Tag Archives: supernatural mystery
A Book of Bones by John Connolly. Or Book of Digression
Not finished August 2022 Recommended for serious Connolly fans ★ ★ Dear John, I wanted to read a book about Charlie. His buddies, Louis and Angel. His ghost-kid. Maybe something sort of supernatural. But this felt like an EXTRA!!! … Continue reading
Amongst Our Weapons by Ben Aaronovitch. Or, Primary Weapon: Kobna
Read April 2022 Recommended ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Here’s what you need to know: while I generally am unable to be an audio book listener, audio is absolutely the best way to consume the Peter Grant series. Although I … Continue reading
False Value by Ben Aaronovitch. Audio version–not so much
Listened March to April 2022 Recommended ★ ★ ★ 1/2 The story definitely improved with Kobna’s reading. It took me a long, long time to get to the audio version, having bounced so hard off the hardcover. The narrative time shifts … Continue reading
Crowbones by Anne Bishop
Read April 2022 Recommended for fans. Very ardent ones. ★ ★ And so continues my love-hate relationship with Anne Bishop’s The Others series. Although, to be honest, it’s really more of a guilty pleasure-outright disgust hookup, but that’s always more … Continue reading
The Iron Khan by Liz Williams. Or, Sheer Gold.
Read February 2022 Recommended for fans of Chinese mythology ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Currently the last in the Detective Inspector Chen series. It deserves more than this partial review, but I am, after all, on vacation, so … Continue reading
The Woman in the Woods
Recommended for fans Charlie Parker Read October 2021 ★ ★ ★ 1/2 Do you ever wonder if an author’s been reading too many book reviews? That their books are a response to fans as much as a creative impulse? As … Continue reading
A Song for Quiet by Cassandra Khaw
Recommended for Khaw fans Read October 2021 ★ ★ After a buddy read of Khaw’s Lovecraftian-themed Hammers on Bone, we decided to try the subsequent novella. I was hopeful that a new protagonist–a bluesman–would provide a change from the … Continue reading
Carter and Lovecraft by Jonathan L. Howard
Read September 2020 Recommended for fans of reinvented Lovecraft ★ ★ ★ It’s totally me. No, really; it sounds like a line, but it’s true. True story: I’m a huge fan of Howard’s Johannes Cabal series (particularly … 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
Shadow of Doubt by Hailey Edwards
Read April 2020 Recommended for fans of ★ ★ 1/2 A 3 ★ on the Quarantine Brain reads. Or not; I mean, some of the typical PNR problems are all here: a fascination with describing hair, MCs … Continue reading
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