Amy reported on four streaming TV shows this month:
  • 1)Brokenwood MysteriesM (Acorn TV)
  • 2)My Life Is Murder (Acorn TV)
  • 3)New Tricks (BritBox AND Amazon Prime)
  • 4)Father Brown (Britbox AND [albeit delayed] PBS)
    Anita reported on one book this month:
  • 1)Smoke Bitten (Mercy Thompson bk 12) by Patricia Briggs
    Robert had no report this month
    Carole reported on a Kindle eBook trilogy, a Kindle eBook, and a TV show this month:
  • Kindle eBook 1)Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
  • Kindle eBook 2)Foundation trilogy by Isaac Asimov
  • Cable TV series 3)Stargate SG-1 (Showtime, then SYFY Channel, aired 1997-2007) [now available as a DVD set]
    Glenda reported on a book and a book series this month:
  • 1)Tau Zero by Poul Anderson
  • 2)Lord Foul's Bane (Chronicles of Thomas Covenant bk 1)by Stephen R. Donaldson
    Clif reported on a book and a Kindle eBook this month:
  • 1)The Magician: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott
  • Kindle eBook 2)Fugitive Telemetry (Murderbot Diaries bk6)
    Pat reported on eleven books this month:
  • 1)Clock Strikes Twelve (Miss Silver bk 7) by Patricia Wentworth
  • 2)2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, bk 1) by Arthur C. Clarke
  • 3)Bon Bon Voyage. (Carolyn Blue Culinary Mysteries #8) by Nancy Fairbanks
  • 4)William Shakespeare’s Star Wars (bk 4) by Ian Doescher
  • 5)All Things Wise and Wonderful (3rd omnibus in All Creatures Great & Small memoir series) by James Herriot
  • 6)Hurricane Moon (Aeon's Legacy bk 1) by Alexis Glynn Latner
  • 7)Bringing Down the Mouse (Charlie Numb3rs Adventures bk 1) by Ben Mezrich
  • 8)The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
  • 9)Fancy Dancer by Fern Michaels
  • 10)Five Minute Mysteries by Ken Weber
  • 11)The Star Wars Cook Book: Wookiee Cookies and Other Galactic Recipes by Robin Davis
    Margaret reported on one book and four Kindle eBooks this month:
  • 1)Year's Best Military & Adventure SF, edited David Afsharirad (Baen)
  • Kindle eBook 2)Murphy's Lawless (Terran Republic) by Gannon, Charles E. & many others
  • Kindle eBook 3)A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan bk2) by Martine, Arkady
  • Kindle eBook 4)1636: Calabar's War (1632/Ring of Fire bk 30) by Gannon, Charles E. & Waters, Robert E.
  • Kindle eBook 5)Firefly: Life Signs (Firefly bk 5) by Lovegrove, James

    March 2021 Zoom meeting

    Carole had no report this month
    Marla reported on two graphic novels and two TV shows this month
  • Graphic Novel 1)Night Witch (Rivers of London bk 2)
  • Graphic Novel 2)Black Mould (Rivers of London bk 3)
  • TV Show 3)Debris (NBC)
  • TV Show 4)Briscoe County, Jr. (Fox) [1993-1994 (one season) Weird Western TV show]
    Clif reported on one TV show this month:
  • TV Show 1)Resident Alien (SYFY Channel)
    Thomas reported on one book this month:
  • Miraculous Mysteries: Locked-Room Murders and Impossible Crimes (British Library Crime Classics)by Martin Edwards, editor
    Alison reported on series by two authors, an upcoming Houston art installation and a permanent Houston art installation
  • Jayne Ann Krentz Arcane Collection paranormal series
  • Ilona Andrews multiple series
  • Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit: Houston (August 12 to October 10, 2021)
  • The Cistern [periodic art installations]
    Pat had no report this month
    Margaret reported on four Kindle eBooks this month:
  • 1)What Abigail Did That Summer (Rivers of London novella) by Ben Aaronovitch
  • 2)Wild Sign (Alpha & Omega bk 6) by Patricia Briggs
  • 3)Jolene (Elemental Masters bk 15) by Mercedes Lackey
  • 4)Dragon's Wizard (Dragon Wizard bk 3) by David Carrico

