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Adventures of a Dwergish Girl by Daniel Pinkwater
Read April 2020 Recommended for fans of New England, YA ★ ★ Somehow, I missed Pinkwater’s works when I was growing up. I rectified that not long ago when Sarah B. pointed me towards Lizard Music, a delightfully … Continue reading
The Smart Woman’s Guide to Murder by Victoria Dowd. Or The Smart Woman Considers it Unpalatable.
Read May 2020 Recommended for no one. ★ You would think that at my age, I would be smarter than to fall for a marketing line that claims “A GOLDEN AGE COUNTRY HOUSE MURDER MYSTERY BROUGHT BANG UP TO … Continue reading
The Last Human by Zack Jordan
Read March 2020 Recommended for fans of mindbending sci-fi ★ ★ ★ The Last Human is an intriguing sci-fi debut that has a serious case of over-reach. When I began it, I knew nothing except the blurb and … Continue reading
Sea Change by Nancy Kress
Read February 2020 Recommended for fans hope ★ ★ 1/2 Surprisingly, for all my years in sci-fi, I’ve never read Nancy Kress. I think it has often been a subject/person (me) mismatch, so when Tachyon Publications had a review … Continue reading
The Toll by Cherie Priest
Read July 2019 Recommended for fans of Southern Gothic ★ ★ 1/2 Loosely billed as ‘horror,’ I don’t think that The Toll earns the genre. With a Southern Gothic atmosphere, it has a dual plot line that only … Continue reading
Death Doll by Brian P. White
Read March 2019 ★ ★ These aren’t the droids you’re looking for. More specifically, they aren’t the zombies I’m looking for. But they may very well work for you. In the interests of remembering and for other future … Continue reading
Walking to Aldebaran by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Read April 2019 Recommended for fans of exploration sci-fi ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 ‘Aldebaran’ is a red star whose name comes from the Arabic word for ‘follower,’ because it seems to follow the Pleides. Interesting … Continue reading
The October Man by Ben Aaronovitch
Read March 2019 Recommended for fans of urban fantasy police procedural ★ ★ ★ ★ You should always realize that my ratings for Ben Aaronovitch are relative to his own works; his Peter Grant series is generally … Continue reading
The Last by Hanna Jameson. Well, I hope it isn’t hers.
Read December 2018 Recommended for fans of The Last Policeman ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 I was all set to close the book (cough) on 2018; I had finished up the Peter Grant series in a very … Continue reading
Pulling Strings by Nick DeWolf
Read October 2018 Recommended for fans of King, thrillers ★ ★ ★ Well, I’ve got myself in a pickle. I rarely do ARCs, and for the most part, the ones I do are for books I intend to … Continue reading
