Tag Archives: multi-culti
Lieberman’s Folly by Stuart M. Kaminsky
Read October 2020 Recommended for fans of PI detective ★ ★ ★ I need a good mystery to balance out the imagination in my other stories, and frankly, the unmitigated disaster that is normal life. The … Continue reading
Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno Garcia
Read October 2020 Recommended for those who enjoy a serious angst vampy story I think this is a pass for me. Domingo is a seventeen year-old who lives on the streets, getting by by being invisible and … Continue reading
The Girl with Ghost Eyes by M.H. Boroson
Read October 2020 ★ ★ ★ ★ An above average first book, with lots to like for urban fantasy fans. It reminds me of Maxine Hong Kingston crossed with Snake Agent. A young widowed … Continue reading
Exit by Belinda Bauer
Read September 2020 Recommended for fans of British mysteries ★ ★ ★ An uneven but satisfying reading experience. Elderly (but not geriatric) widower Felix is on an assignment with his new partner, Amanda, as an Exiteer. Exiteers are … Continue reading
The Wrong Stars by Tim Pratt
Read August 2020 Recommended for fans of Suzanne Palmer, The Expanse ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 “You know I am, at heart, a pragmatist. That’s why I seek chemical assistance to have less pragmatic experiences.” This … Continue reading
A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe by Alex White
Edit Edit date and time Read June 2020 Recommended for fans of space adventures! Fast-n-furious! ★ ★ ★ 1/2 This is the literary equivalent of the weekend action-adventure movie. Although initially slow to grab me, in the … Continue reading
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djeli Clark
Read February 2019 Recommended for fans of djinn, interesting reads ★ ★ ★ ★ Cairo, 1912 or so. There’s a ghost in Tram Car 015, although Senior Agent Hamed is fairly certain it isn’t a ghost. You … Continue reading
Earthrise By M.C.A. Hogarth
Read March 2020 Recommended for fans of light sci-fi ★ ★ ★ Taken for what it is, Earthrise is perfectly enjoyable. The captain of a ragtag ship with a mysterious benefactor has a favor called in–a rescue of … Continue reading
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Read January 2020 Recommended for genre mash-up ★ ★ ★ 1/2 A difficult book to rate. A difficult book to rate. Following a young person desperate to get off her residential planet, it has the distinctive voice … Continue reading
Maggie Terry by Sarah Schulman
Read November 2019 For fans of NYC and addiction lit-fic ★ ★ Hey, a new category of fiction for me: the NFM. Not quite a DNF, it’s a Not For Me, a quit before I waste any more … Continue reading
