Author Archives: thebookgator
One of Us is Lying
It could be me. It could be debra. Punchline: It’s both of us. https://www.goodreads.com/read_status… Literary fiction almost sucks me in with these titles that sound like the beginning of great stories. Or good memes: Personally, while … Continue reading
The Last Good Man by Linda Nagata. Not the Last Good Woman.
Read July 2017 Recommended for fans of military thrillers ★ ★ ★ Short version: a nail-biting action thriller. Read it if you want thriller, but not to experience anything new in female characterization or military sci-fi. “If Daniel could offer … Continue reading
The Chinese Maze Murders by Robert Van Gulik
Read July 2017 Recommended for fans of Hercule Poirot and an interest in China ★ ★ ★ ★ Who knew 7th century China could provide such fertile source material for mysteries? And who knew that it would take a Dutch … Continue reading
Vampire Blues by Stephany Simmons
Read June 2017 Recommended for fans of very light PNR ★ ★ ★ Adventures of the first book over, Eleanor Figg and Lian Cairn are now a couple. They’ve decided to remodel his Irish pub into a bar and grill. … Continue reading
Mercy Blade by Faith Hunter. Or, Mercy me.
Read July 2017 Recommended for fans of kick-ass-lady urban fantasy. And vampires ★ ★ ★ I’m always on the lookout for the next Kate Daniels, and the Jane Yellowrock series comes close. Like Kate, she lost parents to violence, and … Continue reading
The Get Fuzzy Eperience
Read June 2017 Recommended for Bucky fans (not the badger) ★ ★ 1/2 Sometimes you just need some easy laughter in life, and what better than comics to fit the bill? I’ve enjoyed the Get Fuzzy comic strip for … Continue reading
Lumberjanes: Beware the Kitten Holy by Stevenson, Ellis, Watters, and Allen
Read June 2017 Recommended for people in the mood for fun! Pow! Friends to the max! ★ ★ ★ 1/2 I’m really not one for graphic novels; the form generally misses me. But I kept seeing Lumberjanes appear on my … Continue reading
The Dispatcher by John Scalzi
Read June 2017 Recommended for people who want a fast read, Scalzi fans ★ ★ 1/2 Written at the proverbial, easy-to-access, reach-all-literacy-levels eighth-grade level, The Dispatcher has an intriguing core idea. Unfortunately, the writing kept it only two … Continue reading
The Haunted Monastery by Robert Van Gulik
Read June 2017 Recommended for fans of Judge Dee ★ ★ 1/2 Fresh off the case of The Chinese Gold Murders, I was rather looking forward to another of Judge Dee’s adventures. Judge Dee and his retinue are returning from … Continue reading