    February 2021 Zoom meeting

    Alison reported on two books this month
  • 1)Wraithblade (Wraithblade Saga bk 1) by S. M. Boyce
  • 2)Blood Heir (Kate Daniel's World bk 1) by Ilona Andrews
    Pat had no report this month.
    Marla reported on three books and one graphic novel this month
  • 1)Gwendy's Button Box (Gwendy's Button Box Trilogy bk 1) by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar
  • 2)Gwendy's Magic Feather (Gwendy's Button Box Trilogy bk 2) by Richard Chizmar
  • 3)Foxglove Summer (Rivers of London bk 5) by Ben Aaronovitch
  • Graphic Novel 4)Body Work (Rivers of London vol. 1) by Ben Aaronovitch
    Carole reported on three eBooks, one upcoming movie, one cable TV series, and two streaming TV series this month
  • Kindle eBook 1)Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
  • Kindle eBook 2)Foundation trilogy by Isaac Asimov
  • Kindle eBook 3)a Harlie book by David Gerrold
  • Movie 4)Chaos Walking (Netflix) [screenplay by Patrick Ness]
  • Cable TV series 5)Stargate SG-1 (Showtime, then SYFY Channel, aired 1997-2007) [now available as a DVD set]
  • Streaming TV series 6)Virgin River (Netflix)[based on the Virgin River novels by Robyn Carr]
    Clif reported on two Web comics, two TV shows, and one e-Book short story collection this month:
  • Web comic 1)You're All Just Jealous Of My Jetpack by Tom Gauld
  • Web comic 2)Basileus by Andrew Whyte
  • British TV series 3)P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves & Wooster (ITV network, aired 1990-1993) [now available as a DVD set]
  • Kindle eBook 4)The Ultimate Wodehouse Collection by P.G. Wodehouse
  • Streaming TV series 5)The Watch (BBC America) loosely based on Discworld by Terry Pratchett
    Margaret reported on four Kindle eBooks this month
  • 1) The Dark Veil (Star Trek: Picard bk 2) by James Swallow
  • 2) Thieves (Diving Universe bk 9) by Kristine Katharine Rusch
  • 3) Vagabond by Rhonda Eudaly
  • 4) Daughter of the Serpentine (Dragoneer Academy bk 2) by E. E. Knight

    January 2021 Zoom meeting

    Marla reported on 3 Kindle eBooks this month:
  • 1)Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
  • 2)Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
  • 3)Artemis by Andy Weir
    Carole reported on 1 book and 1 TV series this month:
  • 1)Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
  • 2)Miss Scarlet and the Duke (PBS Masterpiece)
    Pat reported on 2 books and 2 TV series this month:
  • 1)2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
  • 2)William Shakespeare's Star Wars series by Ian Doescher
  • 3)Reign (Mary Queen of Scots)[Netflix]
  • 4)Bridgerton [Netflix]
    Clif reported on 1 Web comic series&books and 2 TV series this month:
  • 1)This Campus Is A Friggin' Escher Print by David M. Willis, author of the Dumbing of Age Web comic
  • 2)The Watch (BBC America)
  • 3)New Tricks (Originally on BBC from 2003 to 2015)[Available on Amazon Prime Video]
    Margaret reported on 5 Kindle eBooks this month:
  • 1)Love Code (Galactic Love bk2) by Ann Aguirre
  • 2)Persephone Station by Stina Leicht
  • 3)Dragon's Boy (Dragon Wizard bk1) by David Carrico
  • 4)Dragon's Apprentice (Dragon Wizard bk2) by David Carrico
  • 5)1636: Flight of the Nightingale by David Carrico

