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Author Archives: thebookgator
The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi
Read May 2019 Recommended for fans of dark thrillers It’s almost impossible for me to review Bacigalupi. Check my other reviews, you’ll see. The Windup Girl, Pump Six and Other Stories; the only one I did justice to was Ship Breaker, his YA … Continue reading
Incursion: Vampire Apocalypse, aka ‘Counteraction’ by M.D. Massey
Read May 2019 Recommended for fans of apocalypse camp ★ ★ You know when you are kind of bored and channel-flipping, and you land on SCYFI channel or whatever it is these days, and you are watching people … Continue reading
Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
Read May 2019 Recommended for fans of Kate Daniels ★ ★ ★ The short version: Kate Daniels fans need to give this one a try. The long version: Interesting world-building, taking off on the Native American idea of … Continue reading
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Tagged female lead, multi-culti, paranormal romance, supernatural mystery, urban fantasy
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Incursion: Zombie Apocalypse by M.D. Massey
Read May 2019 Recommended for fans of survialist zombie stories ★ ★ ★ ★ It’s a good thing I read this novella first, because the subsequent books turned out to be another herd of zombies all together. Incursion: … Continue reading
The Seventh Bride by T. Kingfisher
Read April 2019 Recommended for fans of feminist fairy tales ★ ★ ★ ★ T. Kingfisher stories have a kind of magic for me. They seem to be exactly what I need to read at that point in … Continue reading
The Vinyl Detective by Andrew Cartmel
Read April 2019 Recommended for fans of hipster thrillers ★ ★ ★ I really think my recommendation says it all, but here’s some specifics: A very, very down-on-his-luck record fan is getting desperate. The estate broiler finally broke, … Continue reading
Dopesick by Beth Macy
Read April 2019 Recommended for people who feel completely unfamiliar with oxycodone ★ 1/2 A problematic read for me. Yes, I know; awards and all that. But I honestly think the awards go to the fact that Macy … Continue reading
The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds
Read April 2019 Recommended for sci-fi fans ★ ★ ★ 1/2 When I sat down to read The Prefect, I thought I was reading a sci-fi mystery along the lines perhaps of Leviathan Wakes. Then I thought … Continue reading
The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules by Catharina Ingelway-Sundberg
Read April 2019 Recommended for people who can read the original ★ ★ A great premise: a group of older people in an assisted living facility become frustrated with their living conditions and embark on various activities … Continue reading
Promised Land by Robert B. Parker
Read April 2019 Recommended for fans of Spenser ★ ★ 1/2 The One Where Spenser is Schooled on the Dangers of the Souless Suburban Life by Susan. Also The One Where We Meet Hawk, Who Is a … Continue reading
