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Book Review: The Widening Gyre, The Remembrance War Book 1, Michael R. Johnston Science Fiction: The Widening Gyre, Michael R. Johnston One of the cool things about participating in a blog tour is being introduced to an author I have not read before. The danger, of course, is that I will feel the […]
Book Review: The Warehouse, Rob Hart Fiction: The Warehouse, Rob Hart Some dystopian future novels sound improbable at best. Climate change combined with a global epidemic fueled by alien robot overlords or something like that. They make for great stories, but there is some built-in distance. You know these things could happen, but […]
Book Review: The Blood-Dimmed Tide, The Remembrance War Book 2, Michael R. Johnston Science Fiction: The Blood-Dimmed Tide, The Remembrance War Book 2, Michael R. Johnston I fell in love with Asimov and Heinlein, Anderson and Niven, and many more of the science-fiction writers of the last century when I was a child. […]
Book Review: Hollow Kingdom, Kira Jane Buxton Fantasy: Hollow Kingdom, Kira Jane Buxton I am not sure how to begin describing a book one person called a mash-up of The Incredible Journey and Dawn of the Dead. The apocalypse has come. Humanity is done. Over. Finito. Kaput. Good-bye, people. Hello, animals. S.T. is […]
Book Review: Borne, Borne Series, Book 1, Jeff Vandermeer Fantasy: Borne, Borne Series Book 1, Jeff Vandemeer Jeff Vandermeer may be a perfectly delightful and ordinary person, but his writing is as strange as it gets! The Southern Reach trilogy was a fantasy/sci fi amalgam that zigged and zagged in so many directions that […]
Book Review: A Study in Honor, The Janet Watson Chronicles Book 1, Claire O’Dell Mystery: A Study in Honor, Claire O’Dell There have been a lot of stories inspired by the original Sherlock Holmes. One of the newest and most unique is A Study in Honor by Claire O’Dell. Janet Watson is an […]
Book Review: Disappearing Earth, Julia Phillips Fiction: Disappearing Earth, Julia Phillips I truly was unprepared for this book. I had seen it on some “best of” lists for 2019, but had not really read any reviews or summaries of the story. What I encountered left me sometimes breathless, sometimes shocked, and always impressed by […]
Book Review: A Minute to Midnight, Atlee Pine Thriller Book 2, David Baldacci Thriller: A Minute to Midnight, Atlee Pine Thriller Book 2, David Baldacci Atlee Pine’s life has been shaped by one seminal event. When she was six, her twin sister was kidnapped. She was never found. Atlee herself was beaten and nearly killed by […]
Book Review: Children of Virtue and Vengeance, Tomi Adeyemi YA Fantasy: Children of Virtue and Vengeance, Tomi Adeyemi Last year we reviewed Children of Blood and Bone, the first book in this fantasy series by Tomi Adeyeme. The sequel, Children of Virtue and Vengeance, takes the characters on a far different journey. It’s […]
Book Review: The House of Broken Angels, Luis Alberto Urrea Fiction: The House of Broken Angels, Luis Alberto Urrea Many years ago when we lived in Los Angeles some dear friends invited us over for their child’s birthday party. The husband was Mexican-American, and little did we know that his entire family would be […]