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Jackaby by William Ritter
Read November 2019 Recommended for fans of Gail Carriger ★ ★ ★ 1/2 The short version: Jackaby is a new-adult, 1892 version of Elementary with a detective that can see the ghosties and beasties of the supernatural world. Vaguely … Continue reading
The Imaginary Corpse by Tyler Hayes
Read November 2019 ★ ★ 1/2 Like being invited to dinner at a friend’s favorite restaurant, I wanted to like this so much more than I actually did. Rather than a specific ingredient, I think it was a blend … Continue reading
Sisters of the Vast Black by Lina Rather
Read November 2019 Recommended for fans of Chambers ★ ★ ★ ★ There’s something incredibly campy sounding about nuns in space. But this is less meme and more character study in the most unique space faring vehicle yet … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, Science fiction
Tagged female lead, my library, novella, sci-fi
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Lizard Music by D. Manus Pinkwater
Read November 2019 Recommended for ten-year-olds and Reynolds ★ ★ ★ ★ I had lizards when I was young, so it stands to reason that a book titled “Lizard Music” would appeal. With allergies to fur and … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, fantasy, Urban fantasy, young adult
Tagged animals-and-people, fantasy, young adult
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Maggie Terry by Sarah Schulman
Read November 2019 For fans of NYC and addiction lit-fic ★ ★ Hey, a new category of fiction for me: the NFM. Not quite a DNF, it’s a Not For Me, a quit before I waste any more … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, Fiction, Mystery
Tagged literary fiction, multi-culti, mystery, not-for-me, NYC
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Hannah Green and Her Unfeasibly Mundane Existence by Michael Marshall Smith
Read September 2019 No recommendations come to mind ★ ★ I don’t know what Marshall Smith was thinking, I truly don’t. Too casually dark for your average young adult and with themes of estrangement that will barely be … Continue reading
A Dangerous Man by Robert Crais
Read September 2019 Recommended for fans of Crais ★ ★ ★ Here’s the scoop: A Dangerous Man is distressingly like Taken (Cole/Pike book #15), except that we skip the twist. It also reads more coherently; though Crais … Continue reading
The Wrong Case by James Crumley
Read August to September 2019 Recommended for fans of boozers ★ ★ Was this a mystery? Nominally. Was this an extended bender through the days of Milo’s feeble attempts to distract himself from the drunken ennui of his … Continue reading
When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities by Chen Chen
Read August to September 2019 Recommended for fans of poetry ★ ★ ★ #3 on the recent attempt at TBR books that Turned Out to be Okay But Not Amazing Asthetics were totally pleasing and tempting. Love … Continue reading
