March 2023 – scintilla.info
Book Review: Sorrow’s Forest, Kaitlin Corvus Fantasy: Sorrow’s Forest, Kaitlin Corvus A boy, on a dare, enters the forest. Everyone knows that the forest is haunted. Evil. Full of spirits that do not want humans inside. People regularly die after entering the forest. Stories are told of the things seen at its edge. But […]
Book Review: The Space Between Us, Doug Johnstone Fiction: The Space Between Us, Doug Johnstone Blog Tour: March 27, 2023 One night, a strange meteor crossed the skies over Edinburgh. That same night, sixteen people experienced a major stroke. On any given night, one or two might present at the hospital with a stroke. […]
Book Review: Enigma of China, Inspector Chen Book 8, Qiu Xiaolong Mystery: Enigma of China, Inspector Chen Book 8, Qiu Xiaolong Zhou Keng is a “princeling,” the son of a high-ranking party official who has himself risen to a high position. Under investigation for corruption, Keng has been taken by party investigators to a local […]
Book Review: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin Fiction: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin Sam and Sadie met in a Los Angeles hospital as pre-teens. Sam was contending with injuries from the car accident that killed his mother. Sadie was with her family; her sister was hospitalized with a treatable cancer. […]
Book Review: Ellie-May & her Toy Dragon, Ben, Genna Rowbotham Picture Book: Ellie-May & her Toy Dragon, Ben, Genna Rowbotham Tuck your reluctant sleepers into bed with this book. They will empathize with Ellie-May who is too excited to go to sleep. The straight forward story of a toy dragon taking his friend […]
Book Review: A Psychic Subterfuge, JP Alters Fiction: A Psychic Subterfuge, JP Alters A Psychic Subterfuge, JP Alters Blog Tour, March 17, 2023 This does not read like a debut novel. J.P. Alters writes with a fervor and passion that belies a lack of experience. Oh, there are a few minor indications that […]
Book Review: A Man Among Ghosts, Steven Hopstaken Horror/Paranormal: A Man Among Ghosts, Steven Hopstaken Blog Tour: March 15, 2023 David Dusek is moving into the adult world. He has a job in San Francisco as a computer programmer. It is time to take another step and buy his own house. Buying a […]
Book Review: Beautiful Shining People, Michael Grothaus Science Fiction: Beautiful Shining People, Michael Grothaus Blog Tour March 13, 2023 I cannot say enough good things about this book. Beautiful Shining People is an exquisite story with incredible characters, an almost poetic elegy on what it means to be human. John is a “boy […]
Book Review: The World We Make, The Great Cities Book 2, N.K. Jemisin Fantasy: The World We Make, The Great Cities Book 2, N.K. Jemisin The Great Cities started as a trilogy. It is ending as a duology, instead. It seems that life has come too close to imitating art and N.K. Jemisin has […]
Book Review: Ashmole Foxe and the Moon-Shadowed Murders, Ashmole Foxe Georgian Mysteries Book 7, William Savage Book Review: Ashmole Foxe and the Moon-Shadowed Murders, Ashmole Foxe Georgian Mysteries Book 7, William Savage Blog Tour March 8, 2023 Having now read a couple of the books in this series, I can confirm that I am […]