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: 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…
Review: Trading in Danger by Elizabeth Moon
Trading in Danger by Elizabeth Moon My rating: 3 of 5 stars I wanted to like Vatta’s War as much as I did The Serrano Legacy, but this one nearly lost me at some points. Maybe it’s intended for a young adult…
Review: The Serrano Legacy Series by Elizabeth Moon
Against the Odds by Elizabeth Moon My rating: 5 of 5 stars I just finished reading the entire Serrano Legacy series by Elizabeth Moon, and I’m experiencing fiction letdown syndrome. You know, when you’ve been totally engaged in a marvelous world that’s…
Review: Neogenesis by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
Neogenesis by Sharon Lee My rating: 5 of 5 stars First, let it be known that I am an unabashed fangirl when it comes to Lee and Miller. That much has long been established. Should they care to publish their grocery…
Review: Endgame by Ann Aguirre
Endgame by Ann Aguirre My rating: 5 of 5 stars Endgame is the final book in the Sirantha Jax series, according to Aguirre, and it definitely shows. Everything gets wrapped up very satisfactorily. Nothing new is introduced. Jax’s relationships with March…
Review: Aftermath by Ann Aguirre
Aftermath by Ann Aguirre My rating: 4 of 5 stars Leave it to Aguirre to take her heroine in a direction that is apparently pissing off at least half of her readers (those who expected romance). Sirantha Jax is in fine…
Review: Killbox by Ann Aguirre
Killbox by Ann Aguirre My rating: 5 of 5 stars Killbox won’t make any sense without reading the previous three books, and I honestly feel that I should have gone back and re-read them before starting it. I was impatient for…
Review: Blood Oath by Christopher Farnsworth
Blood Oath by Christopher Farnsworth My rating: 4 of 5 stars Blood Oath is an interesting and fairly refreshing variation on the vampire riff. Most of the current tales give us a suave, sexy predator who mesmerizes his or her prey,…
Reviews: Various Short Stories
I just finished reading a bunch of different short stories that have been lurking in various programs on my iTouch. While they are reviewed in separate entries on GoodReads, I’m going to try to put the reviews in one blog post.