October 2014
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THE WHISPERS – Lisa Unger
Publishers will resort to a lot of ‘gimmicks’ in order to sell books. I’ve worked in bookstores and libraries and with publishers, and I understand the marketing desire to one-up the competition. And so, when I received notice of advanced short stories as a prelude to a novel, I was just a little skeptical. But Continue reading
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A CHRISTMAS TREASURY – collection
THROWBACK THURSDAY: REVIEWING A REISSUE Ah, sweet nostalgia! This book is a throwback to a simpler and often more elegant time. Dover Publications has put together a collection (or ‘treasury’) of stories, poems, and illustrations from the turn of the century. Clement Moore’s “The Night Before Christmas” is a perennial classic and would be obvious Continue reading
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THE FLASH, VOL. 4: REVERSE – graphic novel
I am not a regular reader of any comic book or graphic novel title, though there was a time when I was. I say this because maybe it’s important to know that I am not up to speed (pun intended) on the three previous volumes of the “New 52” Flash books. And…that might be important. Continue reading
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4 TO 16 CHARACTERS – Kelly Hourihan
**WARNING — POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD!** Well…this makes me feel old. I liked the idea of writing a YA book in a way that YA readers could relate to it. This book is written as though its main characters were communicating through various social media sources (though oddly enough NOT through a Twitter-type account which would Continue reading
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ETIQUETTE & ESPIONAGE – Gail Carriger
Who hasn’t imagined themselves as a spy? Spy books are great escapist fiction because most of us, at one time or another, have secretly fantasized about how much fun it would be to be a spy. Here in Etiquette & Espionage, the first book in the “Finishing School” series by Gail Carriger, Carriger combines spy Continue reading
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BEST TO LAUGH – Lorna Landvik
I recognize Lorna Landvik’s name as an author whom many people I know really enjoy reading. I had never read any of her work, so when this ARC was available to me, I was delighted to give it a read. Best to Laugh is almost autobiographical and at the very least, an homage to Landvik’s early Continue reading
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STORM FRONT – Jim Butcher
THROWBACK THURSDAY: REVIEWING A BOOK FROM MY LIBRARY I’m very familiar with The Dresden Files, having seen episodes of the series on the SciFi Network; read some of the graphic novels; and read short stories of the series in various anthologies, but I’d yet to read the actual book series. And while I’ve been fortunate Continue reading
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THE STRAIN – graphic novel
It’s not often that I get an uncomfortable feeling when reading a graphic novel, but The Strain, Volume 1 is appropriately eerie. Based on a novel, and possibly a film or television series (I’m not entirely certain) created by Guillermo del Toro, The Strain twists the vampire legend back into something darker and more in Continue reading
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STOLEN FROM THE GARDEN – William Swanson
In our era of (what we consider to be) highly advanced forensics and criminal investigations, it’s sometimes difficult to remember that even in a relatively short time past, much of our modern forensics was still very much in its infancy. In Stolen From the Garden, author William Swanson reopens some old wounds by revisiting a Continue reading
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FAIREST VOL. 4: OF MICE AND MEN
I’m new to the “Fairest” titles, despite this being Volume 4. I have, however, read a number of issues of Fables, to which this series is connected. Based on this book…I am hooked! Perhaps it was precisely because I haven’t read any of the previous issues, but I really enjoyed the mystery of what was Continue reading
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BEATLENESS – Candy Leonard
In keeping with my Beatles reading, we have here another new book with the Fab Four as the subject. This one, Beatleness, by Candy Leonard, might actually be one of the more important books on the subject. There are plenty of books that look at the beatles themselves and their music (deservedly so) and it Continue reading
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NEST – Esther Ehrlich
The debut novel by Esther Ehrlich, Nest, is a beautiful, poignant, slightly dark tale of the trials of childhood. Set in the early 1970’s, eleven-year-old “Chirp” Orenstein is beginning to learn that life can be cruel to a child. Her mother struggles with a terrible disease and spends time in a ‘loony bin’ and goes Continue reading
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