Tag Archives: series
Friday the Rabbi Slept Late by Harry Kemelman
Read April 2021 Recommended for fans of cozy-type mystery ★ ★ ★ After a slow start, the Rabbi came through. A red herring or two, a couple of likable characters, and a not-incompetent police chief made for some interesting stops … Continue reading
The Day That Never Comes by Caimh McDonnell
Read April 2021Recommended for fans of McDonnell★ ★ 1/2 While I was a fan of McDonnell’s first book, A Man With One of Those Faces, the follow-up did not work as well. My First Big Clue was an extremely … Continue reading
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
Read March 2021Recommended for sci-fi ★ ★ ★ 1/2 It’s complicated. I bought Ancillary Justice awhile ago, knowing I needed to read it. Everyone, it seemed was raving, from the Hugo/Locus/Nebula Awards to the Incomparable Podcast to the friends … Continue reading
Fugitive Telemetry
Read April 2021 Recommended for fans of sci-fi, humor and AI ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2021 is looking to be a pretty special year. No, I don’t mean the vaccine, although that’s pretty … Continue reading
Blood Heir by Ilona Andrews
Read January 2021 Recommended for fans Kate Daniels ★ ★ ★ Short version? Kate 2.0. WinKate98. There you go. Move along. The long version? (Let’s be honest–there’s always a long version, right?). The long version is that I’m … Continue reading
An Obvious Fact by Craig Johnson
Read October 2020 Recommended for fans of Longmire ★ ★ 1/2 A book clearly made for the small screen. Featuring: -Walt committing more misdemeanors than a Hells Angel at a rally -Henry in multiple bar fights -all the … Continue reading
Driving the Deep by Suzanne Palmer
Read June 2020 Recommended for fans of submarines, space adventures! ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Interesting that it has been sci-fi books in the past few years to really pull me out of my slump. Driving the Deep was … Continue reading
False Value by Ben Aaronovitch. Well, yes. It was.
Read June 2020 Recommended for tolerant fans ★ ★ 1/2 Delivered as advertised. Oh yes; you heard right. The founder of Goodreads’ Folly Irregulars and long-time fan of Peter Grant (the novels), has found a Peter Grant book … Continue reading
Robert B. Parker’s Old Black Magic by Ace Atkins
Recommended for: Parker fans Read May 2020 ★ ★ ★ Akins has taken over Parker’s Spenser series and honestly, has probably surpassed the final decade of books that Parker himself was able to push out. Still, reading the merging … Continue reading
All Souls Near& Nigh by Hailey Turner
Read May 2020 Recommended for fans of PNR ★ ★ ★ 1/2 As you might be able to tell from my categories, there’s a bit of kitchen sink about this. Shifters, gods, demons, mages, and vampires in New York … Continue reading
