Reese by Lori Handeland My rating: 3 of 5 stars And now for something COMPLETELY different. Yes, this book is out of character for me, but I like Lori Handeland, and since I received a free copy I felt obligated to read it and write a review. I’m keeping the fact that it is a western […]
Review: This Case Is Gonna Kill Me by Phillipa Bornikova
This Case Is Gonna Kill Me by Phillipa Bornikova My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book was an unexpected delight. Lawyers? Meh. Even lawyers with paranormal spice. But Linnet Ellery is no ordinary lawyer, even for a young lawyer in a White Fang law firm. She has no end of backbone and smarts, not to mention […]
Review: Face Off by Mark del Franco
Face Off by Mark Del Franco My rating: 4 of 5 stars I went back and forth on the rating for this book but finally settled on a four. I honestly found all the conflict to be exhausting and unpleasant, but it was very realistically written and I certainly felt connected to Blackstone. I decided that […]
Review: Skin Deep by Mark del Franco
Skin Deep by Mark Del Franco My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is an intriguing beginning to a series. I’ve played a character with similar abilities in a long-running roleplaying game, so I was particularly interested in this book. I think the author did an excellent job of exploring just how much could be done […]
Review: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline My rating: 5 of 5 stars Add this book to the shortlist of must-reads for every True Geek, right alongside Snow Crash. It’s a gleeful homage to geekdom and pop culture. Wade explains to the reader that he was born after humanity wore the world out and escaped to OASIS, […]
Family Announcement
I know, I know — I’ve been posting a lot of reviews lately. They seemed more interesting than actual updates. Most of my time has been spent doing volunteer work for Grants to You, which is interesting to do but not to describe. However, I have actual NEWS now! My baby girl and her beau […]
Book Review: More Holmes for the Holiday edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Jon L. Lellenberg
More Holmes for the Holidays by Martin H. Greenberg My rating: 3 of 5 stars Martin H. Greenberg and company have provided a fine collection of Sherlockian holiday stories that fit in quite well with the traditional set. “The Christmas Gift” by Anne Perry is a nice little piece about a stolen Stradivarius and a couple who […]
Book Review: Dragon Ship by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
Dragon Ship by Sharon Lee My rating: 5 of 5 stars Sharon Lee and Steve Miller continue to please with this latest installment in the Liaden Universe series. Theo Waitley, now First Pilot on the sentient ship Bechimo, is in the process of deciding whether she’s going to bond with the ship permanently as its Captain. […]
Book Review: Ghost Ship by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
Ghost Ship by Sharon Lee My rating: 5 of 5 stars Theo Waitley has met her father’s Clan and been Seen by the Delm of Korval now, at the end of both I Dare and Saltation. She does not, however, consider herself of Korval — she is a Waitley, as is reasonable for a young woman […]
Book Review: Saltation by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
Saltation (Theo Waitley, #2) by Sharon Lee My rating: 5 of 5 stars Saltation (Theo Waitley, #2) is good enough that I finished Fledgling (Theo Waitley, #1), then read it in one sitting. It simply has the sort of momentum that doesn’t allow for good stopping points — something that is true of many of the […]