books will be available for purchase Saturday, July 13, 2013 Michell Plested will appear at the Ponoka Jubilee Library at 2:00 p.m. as part of their summer reading program. Michell Plested David Tremblay, Library Manager is keen to have Plested as part of the program. He says, “One of our patrons took out [Michell Plested’s] book for her son. The son read it as well as the father…. Apparently, the father loved [the book] and…
Read My rating: 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars[ 5 of 5 stars ] 88 by Michael R. Fletcher Michell Plested‘s review Jun 11, 13 5 of 5 stars Read in June, 2013 There is a certain amount of risk to writing about the near-future. Do the events, setting and technologies ring true? Could society have gone down the paths to get to that point in time? Are there still…
Read My rating: 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars[ 5 of 5 stars ] Shadow Song by Lorina Stephens (Goodreads Author) Gretchen‘s review Jun 10, 13 5 of 5 stars Read from June 06 to 10, 2013 This is a novel set in the 1800s in which a young English girl is sent to live with her uncle in the wilds of Canada after the death of her parents. Danielle knows…
This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.Fast forward some 50-60 years from today. It is now two generations since the collapse of the Social Media Era and governments have been replaced by The Association of Psychologists, who have taken control of social order through scientific means. Their solution to the sky-rocketing rates of divorce, crime and mental illness that reached their heights during the Social Media Era is to engage in widespread personality profiling…
Glowing praise for Michael R. Fletcher’s 88 on Goodreads: Rich Height‘s review May 19, 13 5 of 5 stars Read in May, 2013 when a good friend of mine suggested this book, I was a little skeptical as I tend to read more fantasy than SF by a larger margin. But I am thankful that I wasn’t steered wrong on this fast-paced, engrossing read. 88 captivated me like not many other books I have read…