    December 2020 Zoom meeting

    Canceled due lack of attendance

    November 2020 Zoom meeting

    Clif reported on a Web comic chapter this month:
  • 1)Gunnerkrigg Court, Chapter 1
    Carole reported on 2 Kindle eBooks and 2 Streaming TV series this month:
  • 1)Last Colony (Old Man's War bk3) by John Scalzi
  • 2)A book by Elizabeth Glaskell
  • Streaming TV series 3)Star Trek Discovery (CBS All Access)
  • Streaming TV series 4)The Crown (Netflix)
    Marla reported on two Streaming TV series this month:
  • Streaming TV series 1)Dexter (Amazon Prime)
  • Streaming TV series 2)Queen's Gambit (Netflix)
    Margaret reported on four Kindle eBooks this month:
  • 1)Unconquerable Sun by Kate Elliott (Sun Chronicles bk1)
  • 2)The Arcana of Maps and Other Stories by Jessica Reisman
  • 3)Firefly: Generations by Tim Lebbon (Firefly bk 4)
  • 4)Mikoto & the Reaver Village by Forthright (Amaranthine Saga bk4)

    October 2020 Zoom meeting

    Marla reported on two books this month:
  • 1)If It Bleeds by Stephen King (4 novellas under one cover)
  • 2)Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
    Clif reported on one Web comic this month:
  • GunnerKrigg Court
    Carole reported on one paperback & 2 Kindle ebooks and two TV series this month:
  • 1)Death of Sleep (Planet Pirates bk2) by Anne McCaffrey and Jody Lynn Nye
  • Kindle ebook 2)Stargate Atlantis Legacy (one of the books in this series)
  • Kindle ebook 3)Foundation by Isaac Asimov (original first book in his Foundation series)
  • TV series 4)Star Trek Discovery
  • TV animated series: 5) Star Trek: Lower Decks
    Margaret reported on four Kindle ebooks this month:
  • 1.A Deadly Education (Scholomance bk1) by Naomi Novik
  • 2.Battle Ground (Dresden Files bk17) by Jim Butcher
  • 3.Ink & Sigil (Ink&Sigil bk1) by Kevin Hearne
  • 4.Emperor’s Wolves (Wolves of Elantra bk1) by Michelle Sagara

    September 2020 Zoom meeting

  • Trail of Lightning All-Read Group Book Discussion

    August 2020 Zoom meeting

    Anita reported on 4 books this month:
  • 1)Trail of Lightning (Sixth World series bk 1) by Rebecca Roanhorse
  • 2)Uprooted by Naomi Novik
  • 3)Reaper Man (Discworld, bk 11) by Terry Pratchett
  • 4)Maskerade (Discworld series bk 18) by Terry Pratchett
    Alison reported on one book this month:
  • 1)Emerald Blaze (Hidden Legacy series bk 5) by Ilona Andrews
    Clif reported on one Web comic this month:
  • 1)The Bright Side by Ira A Francis
    Marla reported on one book series and one book:
  • 1)Rivers of London series
  • 2)Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson [Note: Nonfiction book about the 1900 hurricane that struck Galveston, TX.]
    Pat reported on two books this month:
  • 1)Fancy Dancer by Fern Michaels
  • 2)Richter 10 by Arthur C Clarke and Mike McQuay
    Carole had no report this month
    Margaret reported on three books and one graphic novel/comic book series this month:
  • 1)Out of Time by Pauline Baird Jones (WWII time travel romance)
  • 2)The Vanished Seas (Skolian Empire Major Bhaajan series bk3) by Catherine Asaro
  • 3)Dreams from the Grave (Palace of Dreams series bk3) by J. Kathleen Cheney
  • 4)Rivers of London/Peter Grant series by Ben Aaronovitch graphic novels / comic books

