I haven’t posted in a while, but it’s been very busy and there’s been no time. It’s nearly 9pm on a Saturday night and I’m just finishing off a cup of homemade butternut squash soup as my very late supper, but I wanted to get this written before I got too busy tomorrow and ran out of time. I’ve read and listened to a few books since my last post.
The first is an audiobook that I finished, Chris Hadfield’s The Apollo Murders. Set in the mid-1970s, this book explores the Apollo 18 Mission to the moon, which was supposed to be an exploratory mission. But this mission is plagued with unexpected, sometimes deadly, occurrences. When Russian activity is detected, the agenda changes and the astronauts are expected to follow the new directives. Before they even leave earth, a tragedy strikes and plans must again change, and once they reach the first destination of their journey, there is yet another unexpected development and the astronauts must work to stay on top of these events and complete as much of their mission as possible while keeping the crew safe from outer space… and each other. This was a real page-turner, a plot-driven book that also contained a lot of scientific and astronomy facts, a “Canadian Tire” book with a scientific twist!
The next book I want to tell you about is one that I received as a Christmas gift more than a year ago, but never found time to read until a couple of weeks ago. Set in the US in the near future, The Future by Naomi Alderman asks the question: what would you do if you knew the world was going to end and you had access to a “golden ticket”, a way to save yourself, but you can’t bring anyone with you and you can’t choose the company you’ll keep? This post-apocalyptic novel explores what three high-tech giants are planning to do when they receive notification that the end of the world is likely to occur very soon. There’s also a few wild cards in the mix, the loyal PA of one tech giant and a reporter who appears to be the target of someone out to get her for some undefined reason. This was also a roller-coaster ride of a novel, a bleak look at what could happen to our world if we don’t do something drastic right now that was incredibly dismal, but very well-written, with an ending that made the read worthwhile even though I wanted to cry while reading about some of these very grim yet very real scenarios.
And I just finished reading a new standalone novel by Kelley Armstrong (written under the pseudonym K L Armstrong) which was also a page-turner. Known to the Victim is told from the point of view of Amy Gibson, a woman in her mid-twenties who is working on her PhD while recording sessions for her moderately successful podcast “Known to the Victim”, which explores murders committed against women by their partners. She knows more than most about this subject, as her mother was murdered by a man she was dating nearly a decade earlier. Amy managed to get through that experience with the help of her half-brother Oliver, but when someone at one of her appearances suggests that he is not as wonderful as he may seem, Amy can’t bury her head in the sand and ignore it. While digging into Oliver’s past, events spiral out of control and Amy must search for the truth while keeping herself and those she cares about safe, a task made more difficult when she’s not sure who she can trust. This was an excellent book, with the voice and character of Amy very much resembling Casey Duncan in the “Rockton” series. I wanted to keep reading until I reached a satisfying conclusion. Will this be the beginning of a new series for her? Is there a new “Haven’s Rock” book on the horizon? Whatever is coming next, I’m sure it’ll be amazing.
That’s all for tonight. Sorry for the brief descriptions and commentary for each book, but I’m feeling very tired and my eyes are threatening to close. Happy Fall!! The perfect season to pick up a good book!
Bye for now... Julie
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