shizu's 3 favorite reads in 2024

Atmosphere Alert: Seek Pressurized Shelter ImmediatelyThe worst alert to get on the back side of the Moon. When a mine accident in the crater jeopardizes Heaviside City’s oxygen, Earth’s Home Alliance blames it on Resistance sabotage. Joe Drive, ex-Space Force pilot, wants to ignore it all. He’s done with the fight. But a determined widow demands Joe’s help proving her husband was murdered to hide the truth. Joe reluctantly agrees to investigate.

The truth is worse than he imagined. This was no accident. The Home Alliance wants to take over the Moon, and they’ll kill an entire city to do… show more.

A fifth Annie and Rosamund MysteryA spellbinding journey through time and culturesAnnie Thornton, an English midwife and hereditary witch, married to Adam, owner of a 500-year-old inn, has a problem. Her husband suggests she invite her Aunt Meg for Christmas, not knowing Meg lives in the 15th century.. When Annie shares that she has travelled through time, Adam laughs. To prove that she has visited different eras, Annie invites her friends from former times for Christmas in 21st-century Yorkshire.. She looks forward to a Christmas filled with love and joy; instead, her life descends into intrigue, deceit and a Christmas… show more.

A passionate plea for considered development in mountain towns and for the preservation of local values, cultures and landscapes.

As cities continue to grow at unprecedented rates, more and more people are looking for peaceful weekend retreats in mountain or rural communities. More often than not, these retreats are found in and around resorts or places of natural beauty. As a result, what once were small towns are fast becoming mini-cities, complete with expensive housing, fast food, traffic snarls and environmental damage, all with little or no thought for the importance of local history, local people, and local culture.

This… show more.