    July 2020 ZOOM meeting

    Marla reported on a jigsaw site, a book, a podcast, and a streaming TV series this month:
  • Web site 1)Jigsaw Planet.com . You upload an image [without a watermark] and the free site turns it into a jigsaw puzzle you complete online.
  • 2)Dangerous Women (Dangerous Women bk 1) edited by George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois
  • Podcast 3)Alice Isn't Dead [Night Vale Presents]
  • Streaming TV 4)Picard [CBS All Access]
    Thomas reported on one book this month:
  • 1)Penric's Progress (World of the Five Gods bks 1-3) by Lois McMaster Bujold [3 novellas now in print under the same cover]
    Carole recommended one book and two streaming TV series this month:
  • 1) Stargate Atlantis Legacy series by Melissa Scott & Jo Graham (media tie-in series)
  • Streaming TV 2)The Handmaid's Tale [Hulu] (Based on book by Margaret Atwood)
  • Streaming TV 3)Watchmen [HBO] (Based on graphic novels by Alan Moore with assistance from Neil Gaiman)
    Alison reported on one four-book series and a YouTube Channel this month:
  • 1)Harper Connelly Mysteries series by Charlaine Harris [Bk 1 is Grave Sight]
  • YouTube Channel 2)HoldernessFamily Vlogs
    Bill Parker reported about his experience with the Virtual CoNZealand, the 78th World Science Fiction Convention [first online WorldCon]
    Clif reported on six books this month:
  • 1)The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
  • 2)The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley
  • 3)The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders
  • 4)Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
  • 5)Middlegame by Seanan McGuire
  • 6)A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
    Margaret reported on four books this month:
  • 1)Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut bk 3) by Mary Robinette Kowal
  • 2)Catfishing on CatNet (CatNet bk 1) by Naomi Kritzer
  • 3)Minor Mage by T. Kingfisher
  • 4)Caller of Lightning (Arcane America bk 3) by Peter J. Wacks & Eytan Kollin

    June 2020 ZOOM meeting

    Marla reported on a comic strip and a book of short fiction this month:
  • 1)Saga (comic book series) written by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Fiona Staples
  • 2)Perilous Dreams (collection of four connected tales) by Andre Norton
    Carole reported on three books & one TV series this month:
  • 1)Stargate Atlantis Legacy series books
  • 2)Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-Earth by John Garth (non-fiction)
  • 3)Testaments by Margaret Atwood/Handmaid's Tale series on Hulu
  • 4)Salvation (CBS All-Access)
    Alison reported on one audiobook this month:
  • 1)Audible Original: Ghostsitter - A Crazy Inheritance by Tommy Krappweis. (Sequels still only available in German)
    Bill reported on an audiobook trilogy this month:
  • Audible Original 1)Croak / Scorch / Rogue (Croak series) by Gina Damico
    Gary Denton reported on three audiobook series this month:
  • 1) Number of the Beast // Pursuit of the Pankera (parallel novels by Robert Heinlein with same beginning but different endings)
  • 2)In Death series by J.D. Robb (50 books published so far)
  • 3)Chronicles of The One (new Nora Roberts post-apocalypse series - 3 books published so far)
    Amy had no report this month
    Anita reported on one anthology editor's books this month:
  • 1)The Fantastic series in particular, edited by Martin H Greenberg (with various co-editors)
    Clif reported on one ebook this month:
  • 1)A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan bk 1) by Arkady Martine
    Margaret reported on four ebooks this month:
  • 1)Ancestral Night (White Space bk 1) by Elizabeth Bear
  • 2)Network Effect (Murderbot Diaries bk 5) by Martha Wells
  • 3)Spy, Spy Again (Family Spies bk 3) by Mercedes Lackey
  • 4)Artful Apprentice (Schooled in Magic bk 19) by Christopher Nuttall

    May 2020 ZOOM meeting

    Alison reported on one book series this month:
  • eBook/print/audiobk 1)Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews [first book Magic Bites]
    Carole reported on one trade pbk, three Kindle eBooks, and one streaming TV series this month:
  • eBook 1)Homecoming (Stargate Atlantis: Legacy bk 1) by Jo Graham & Melissa Scott
  • eBook 2)Lost (Stargate Atlantis: Legacy bk 2) by Jo Graham & Amy Griswold
  • trade pbk 3)Testaments (sequel to Handmaid's Tale) by Margaret Atwood
  • eBook 4)Children of Time (sequel Children of Ruin) by Adrian Tchaikovsky
  • streaming TV 5)Another Life (Netflix)
    Pat reported on two print books this month:
  • 1)The Iron Trial (Magisterium series bk 1) by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare
  • 2)Runaway Jury by John Grisham
    Marla reported on two Kindle ebooks & one streaming TV series this month:
  • Kindle ebook 1)Perilous Dreams by Andre Norton
  • Kindle ebook 2)Legion (Legion series bk 1) by Brandon Sanderson
  • Handmaid's Tale streaming TV series (Hulu)
    Clif reported on one serial audio drama/podcast and one streaming TV series this month:
  • podcast 1)ars PARADOXICA [https://www.whisperforge.org/arsparadoxica]
  • Streaming TV series 2)Altered Carbon (Netflix)
    Margaret reported on one DVD TV series and four Kindle eBooks this month:
  • TV series on DVD 1)Brokenwood Mysteries
  • eBook 2)Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles bk 2) by Suzanne Palmer
  • eBook 3)Library Book by Susan Orlean (nonfiction)
  • eBook 4)Octavia Gone (Alex Benedict bk 8) by Jack McDevitt
  • eBook 5)Shaman of Karres (Witches of Karres bk 4) by Eric Flint & Dave Freer

