Category Archives: Book reviews
The Killing Kind by John Connolly
Read August 2017 Recommended for fans of mystery/horror ★ ★ ★ 1/2 to four stars Finally Connolly lives up to the promise in The Lovers, book 8 in the Charlie Parker series. It is a mystery series that often borders … Continue reading
Dead Things by Stephen Blackmoore
Read August 2017 Recommended for fans of Butcher and noir PI ★ ★ ★ I see dead people. Well, I don’t, not really, although I do regularly encounter the dying. But I was curious to see how a urban … Continue reading
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Read August 2017 Recommended for Americans ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “And all this is happening in the richest and freest country in the world, and in the middle of the 20th century. The subtle and deadly change of … Continue reading
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly. Like childhood.
Read July 2017 Recommended for ? fans of Neil Gaiman ★ ★ 1/2 This is definitely not a young adult book. If you should try, with best intentions, after reading numerous glowing reviews and having heard Connolly’s name bandied about … Continue reading
Chaos Mage by Stephen Aryan
Read July 2017 Recommended for fans of epic fantasy and sieges ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Wow, what a stroke of luck! The rather crabby clerk at Half-Price Books wanted me to know it’d be half an hour before … Continue reading
The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connelly
Read July 2017 Recommended for fans of police detectives, L.A. ★ ★ ★ ★ In book three of the Harry Bosch series, Connelly finally hits his stride. The preceding two books frequently referenced the lethal shooting of a … Continue reading
Lumberjanes Vol.2 Friendship to the Max!
Read July 2017 Recommended for chicks who love camping or graphic novels ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Score! For a person who ordinarily struggles with the format of graphic novels, this series is the max, adorbs, the bomb, rad, … Continue reading
Regeneration by Stacey Berg. Rejuvenating.
Read July 2017 Recommended for fans of apocalypse settings, interesting women ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Regeneration is the second part of an absolutely stunning duology. Read it if you liked Kameron Hurley’s Bel Dame series, and especially read it … Continue reading
One of Us is Lying (aka A Story About 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
