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Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Read January 2017 Recommended for fans of John Scalzi and Jason Bourne ★ ★ 1/2 “No one tells you it’s all about to change, to be taken away. There’s no proximity alert, no indication that you’re standing on the … Continue reading
Pocket Apocalypse by Seanan McGuire. It’s an apocalypse, all right.
Read December 2016 Recommended for fans. Forgiving ones. ★ 1/2 It’s an apocalypse, all right–a three-hundred page written disaster. I’ll be blunt. I don’t read this series for the gorgeous writing; I read for the fun menagerie of fantastical … Continue reading
The Overlook by Michael Connelly. Well, yes–you can.
Read November 2016 Recommended for fans of Michael Connelly ★ ★ 1/2 I don’t often read from the fiction bestseller list and I periodically wonder what I’m missing. When a Connelly (oops, not John Connolly–I mistakenly thought I had … Continue reading
Fever by Bill Pronzini
Read November 2016 Recommended for people who want a mystery without thriller ★ ★ My mother recently retired, so I’m looking around for a new mystery series to entertain her. She rather enjoys series, so here’s hoping the Nameless … Continue reading
California by Edan Lepucki
Read October 2016 Recommended for fans of horror/thriller ★ ★ If the world’s second-most annoying couple lives in the woods, will we care? Probably not. Despite great potential, California is a mess of a navel-gazing couple looking for … Continue reading
Trailer Park Fae by Lilith Saintcrow
Read August 2016 Recommended for fans of fae and ornate language ★ ★ Lilith Saintcrow’s blog was one of the few I read regularly, and I have fond memories of reading her Jill Kismet series Night Shift when … Continue reading
King and Maxwell by David Baldacci
Read August 2016 Recommended for fans of movie thrillers ★ ★ None of my friends have reviewed this book. Friends, this is your fault. I hold you all responsible. As well as my mother’s eighty-five year-old friend who … Continue reading
The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge
Read March 2016 Recommended for fans of Victorians, lies ★ ★ 1/2 Let me be frank– Shawn: As long as I can be Dean and Gus can be Sammy. Gus: Why do I always have to be Sammy? Shawn: … Continue reading
American Pain by John Temple. Painful.
Read March 2016 Recommended for fans of 60 Minutes ★ ★ Americans have a pain problem. As does healthcare. We might be at an impasse: patients and federal dollars both demand pain control, and yet narcotic deaths continue to … Continue reading
Bite Me by Parker Blue.
Read February 2016 Recommended for fans of paranormal snark & romance 2 1/2 stars Val Shapiro is on vampire stake-out. Killing vampires is not only a public service, but the violence gives her temporary respite from her internal sex-demon, Lola. … Continue reading