    April 2020 ZOOM meeting

    Marla reported on two graphic novels:
  • 1)Graphic Novel: Those Left Behind (bk 1 of the Serenity series) by Joss Whedon & Brett Matthews (authors) and Will Conrad (Artist)
  • 2)Graphic Novel: Better Days and Other Stories (bk 2 of the Serenity series) by Patton Oswalt, Zach Whedon, & Others (Authors), and Will Conrad, Dave Stewart, Michelle Madsen, & Julius Ohta (Artists)
    Bill reported on two books, a classic audiobook, and an Audible Original audiobook:
  • Audible Audiobook: 1)Moby Dick by Herman Melville
  • 2)Keepsake Crimes (bk 1 of the Scrapbooking Mysteries) by Laura Childs
  • 3)Unnamed Witchworld series books by Andre Norton
  • Audible Original Audiobook: 4)Croak (Croak series bk 1) by Gina Damico
    Carole reported on three books and one Kindle eBook this month:
  • 1)Powers That Be (bk 1 of the Petaybee series) by Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
  • 2)The Institute by Stephen King
  • 3)Alternative Apocalypse: An anthology of stories edited by Bob Brown and Debora Godrey
  • Kindle eBook 4)The Book of the Sword (The Hallowed Isle bk 1) by Diana L Paxson
    Alison reported four books and one audiobook this month:
  • 1)Ender's Game & 2)Speaker For The Dead (Ender Wiggin Saga bks 1&2) by Orson Scott Card
  • Audiobook: 3)Dispatcher (novella) by John Scalzi
  • 4)Tightrope Walker by Dorothy Gilman
  • 5)Bartered Brides (Elemental Masters bk 13) by Mercedes Lackey
  • 6)Magic Bites (Kate Daniels bk 1) by Ilona Andrews
    Clif reported on two TV series, one Web site, and one online massive multiplayer game this month:
  • 1)Rosemary and Thyme (gardeners turned sleuths)[Acorn TV]
  • 2)Brokenwood Mysteries (New Zealand crime/police detectives)[Acorn TV]
  • 3)NASA Eyes Web site at https://eyes.nasa.gov/
  • 4)EVEonline "...a space-based, persistent world massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed and published by CCP Games. Players of Eve Online can participate in a number of in-game professions and activities, including mining, piracy, manufacturing, trading, exploration, and combat." Wikipedia
    https://www.eveonline.com/
    Margaret reported on four Kindle eBooks, three of which are available in eBook, print, audible. (Only Witherspin did not have an audiobook version):
  • 1)Finder (Finder Chronicles bk 1) by Suzanne Palmer
  • 2)Firefly: The Ghost Machine (Firefly bk 3 ) by James Lovegrove
  • 3)Witherspin (Starways bk 1) by Alexis Glynn Latner
  • 4)False Value (Rivers of London bk 8) by Ben Aaronovitch

