September 2020 – scintilla.info
Book Review: A Song for a New Day, Sarah Pinsker Fiction: A Song for a New Day, Sarah Pinsker Winner of the 2019 Nebula Award for Best Novel A Song for a New Day is the debut novel for Sarah Pinsker, but she is no stranger to science fiction readers. She has won multiple […]
Book Review: Gods of Jade and Shadow, Sylvia Moreno-Garcia Fantasy: Gods of Jade and Shadow, Sylvia Moreno-Garcia 2020 Nebula Award Finalist Casiopea Tun has not had an easy life. After her father died, she and her mother moved back into her grandfather’s home where they were treated as servants. Forced to clean and […]
Book Review: How the Wired Weep, Ian Patrick Book Review: How the Wired Weep, Ian Patrick Blog Tour: September 25, 2020 Some novels appeal to a more cerebral side, engaging your mind. Others are more visceral, drawing on your emotional side. How the Wired Weep simply punches you in the nose and […]
Book Review: Tipping Point, Michelle Cook Thriller: Tipping Point, Michelle Cook Blog Tour: September 23, 2020 By 2035, England and the rest of the world are dealing with the ferocity of global warming gone wild. Additionally, climate pressures and world unrest have pushed the English government to become a very authoritarian police state. […]
Book Review: The Watchful Coroner, Fenway Stevenson Book 6, Paul Austin Ardoin Mystery: The Watchful Coroner, Fenway Stevenson Book 6, Paul Austin Ardoin It would not be fair to say that everything is going smoothly for recently elected coroner Fenway Stevenson, but many things are better than they have been. Her father is lying […]
Book Review: The Courtroom Coroner, Fenway Stevenson Book 5, Paul Austin Ardoin Mystery: The Courtroom Coroner, Fenway Stevenson Book 5, Paul Austin Ardoin Having established a format in books 1-4, we know how a Fenway Stevenson novel will go. She will spend several days investigating the crimes with her colleagues in the sheriff’s office, traveling […]
Book Review: The Upstaged Coroner, Fenway Stevenson Book 4, Paul Austin Ardoin Mystery: The Upstaged Coroner, Fenway Stevenson Book 4, Paul Austin Ardoin The local private university is internationally renowned for its Shakespeare program. Students have graduated to become famous actors. Current students travel yearly to England to participate in workshops and plays […]
Book Review: Not the Deaths Imagined, Anne Pettigrew Mystery: Not the Deaths Imagined, Anne Pettigrew Blog Tour September 18, 2020 I missed reading Anne Pettigrew’s first book, Not the Life Imagined. That needs to be remedied! Perhaps it would have prepared me for Not the Deaths Imagined. Because I was not prepared for […]
Book Review: Fearless, Allen Stroud Science Fiction: Fearless, Allen Stroud Blog Tour September 16, 2020 Captain Shann of the spaceship Khidr is free when she’s away from Earth. Born without legs, on Earth she is bound by gravity to use prosthetics for movement. In space, though, sometimes her lack of legs is a […]
Book Review: The Candidate Coroner, Fenway Stevenson Book 3, Paul Austin Ardoin Mystery: The Candidate Coroner, Fenway Stevenson Book 3, Paul Austin Ardoin Despite her initial reluctance to run for the office she has held for a few months, Fenway Stevenson has been convinced by her friends and colleagues to run for County Coroner. Her […]