August 2020 – scintilla.info
Book Review: Road Kill: The Duchess of Frisian Tun, DaDa Detective Agency Book 1, Pete Adams Mystery: Road Kill: The Duchess of Frisian Tun, DaDa Detective Agency Book 1, Pete Adams BLOG TOUR AUGUST 31, 2020 I read a lot of books. Usually at the end of the book I am left with […]
Book Review: Deadline, Geoff Major Thriller: Deadline, Geoff Major BLOG TOUR AUGUST 28, 2020 What do a violent car crash in 1971, a home invasion in 2012, a fading journalist, and a cop with her own secrets have in common? Deadline by Geoff Major answers all of those questions and many more in a […]
Book Review: Ritual Demise, Cavendish and Walker Book 7, Sally Rigby Mystery: Ritual Demise, Cavendish and Walker Book 7, Sally Rigby BLOG TOUR August 26, 2020 I am truly falling in love with this wonderful series about the UK team of women solving crimes in the fictional city of Lenchester. Detective Chief Inspector Whitney Walker […]
Book Review: Inside Out: Poems on Writing and Reading Poems, Marjorie Maddox Poetry/Nonfiction: Inside Out: Poems on Writing and Reading Poems, Marjorie Maddox Inside Out is absolutely delightful. I truly wish that someone had written this book 40 years ago when I was in junior high school. Of course, Marjorie Maddox was not […]
Book Review: Saint Justice, Christopher Wren Book 1, Mike Grist Thriller: Saint Justice, Christopher Wren Book 1, Mike Grist BLOG TOUR AUGUST 21, 2020 Thrillers tend to come with certain built-in tropes. Chief among them: a white man (or sometimes woman) faces intractable enemies and comes out on top. I am sure there […]
Book Review: The Bitch, Pilar Quintana, translated by Lisa Dillman Book Review: The Bitch, Pilar Quintana, translated by Lisa Dillman BLOG TOUR, THURSDAY AUGUST 20, 2020 Some books raise very mixed emotions in me. The Bitch is one of those books. It is a terribly wonderful story, an emotional bungee jump that sent […]
Book Review: The Mountains Sing, Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai Fiction: The Mountains Sing, Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai BLOG TOUR AUGUST 19, 2020 I might be able to count on one hand the number of books I have reviewed which took my breath away. The Mountains Sing is one of those books. It moved […]
Book Review: The Apocalypse Strain, Jason Parent Science Fiction: The Apocalypse Strain, Jason Parent BLOG TOUR August 17, 2020 This novel is amazing. Let’s just skip to the chase, shall we? The book is tight, very inventive, well written, creepy as anything, and I couldn’t stop reading. I am usually a fast reader–but […]
Book Review: Blood and Steel, A John Steel Thriller Book 4, Stuart Field Thriller: Blood and Steel, A John Steel Thriller Book 4, Stuart Field BLOG TOUR AUGUST 14, 2020 John Steel is a man of action. A brilliant detective with the skills and experience of an army killing machine, he is seemingly able […]
Book Review: Stoker’s Wilde, Stoker’s Wilde Book 1, Stephen Hopstaken and Melissa Prusi Fantasy: Stoker’s Wilde, Stoker’s Wilde Book 1, Stephen Hopstaken and Melissa Prusi For someone who is not generally a fan of the horror genre, I seem to be reading quite a few of them. Last year I was sent an ARC […]