    March 2020

    No meeting due to coronavirus lockdown

    February 2020

    Max reported on three books this month:
  • 1)Tales from Gavagan's Bar: A Collection of Stories by L Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt
  • 2)The Purple Pterodactyls: A Collection of Stories by Jim Baen & L Sprague de Camp
  • 3)Tales from the White Hart: A Collection of Stories by Arthur C Clarke
    Marla reported on one book, one graphic novel, one Kindle eBook, and one NetFlix series this month:
  • 1)Powers That Be (bk 1 of the Petaybee series) by Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
  • 2)Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Damian Duffy (Adapter), Octavia E. Butler (Author), & John Jennings (Illustrator)
  • 3)Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus: Beginnings (bk 1 of the Lily Singer Cozy Fantasy Adventure series) by Lydia Sherrer
  • 4)Locke & Key (Netflix series) based on the comic book series of the same name by Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodríguez
    Carole reported on two books, one Kindle eBook, and two TV series this month:
  • 1)The Institute by Stephen King
  • 2)Kindle eBook: The Wild Blue (bk 5 in the Stargate Atlantis Extras [SGX] series [novellas and short stories]) by Melissa Scott
  • 3)Alternative Apocalypse (bk 5 in the Alternatives series) [short story collection] edited by Debora Godfrey and Bob Brown, with assistance from Rebecca McFarland Kyle
  • 4)Star Trek: Picard (CBS All Access TV series)
  • 5)Stargate Atlantis (Sci-Fi Channel series)
    Bill reported on four audiobooks this month:
  • 1)Audible Original: House of Teeth by Dan Jolley
  • 2)Audible Original: Interview with the Robot by Lee Bacon
  • 3)Audiobook: Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly (nonfiction)
  • 4)Audiobook: Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
    Robert had no report this month
    Alison reported on one TV series this month:
  • 1)Star Trek: Picard (CBS All Access TV series)
    Clif reported on two graphic novels this month:
  • 1)Graphic Novel: Those Left Behind (bk 1 of the Serenity series) by Joss Whedon & Brett Matthews (authors) and Will Conrad (Artist)
  • 2)Graphic Novel: Better Days and Other Stories (bk 2 of the Serenity series) by Patton Oswalt, Zach Whedon, & Others (Authors), and Will Conrad, Dave Stewart, Michelle Madsen, & Julius Ohta (Artists)
    Margaret reported on four Kindle eBooks this month:
  • 1)Demon Prince (bk 2 of the Ars Numina series) by Ann Aguirre
  • 2)Cast in Wisdom (bk 15 of the Chronicles of Elantra series) by Michelle Sagara
  • 3)Scornful Stars (bk 3 of the Breaker of Empires series) by Richard Baker
  • 4)Burn for Me (bk 1 of the Hidden Legacy series) by Ilona Andrews

    January 2020

    Alison reported on one book this month:
  • 1)Sweep with Me (bk 5 of the Innkeeper Chronicles series) by Ilona Andrews
    Pat had no report for this month
    Marla reported on four books, one graphic novel, one eBook, and three audiobooks:
  • 1)How to Draw A Dragon in Simple Steps (How to Draw series) by Paul Bryn Davies
  • 2)Catseye (bk 1 of the Dipple series) by Andre Norton
  • 3)Cats of Tanglewood Forest by Charles de Lint (illustrated by Charles Vess)
  • 4)Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman
  • 5)Graphic Novel: God Country by Donny Cates (illustrated by Geoff Shaw)
  • 6)eBook: Artificial Condition (bk 2 of the Murderbot Diaries series) by Martha Wells
  • 7)Audible Original audiobook: Second Hand Curses by Drew Hayes
  • 8)Audiobook: Neverwhere: A BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisation (author Neil Gaiman)
  • 9)Audiobook: The October Man (book 7.5 in the Rivers of London series) by Ben Aaronovitch
    Robert had no report for this month
    Anita reported on three books this month:
  • 1) and 2) March to the Sea and March to the Stars (bks 2 & 3 of the Empire of Man series) by John Ringo and David Weber
  • 3) Revenant Eve (bk 3 of the Dobrenica series) by Sherwood Smith
    Carole reported on one books and two eBooks this month:
  • 1)The Elementals by Morgan Llywelyn (standalone)
  • 2)eBooks: Robots of Dawn (bk 3 of the R. Daneel Olivaw series)by Isaac Asimov
  • 3)Foundation's Fear (bk 1 of Second Foundation trilogy continuing Isaac Asimov's Foundation series) by Gregory Benford
    Clif had no report for this month
    Margaret reported on four eBooks this month:
  • 1)Strange Love (bk1 of the Galactic Love series) by Ann Aguirre
  • 2)Secret Chapter (bk 6 of the Invisible Library) by Genevieve Cogman
  • 3)To be Taught, if Fortunate by Becky Chambers (standalone)
  • 4)Case of the Spellbound Child (bk 14 of the Elemental Masters) by Mercedes Lackey

    December 2019

    Had joint holiday party with the Inklings. No book reports.

