Robogenesis is a 2014 novel and the sequel to Robopocalypse, written by Daniel H. Wilson. It follows the survivors of the first novel in their struggles against a new, more dangerous, AI threat.

….add info about Robopocalypse…

Robopocalypse is a 2011 science fiction novel by Daniel H. Wilson. The book portrays AI out of control when a researcher in robotics explores the capacity of robots. It is written in present tense. Writer Robert Crais and Booklist have compared the novel to the works of Michael Crichton and Robert A. Heinlein. It was a bestseller on the New York Times list.

Once again, fiction becomes reality.

Peter Ash, combat marine with serious ptsd, buddies up with ex gangster to fight crime as ghost killers.

Until the bad guys find their identities. Chaos and lots of gun play in frozen winter Midwest.

Petrie’s first two Ash books are much better.

This one could be a video game.

"A story of giving and receiving, of seeing and being seen, Theo of Golden is a beautifully crafted novel about the power of creative generosity, the importance of wonder to a purposeful life, and the invisible threads of kindness that bind us to one another."
Lots of 5-star reviews.

This week read West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge. Historical literary fiction, awesome, exciting, and moving. "It’s 1938. The Great Depression lingers. Hitler is threatening Europe, and world-weary Americans long for wonder. They find it in two giraffes who miraculously survive a hurricane while crossing the Atlantic. What follows is a twelve-day road trip in a custom truck to deliver Southern California’s first giraffes to the San Diego Zoo. Behind the wheel is the young Dust Bowl rowdy Woodrow. Inspired by true events, the tale weaves real-life figures with fictional ones, including the world’s first female zoo director, a crusty old man with a past, a young female photographer with a secret, and assorted reprobates as spotty as the giraffes. Part adventure, part historical saga, and part coming-of-age love story, West with Giraffes explores what it means to be changed by the grace of animals, the kindness of strangers, the passing of time, and a story told before it’s too late."

Highest Recommendation for everyone.

On my list.

Thought I'd add that it was published in 2021 so it should be pretty widely available.

Thanks!

as well as two of his baseball related short stories.

In doing so, I discovered that he wrote a second mystery series featuring writer Marshall Webb as protagonist. Webb actually had a cameo in the last Mickey Rawlings book. The Webb series is set in the 1890s in New York City, and feels a little like Caleb Carr’s books, but not as dark. I read Island of Tears, and just started the second book in the series, The Guilded Cage.

One of the first novels after Lt. Leaphorn has retired, and doing some private detective work.

Now on, "Blood and Bone," by Nora Roberts. Another, "Oops," on my part. I guess this is Volume II of a series. I'll have to go back and find the first. Its reading like a cross between, "The Stand," (Stephen King,) and, "The Matrix," movies.

"Holy Ghost," is a good one. I really like the Virgil Flowers character. I think I've read all those books now.

Nora has written over 200 books. Easy enough to get a little out of order. Oh well, it's always nice to know you have somewhere to go.

$1.50 for a hardback.

Phryne Fisher is up to her usual antics and fabulous wardrobe

Phryne Fisher is doing one of her favorite things—dancing to the music of Tintagel Stone's Jazzmakers at the Green Mill, Melbourne's premier dance hall. And she's wearing a sparkling lobelia-colored georgette dress. Nothing can flap the unflappable Phryne—especially on a dance floor with so many delectable partners. Nothing but death, that is.

The dance competition is trailing into its last hours when suddenly a figure slumps to the ground. Phryne, conscious of how narrowly the weapon missed her own bare shoulder, back, and dress, investigates.