Category Archives: Book reviews
The Scavenger Door by Suzanne Palmer
Recommended for: Read in July 2021 ★ ★ ★ ★ Suzanne Palmer has been one of my authors to watch, and the first two books in this series are a lot of fun. The Scavenger Door closes … Continue reading
The Left-Hand Booksellers of London by Garth Nix
Recommended for: ya traditionalists Read in July 2021 ★ ★ ★ 1/2 I’ve bounced off Sabriel by Garth Nix enough times that I was hesitant to give his latest a try, but Nataliya’s fine review caught my imagination, … Continue reading
Drug Dealer, MD by Anna Lembke, MD
Read June 2021★ ★ ★ ★ Dr. Lemke isn’t the first health care practitioner to feel like a drug dealer, but she is one of the only ones to write a comprehensive overview of the relationship between prescribers, patients and … Continue reading
A Ghoulish Midlife. Why yes, it is ghoulish.
Attempted July 2021★ Read only if you are a middle-aged woman who lost the love of your life (but who also refers to your only son as the other love of your life) and want to imagine what it might be like … Continue reading
Julian at the Wedding by Jessica Love
á Read June 2021 ★ ★ ★ A follow-up to the adventures of Julian discovering mermaids, this suffers in comparison. I continue to love Love’s artistic sensibilities, but almost none of the pictures felt as vibrant or as unusual as … Continue reading
Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie
Read June 2021★ ★ ★ There’s at least two ways to read this series, and your enjoyment will depend on which you choose (choose your own adventure!) Do you: Read quickly, surface-details only, not pausing to question characters and plotting. … Continue reading
A Man of Shadows by Jeff Noon
Read June 2021★ ★ In the end, it comes down to feeling, as much as it pains me to say, and this was solidly uninteresting. Whether an unlikeable protagonist, stock characterization, or predictable plotting, I couldn’t say. Remember when you … Continue reading
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman by Theodora Goss
Read June 2021★ ★ 1/2 To be blunt, this was a chore. Though the premise was intriguing–the female children of some of book-history’s most villainous men come together as a Society–the execution made it an exercise in perseverance. But that … Continue reading
Selected Poems by Jorge Luis Borges
Read May 2021★ ★ ★ 1/2 When Florencia shared a poem by Jorge Luis Borges in her review, I was inspired enough to track down more of his work. Luckily, I happened upon this lengthy compellation of poems that spanned … Continue reading
