Junkyard Bargain by Faith Hunter My rating: 5 of 5 stars What a fun read! I came to this one fresh off having read three other books by Faith Hunter. With a less-capable author, that would have been way too much,…
Review: Circle of the Moon and Spells for the Dead by Faith Hunter
Spells for the Dead by Faith Hunter My rating: 5 of 5 stars Oh, so good! I read Circle of the Moon right after finishing Final Heir, then realized that Spells for the Dead was out, too. So lots of Faith…
Review: Final Heir by Faith Hunter
Final Heir by Faith Hunter My rating: 5 of 5 stars Ok, it started a little slowly, and I had some trouble getting into the swing of the book. I stuck with it because Faith Hunter’s always been good for a…
Review: Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss My rating: 3 of 5 stars I found the narrator’s voice grating, frankly, and his manner of delivery was arrogant. That might reflect the author’s level…
Review: Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy by Jessica Fern
Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy by Jessica Fern My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a wonderful book, and it will take an honored place on my short shelf of books recommended for anyone interested in an ethically non-monogamous lifestyle. …
Review: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari My rating: 3 of 5 stars This book is an impressive tome, but it’s also clearly biased in favor of a particular political view. I suppose it isn’t possible for a…
Review: Atomic Habits by James Clear
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear My rating: 4 of 5 stars The book is good except for the endless sports analogies. I should have known this would happen…
Review: We Are Meridians by S. Ghali
WE ARE MERIDIANS: BOOK ONE by S. Ghali My rating: 2 of 5 stars There I was, merrily reading along in this science fiction book. Then WHAM, S. Ghali ruined it completely. How? They depicted the main female character as having…
Review: Sucker Punch by Laurell K. Hamilton
Sucker Punch by Laurell K. Hamilton My rating: 3 of 5 stars Boring! If I hadn’t been having trouble finding enough to read, I wouldn’t have finished it. I thought there was too much talking in Serpentine, but this volume takes…
Review: Marque and Reprisal by Elizabeth Moon
Marque and Reprisal by Elizabeth Moon My rating: 4 of 5 stars Another decent, though not amazing, book from Moon. I messed up in not doing my review as soon as I finished, because I moved straight on to volume three in…