Orkney by Amy Sackville
On a remote island in Orkney, a curiously-matched couple arrive on their honeymoon. He is an eminent literature professor; she …
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Kelsey rated The Peripheral: 3 stars
The Peripheral by William Gibson
Depending on her veteran brother's benefits in a city where jobs outside the drug trade are rare, Flynne assists her …
Kelsey rated The Martian: 5 stars
The Martian by Andy Weir (The Martian, #1)
A mission to Mars.
A freak accident.
One man's struggle to survive.
Six days ago, astronaut Mark …
Kelsey rated The mapmakers: 4 stars
The mapmakers by John Noble Wilford
A comprehensive history of cartography that traces the adventures, discoveries and feats of technical ingenuity by which man has succeeded …
Kelsey rated Project Orion: 4 stars
Kelsey rated Pandora's Star: 3 stars
Kelsey rated The "Bounty": 4 stars
Kelsey rated The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings, #1-3): 5 stars
The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings, #1-3) by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three volumes of the epic novel The Lord of the Rings …
Kelsey rated An Instance of the Fingerpost: 4 stars
An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears
This book is set in the 1660's, and tells the story of Sarah Blundy who is accused of murder. The …
Kelsey rated For Whom the Bell Tolls: 5 stars
Ernest Hemingway: For Whom the Bell Tolls (2019, Scribner)
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
High in the pine forests of the Spanish Sierra, a guerrilla band prepares to blow up a vital bridge. Robert …
Kelsey rated The hare with amber eyes: 5 stars
The hare with amber eyes by Edmund De Waal
Traces the parallel stories of nineteenth-century art patron Charles Ephrussi and his unique collection of 360 miniature netsuke Japanese ivory …
Kelsey rated The Three-Body Problem: 5 stars
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Three-Body Trilogy, #1)
Within the context of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, a military project sends messages to alien worlds. A nearby alien society …
Kelsey rated The Steerswoman: 3 stars
The Steerswoman by Rosemary Kirstein
The Steerswoman is the first novel in the Steerswoman series. Steerswomen, and a very few Steersmen, are members of an …
Kelsey rated Engineers of victory: 4 stars
Kelsey rated Cannery row: 4 stars
Cannery row by John Steinbeck
Cannery Row is a novel by American author John Steinbeck, published in 1945. It is set during the Great Depression …