Empire of the Sun

http://www.lvrj.com/blogs/booknook/Remembering_JG_Ballard_and_his_Empire_of_the_Sun.html

Yet another gushy review.

Star Trek

I saw the new Star Trek movie on Memorial Day.

Good movie, lots of action.

Winona Ryder was Amanda Grayson (Spock's human mother).

Some weird aspects with a black hole, time travel, and alternate reality.

Patricia McKilip

http://www.lvrj.com/blogs/booknook/The_Forgotten_Beasts_of_Eld_magical.html

Review of The Forgotten Beasts of Eld.

The book won a World Fantasy Award in 1975.

Boone

http://www.lvrj.com/blogs/booknook/Boone_A_Biography.html

Review of biography of Daniel Boone.

Sounds like an interesting book.