Book 30

Book 30 was Lincoln's Dreams by Connie Willis. I first started reading Connie Willis last year-I started with Passage, which was incredible. I don't think Lincoln's Dreams was quite incredible, but it was still quite good.

Lincoln's Dreams is about a researcher, Jeff,  who works with a novelist who writes books set during the Civil War. Through a friend, Jeff is connected to a young woman who seems to be having the same dream's Robert E Lee did during the Civil War. Between the two of them, they try to find out what the dreams mean, and why she is having them. 

The book was pretty short, just 228 pages, but quite dense. It read very quickly, with a great deal of action. By the time of the final dream reveal, you are halfway to guessing what they mean. The characterizations are very good-even minor characters have personality.  I would definitely recommend the book, but with the warning that it might make you a bit paranoid about your own dreams.

Lincoln's Dreams

Connie Willis

1/8/30