    November 2019

    Carole reported on three books this month:
  • 1)Cordelia's Honor [Shards of Honor (bk 1)& Barrayar (bk 2)] of the Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold
  • 2)Caves of Steel (bk 1 of the R. Daneel Olivaw series) by Isaac Asimov
  • 3) Wind in the Stone (bk 4 of the Five Senses series) by Andre Norton
    Marla reported on one book & one TV series this month:
  • 1)Wheel of the Infinite by Martha Wells
  • 2)Man in the High Castle TV series on Amazon Prime based on book of same name by Philip K. Dick
    Anita reported on one book and one TV series this month
  • 1)Curses, Boiled Again! (bk 1 of the Lobster Shack Mystery series) by Shari Randall
  • 2)Good Omens (Amazon Prime Video TV series)
    Pat reported on one book this month:
  • Cuentos: Tales from the Hispanic Southwest: Bilingual Stories in Spanish and English by Maestas Jose Griego y & Rodolfo A. Anaya
    Clif reported on one MMO game [massively multiplayer online game] this month:
  • 1)EVEonline at https://www.eveonline.com/
    Margaret reported on five eBooks this month:
  • 1)Red Gold Bridge (bk 2 of the Gordath Wood trilogy) by Patrice Sarath
  • 2)Crow God’s Girl (bk 3 of the Gordath Wood trilogy) by Patrice Sarath
  • 3)Novice Dragoneer (bk 1 of the Dragoneer Academy) by E E Knight
  • 4)Echo in Emerald (bk 2 of the Uncommon Echoes trilogy) by Sharon Shinn
  • 5)Echo in Amethyst (bk 3 of the Uncommon Echoes trilogy) by Sharon Shinn
    Robert reported on a Star Trek Trivia game this month

    October 2019

    Gary reported on one book this month:
  • 1)Level Five by William Ledbetter. (NOTE: This is an Audible Original and is NOT yet available as an ebook or in print.)
    Holly reported on three books this month
  • 1)Agatha H. and the Airship City (Girl Genius bk 1) by Phil & Kaja Foglio
  • 2)To Keep the Ship (Commander Grimes bk 7) by A. Bertram Chandler
  • 3)Matilda's Stepchildren (Commander Grimes bk 8)by A. Bertram Chandler
    Alison reported on one book series this month:
  • 1)Arcane Society by Jayne Ann Krentz (and also two of her pen names Amanda Quick and Jayne Castle. Click here for titles: https://jayneannkrentz.com/books/books-by-series/
    Pat reported on two books this month:
  • 1)On the Prowl (novellas by Patricia Briggs, Eileen, Wilks, Karen Chance, and Sunny) all under one cover
  • 2)Firestar's Quest (Warriors Super Edition series bk 1) by Erin Hunter
    Margaret reported on five eBooks this month:
  • 1)Echo in Onyx (bk 1 of the Uncommon Echoes trilogy) by Sharon Shinn
  • 2)Gordath Wood (bk 1 of the Gordath Wood trilogy) by Patrice Sarath
  • 3)A Turn of Light (bk 1 of the Night’s Edge trilogy) by Julie Czerneda
  • 4)A Play of Shadow (bk 2 of the Night’s Edge trilogy) by Julie Czerneda
  • 5)Haunting of Tram Car 015 (Sequel to Dead Djinn in Cairo)P. Djeli Clark

