August 2016
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WINTER PASSAGES – Robert Brustein
If there is anyone writing today more eloquently and regularly on theatre and theatre artists than Robert Brustein, I would very much like to know who that is. For those of us who work in the theatre, we can often be consumed by the day-to-day rigors of the work, but works, such as Brustein’s essays, Continue reading
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SILENT HALL – N. S. Dolkart
This book took me completely by surprise – and in the very best way. This is an epic story, in the tradition of Lord of the Rings or The Shannara Chronicles or any other fantasy in which a group or band of characters sets about on a journey in which each of their special skills Continue reading
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MADELINE FINN AND THE LIBRARY DOG – Lisa Papp
When I review or consider a children’s book, there are three things I look at: 1) How is the art? 2) How is the story? 3) What is the likelihood of re-reading the book? Madeline Finn and the Library Dog is a success on every level. Madeline Finn is a young girl who doesn’t like Continue reading
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THE DRAGONS OF HEAVEN – Alyc Helms
Missy Masters is mystical crime-fighting world-saving superhero. She inherited her powers of controlling shadows from her grandfather who was known as the superhero Mr. Mystic. It’s a daunting prospect and just fitting into the costume presents a challenge. But there’s more to being a superhero than wearing a costume and having powers. Learning to harness Continue reading
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MAGIC BITTER, MAGIC SWEET – Charlie N. Holmberg
Charlie N. Holmberg is one of the freshest voices writing in fantasy today. Holmberg’s latest book, Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet, is somehow both uniquely different and eminently familiar at the same time. Maire has no memory of who she is or where she comes from. She is in a small village with kind people who Continue reading
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DEADLY HEAT – Richard Castle
Books, using characters created for television, especially in the mystery genre, is nothing new. I’ve read books about Columbo, and Murder, She Wrote, as well as plenty of sci-fi books. But this is a slightly different spin on that theme, and it’s kind of brilliant. On the television show, Castle, Richard Castle is a mystery Continue reading
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TIME TRIAL #1 – graphic novel
This is actually a 32 page comic book and not a full graphic novel, but it is a great teaser to a graphic novel to come! “Best-selling” author Rysa Walker (whom I’ve never heard of) is building an exciting series, based on this first issue. Nineteen year old Clio Dunne is the daughter of time-traveling Continue reading
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PRANKSTERS – Kembrew McLeod
Pranks? What is a ‘prank’ as performed by a ‘prankster’? Pulling ‘one’ over on someone? Author Kembrew McLeod seems to look on it as a practical joke that has political and/or social change connotations. ‘Pranking’ is popular today as we have television shows all about pranks and tv talk show hosts ‘prank’ one another all Continue reading
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MADE TO KILL – Adam Christopher
How do you take a classic noir mystery theme and make it fresh? Make the noir detective/assassin a robot, of course! Adam Christopher’s sci-fi/noir/humor book, Made to Kill, is just plain a lot of fun to read. In so many ways it reminded me of a lot of the Ron Goulart books I read in Continue reading
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MYSTERIES OF MOTION – Hortense Calisher
THROWBACK THURSDAY: REVIEWING A REISSUE I will admit that I often don’t pay a lot of attention to where a book was published while I’m reading it. It is early, when I request it, that I know where it has come from, and then again when I’m reviewing my notes for my review that I Continue reading
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DUST BOWL GIRLS – Lydia Reeder
Dust Bowl Girls, by Lydia Reeder, is one of the most exciting, informative, and thoroughly engaging non-fiction books I’ve read this year. This is a book that must be optioned for film — it has all the ingredients for a truly spellbinding movie. Think Hoosiers, A League of Their Own, or The Blind Side. Author Continue reading
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THOR: DUELING WITH GIANTS – Keith R.A. DeCandido
I think that this book is aimed at teen readers … but I’m not quite sure. There’s a fair amount of the book that follows youthful Thor, Loki, and Sif. But it’s also dense with prose story-telling. It’s a pretty simple plot: Thor is in a battle with some trolls trying to invade Asgard when his Continue reading
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