We've rediscovered the joys of reading, says Martin Ivens for Bloomberg

By JoBB
As featured in the June 2021 article
"Sick of Netflix? May I Suggest a Good Book Instead"
at www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-06-05/what-should-i-read-covid-has-put-books-back-in-business
The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien
A Game of Thrones: The Illustrated Edition George R.R. Martin
Death on the Nile Agatha Christie

Women writers who broke the mold

By JoBB
These women wrote about subjects or in genres that weren't considered the norm at the time - and started whole new trends sometimes!
Frankenstein Mary Shelley
Parable of the Sower Octavia E. Butler
Ursula K. Le Guin: Annals of the Western Shore Ursula K. Le Guin