January 2022 – scintilla.info
Book Review: Below Torrential Hill, Jonathan Koven Fiction: Below Torrential Hill, Jonathan Koven Blog Tour January 31, 2022 When a poet writes a coming-of-age story, you might expect it to be a little different from your typical bildungsroman. It’s Christmas time, and a comet is burning over the small town of Torrential […]
Book Review: The Nine, The Judas Files Book 1, C.G. Harris Fantasy: The Nine, The Judas Files Book 1, C.G. Harris Blog Tour January 28, 2022 It was bound to happen. A book review has gone to hell. C.G. Harris brings a very different perspective to the lake of eternal fire. Such as, it’s cold. […]
Book Review: The Late City, Robert Olen Butler Fiction: The Late City, Robert Olen Butler Blog Tour January 27, 2022 This novel takes place on a specific date at a specific time. It also spans the 20th century in its scope and story. The Late City is entirely about one man, yet it […]
Book Review: Blood Games, DS Nikita Parekh Book 4, Liz Mistry Mystery: Blood Games, DS Nikita Parekh Book 4, Liz Mistry Blog Tour January 26, 2022 This is not something I hide. Nor do I talk much about it. I have experienced many bouts of mental illness. I have learned not to be […]
Book Review: The Postscript Murders, Elly Griffiths Mystery: The Postscript Murders, Elly Griffiths Peggy Smith appears to be an older retired woman living on her own in a seniors’ apartment. She has a few friends, does not get along with her son, and enjoys looking out her window and jotting down what she […]
Book Review: The Twyford Code, Janice Hallett Mystery: The Twyford Code, Janice Hallett Blog Tour January 20, 2022 Every so often a novel comes along that tells its story through plot, dialog, characters, and something else, something unexpected and unusual. The Twyford Code is one of these novels. Rather than a standard narrative, […]
Book Review: Hunted, DC Bailey Morgan Book 3, Caro Savage Book Review: Hunted, DC Bailey Morgan Book 3, Caro Savage Blog Tour January 19, 2022 Bailey Morgan is used to being the hunter. A skilled undercover cop, DC Morgan excels in taking on a criminal personna, infiltrating networks, and taking down serious players in the […]
Book Review: Hunter’s Rules, Edinburgh Crime Mystery Series Book 6, Val Penny Book Review: Hunter’s Rules, Edinburgh Crime Mystery Series Book 6, Val Penny Blog Tour January 17, 2022 Detective Inspector Hunter Wilson has the perfect evening planned with his fiancée, Dr. Meera Sharma. A swanky dinner at the famous Pompadour Restaurant is to be […]
Book Review: We Are Satellites, Sarah Pinsker Science Fiction: We Are Satellites, Sarah Pinsker Sometimes the most frightening sci-fi books are those that feel like they could already be happening. I’m pretty sure that We Are Satellites could begin next Tuesday. Rather than suppose a dystopian future, Pinsker has examined our often dystopian […]
Book Review: Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea-Devils, Cthulhu Case Books Book 3, James Lovegrove Fantasy/Mystery: Sherlock Holmes and the Sussex Sea-Devils, Cthulhu Case Books Book 3, James Lovegrove Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson have been fighting the supernatural for about 30 years. The years have been kind to Holmes. Shockingly kind. Watson looks […]