On Thursday, my older sister passed away, so there are family things to focus on for now. Also, my sister was a nonfiction writer, about 80% of the way through a biography for which she has already received a partial payment, so I’m going to jump in to finish and edit it.
Book Review: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Historical 5+/5
Evelyn Hugo, a fictional Marilyn Monroe, tough enough to survive the meat grinder of Hollywood, tells her life story to a young memoirist—with a twist. Fun and engrossing as a true-celebrity gossip tell-all from the fifties and sixties, this novel is at its heart a mystery with clues dropped all along the way.
Book Review: Surprise, Kill, Vanish, by Annie Jacobson
Editing my novel
Just finished chapter 33.
Book Review: Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
Science Fiction 5+/5
Ryland is recruited to join a small crew of astronauts on a last-ditch attempt to save the solar system by finding the source of an interstellar infection and stopping it. As in The Martian, Andy Weir makes tons of science not only believable, but entertaining as Ryland—and Earth’s—jeopardy skyrockets.