Tag Archives: hot mess
Magical Midlife Dating by K.F. Breene
Read August 2020 Recommended for dating optimists. ★ 1/2 I thought the first book in the series, Magical Midlife Madness, quite cute. The premise is that a woman is at odds after divorcing and her only son going off … Continue reading
Dopesick by Beth Macy
Read April 2019 Recommended for people who feel completely unfamiliar with oxycodone ★ 1/2 A problematic read for me. Yes, I know; awards and all that. But I honestly think the awards go to the fact that Macy … Continue reading
The Pygmy Dragon by Marc Secchia. Or, Back to class!
Read July 2016 Recommended for the author. To re-work. ★ “This week’s assignment will be to write two chapters of a young adult book about a Pygmy girl, dragons and special powers.” At least, that’s how I imagine The … Continue reading
The Diamond Age, Or, A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson.
Read March to April 2016 Recommended for hard core Stephenson fans ★ ★ Initially, I wasn’t tempted by The Diamond Age, but the subtitle drew me in. A book advising young women? Interesting. However, given a choice between this … Continue reading
Rising Tide by Rajan Khanna. More like Receding.
Read December 2015 Recommended for fans of steampunk ★ ★ 1/2 There’s something about this series that just doesn’t click with me. To start, it picks up a few hours after the cliffanger ending of the last book. … Continue reading
Woken Furies by Richard K. Morgan. Furious? No. Confused? Yes.
Read April 2014 Recommended for fans of Richard K. Morgan ★ ★ Some times a book doesn’t get to be judged as a stand-alone work. When it’s the third book in a loosely connected series featuring the same lead character, … Continue reading
Beyond the Shadows by Brent Weeks or it’s time for us to part
Recommended for: no one, really Read from March 23 to May 12, 2012 ★ Some times, I just get profoundly disappointed. When that happens, it becomes quite a challenge to keep on with second, third and fourth chances, which is … Continue reading