    September 2019

    Gary reported on one book this month:
  • 1)Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham (standalone novel)
    Glenda reported on two series of books by Gail Carriger.
  • 1)Parasol Protectorate (The five books featuring Alexia Tarabotti)
  • 2)Custard Protocol (the four books featuring Prudence Alessandra Maccon Akeldama ["Rue" to her friend])
    [For individual titles see Fantastic Fiction.com entry for Gail Carriger.]
    Robert reported on one book this month:
  • 1)License Renewed (bk 16 of the James Bond series)[first book by John Gardner, who was hired by the Ian Fleming estate to be among those authors authorized to continue the series]
    Max reported on three books and one DVD this month:
  • 1)The 16-book Charlie Muffin series by Brian Freemantle.
    [For individual titles see Fantastic Fiction.com on Brian Freemantle.]
  • 2)Sonic Wind: The Story of John Paul Stapp and How a Renegade Doctor Became the Fastest Man on Earth by Craig Ryan [True story / biography / nonfiction book.]
  • 3)Come Up and Get Me (the autobiography of Joseph Kittinger, written with Craig Ryan) [True story / biography / nonfiction book.]
  • 4)El Chicano DVD [DVD release date July 30, 2019]
    Max also asked if anyone was familiar with Archive of Our Own. Archive of Our Own won the Hugo Award for Best Related Work in 2019. See: NPR story about the Archive's nomination.
    Marla reported on a TV series this month:
  • 1)Carnival Row (an Amazon Originals TV series)[for Amazon Prime members] [See also Carnival Row on IMDB.com]
    Pat reported on one book this month:
  • 1)Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin (standalone novel)
    Carole reported on three books this month:
  • 1) A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (bk 1 of the Wayfarers Series)
  • 2) Cordelia's Honor (Vorkosigan Saga Omnibus: contains Shards of Honor / Barrayar) by Lois McMaster Bujold
  • 3) Caves of Steel / Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov (bks 1&2 of the R. Daneel Olivaw series)
    Anita reported on one book this month:
  • 1)Ashes to Ashes by Lillian Stewart Carl (bk 1 of a two-book series. The second book is Dust to Dust.)
    Amy reported on two books this month.
  • 1)Murder in the Reading Room by Ellery Adams (bk 5 of the Book Retreat Mystery series)
  • 2)Two Bites Too Many by Debra H Goldstein (bk 2 of the Sarah Blair Mystery series)
    Margaret reported on four eBooks this month.
  • 1) To Clear Away the Shadows (bk 13 of the RCN series) by David Drake
  • 2) Unkindest Tide (bk 13 of the October Daye series) by Seanan McGuire
  • 3) Gossamer Mage (standalone) by Julie Czerneda
  • 4) Wolf’s Search (bk 7 of the Firekeeper Saga) by Jane Lindskold
    Clif reported on one book this month.
  • 1)Witch World (bk 1 of the Witch World series) by Andre Norton

    August 2019

    Marla reported on two books this month:
  • 1) Five Odd Honors (bk 3 in the Breaking the Wall series) by Jane Lindskold
  • 2) Dark Light (bk 2 in the Elizabeth Cage series) by Jodi Taylor
    Carole reported on two books this month:
  • 1) Catseye (bk 1 of the Dipple series) by Andre Norton
  • 2) One of the Penric & Desdemona novellas by Lois McMaster Bujold (I think book two)
    Alison reported on one book this month:
  • 1) Sapphire Flames (bk 4 of the Hidden Legacy series) by Ilona Andrews
    Robert mentioned that he is very much looking forward to the Star Wars:
  • The Rise of Skywalker (also known as Star Wars: Episode IX) movie come this December 2019.
    Amy reported on four books this month.
  • 1) Raisins and Almonds (bk 9 in the Phryne Fisher series) by Kerry Greenwood
    Clif reported on one book this month:
  • 1) Rogue Queen by L. Sprague de Camp (standalone novel)
    Margaret reported on five eBooks this month:
  • 1) Orphans of Raspay (bk 7 of the Penric & Desdemona series) by Lois McMaster Bujold
  • 2) War Revealed (bk 2 of the Lost War duology) by Karl K. Gallagher
  • 3) Into the Dark (bk 1 of the Alexis Carew) by J.A. Sutherland
  • 4) Tamiko & the Two Janitors (bk 3 of the Amaranthine Saga series) by Forthright
  • 5) Mage-Fire War (bk 21 of the Saga of Recluce series) by L.E. Modesitt Jr.
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  • BookBub.com
  • Amazon.com
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