Book Review: The Coast to Coast Murders, James Patterson and J.D. Barker   Mystery/Thriller: The Coast to Coast Murders, James Patterson and J.D. Barker   When James Patterson writes a novel there are certain things you come to expect. Short, action-packed chapters. Lots of action words. Dynamic plots.   When J.D. Barker writes a novel […]

Book Review: Killer Instinct, James Patterson and Howard Roughan Thriller: Killer Instinct, James Patterson and Howard Roughan   Dr. Dylan Reinhart is a professor at Yale. Detective Elizabeth Needham is with the NYPD. Together, they are a criminal’s worst nightmare.   I’ll admit that I came to this book after seeing the TV show based […]

Book Review: Mother Love, Rita Dove   Poetry: Mother Love, Rita Dove Rita Dove served as US Poet Laureate in the 1990s. Her collection of sonnets, Mother Love, was written at the end of her tenure in that post. It is a powerful collection inspired by the myth of Persephone. Dove’s speaker sometimes is Persephone, […]

Book Review: On Animals, Susan Orlean   Nonfiction: On Animals, Susan Orlean   Susan Orlean tells the story in her book of a time when the man she was seeing told her he was inviting his best friend over to her apartment for Valentine’s Day and she should dress down. When the man arrived, he […]

Book Review: How to Be an Anti-Racist, Ibram X. Kendi   Nonfiction: How to Be an Anti-Racist, Ibram X. Kendi   I thought How to Be an Anti-Racist was written for me. I want to be an anti-racist. I consider myself an ally, I try to see things through the eyes of others, I value […]

Book Review: Network Effect, The Murderbot Diaries Book 5, Martha Wells   Science Fiction: Network Effect, The Murderbot Diaries Book 5, Martha Wells   Murderbot is back!   Scintilla has previously reviewed the four novellas in the Murderbot series, novellas which individually or collectively have won almost every science fiction award available. Now, in the […]

Book Review: Final Girls, Mira Grant   Science Fiction/Horror: Final Girls, Mira Grant   Mira Grant is the sci-fi/horror counterpart of fantasy writer Seanan McGuire. She has given us a pandemic that created (essentially) zombies, “mermaids” that are not lovely but do like to eat people, and now a virtual reality hellscape.   Esther Hoffman […]

Book Review: You Can’t See Me,  Forbidden Iceland Book 4, Eva Björg Ægisdóttir, translated by Victoria Cribb     Mystery: You Can’t See Me,  Forbidden Iceland Book 4, Eva Björg Ægisdóttir, translated by Victoria CribbBlog Tour, July 5, 2023   You Can’t See Me might be the most aptly titled book released this year. Eva Björg Ægisdóttir, […]

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Book Review: Girls Who Lie, Forbidden Iceland Book 2, Eva Björg Ægisdóttir, translated by Victoria Cribb   Mystery: Girls Who Lie, Forbidden Iceland Book 2, Eva Björg Ægisdóttir, translated by Victoria Cribb Blog Tour July 26, 2021   Girls Who Lie may be the mostly aptly titled psychological thriller/police procedural I have ever read. Most of the […]

Book Review: The Creak on the Stairs, Eva Bjorg AEgisdottir, translated by Victoria Cribb Mystery: The Creak on the Stairs, Eva Bjorg AEgisdottir; translated by Victoria Cribb   I am beginning to love Nordic crime novels. The Creak on the Stairs has just been translated into English, and it is brilliant. Elma has returned to […]

Book Review: The Crew, God Dust Saga Book 1, Sadir S. Samir   Fantasy: The Crew, God Dust Saga Book 1, Sadir S. Samir Blog Tour November 25, 2022 There is a genre of movies and occasionally television shows that sees a singular leader with a vision collect a group of talented individuals, often thieves, […]

Book Review: The God of Endings, Jacqueline Holland Fantasy: The God of Endings, Jacqueline Holland   This novel is not just one of the best debut novels I have read this year. It may be the best novel I have read this year.   Collette LeSange is an artist living in upstate New York in […]

Book Review: The Tenth Justice, Brad Meltzer Thriller: The Tenth Justice, Brad Meltzer   I will admit, I am a sucker for some of the blockbuster authors. Baldacci, Grisham, Clancy, Patterson–I have read and will continue to read their books. An author who can tell a story, make me like a character, and pull me into […]