May 2018 – Looking For a Good Book

May 30, 2018

HIDDEN HUNTRESS – Danielle L. Jensen

Hidden Huntress is Danielle L. Jensen’s follow-up to her novel Stolen Songbird. In that book, human girl Cécile marries a troll prince, Tristan, in order to bring two worlds closer together, and of course they manage to fall in love despite initially finding the other horrible to look at. Now we leave the fairy-tale-like romance behind Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized, YA

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, SF/Fantasy, Young Adult

May 28, 2018

LOOTED BEAUTY – Anthony Amore and Karl Stevens

Like its counterpart, Stolen Beauty, which I reviewed back on March 19, 2018, this book has artist Karl Stevens recreating particular works of art in simple line art form, suitable (sort of) for coloring. Anthony Amore has done some fine research and has collected the information on a number of works of art that was Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

5 Stars, Art, Book Reviews, Books, History, non-fiction, Reviews

May 25, 2018

THE DJINN FALLS IN LOVE & OTHER STORIES – Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin, eds.

I’ve extolled the virtues of short stories many times and anthologies tend to center around a theme. This theme, of course, is Djinn, or Genies as we Americans often call them. This supernatural creature, the Djinn, is quite foreign to me and I looked forward to getting a better understanding of what s/he is about, Continue reading

MYTHOLOGY, SF/FANTASY, SHORT FICTION, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Mythology/Legend, Reviews, SF/Fantasy, Short Stories

May 23, 2018

MY LUCKY LIFE – Dick Van Dyke

There aren’t very many performers/actors that I admire as much as I do Dick Van Dyke. I grew up watching this man. On television it was The Dick Van Dyke Show and then The New Dick Van Dyke Show. On the big screen it was Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. His talent, to Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, MEMOIR, NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Biography, Book Reviews, Books, Entertainment, Memoir, non-fiction, Reviews, Television

May 22, 2018

JOE GOLEM: OCCULT DETECTIVE – graphic novel

At some point in our future, parts of Manhattan become submerged in thirty feet of ocean water. Forty years after the disaster this area, now known as The Drowning City, has a new problem … an unknown creature is rising from the dark waters and snatching children and taking them into the water. Joe Golem Continue reading

GRAPHIC NOVEL, MYSTERY, SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

5 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Graphic Novels, Mystery, Reviews, SF/Fantasy

May 21, 2018

MYTH OF THE MAKER – Bruce R. Cordell

Carter Morrison is a software developer/programmer and he and his associates have built a fully immersive Virtual Reality world that should take the gaming world by storm. But something goes awry at Carter kills his friends in order to save mankind. Well…maybe. When Katherine Manners finds a man in the computer server room who looked Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

2 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, SF/Fantasy

May 18, 2018

GEEKED OUT – Obert Skye

The world is crumbling apart after bombs have nearly destroyed humanity, but that doesn’t mean kids get a pass from going to school! Uh uh, not way! It’s just that school isn’t quite the way it used to be. Sure, there’s still a hierarchy of cliques, with the jocks at the top of the heap Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, HUMOR, Uncategorized, YA

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, Humor, Reviews, Young Adult

May 17, 2018

LIFE IS LIKE A MUSICAL – Tim Federle

Tim Federle’s Life is Like a Musical appears to be targeted toward the audience for his Young Adult books, but the advice he offers up is pertinent to everyone. Although many who read this book will know Federle as the author of popular books such as Tequila Mockingbird: Cocktails with a Literary Twist and the Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, ENTERTAINMENT, NON-FICTION, Uncategorized, YA

5 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, Entertainment, non-fiction, Reviews, Theatre, Young Adult

May 16, 2018

ZERO-G: GREEN SPACE – William Shatner and Jeff Rovin

FBI Director Samuel Lord is back, this time working with NASA to uncover the mole sabotaging some top-secret NASA projects aboard the Empyrean. But there’s an additional problem – some self-replicating nanites are proving volatile on-board and attempts to eradicate them are ineffective. Octogenarian Sam Lord is given these outer reaches assignments by the FBI Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, SF/Fantasy

May 14, 2018

SCENARIOS – Werner Herzog

If you don’t know Werner Herzog’s films you should correct that right away. You’ll be in for a treat, but don’t expect to see your average blockbuster type movie. Herzog is an artist and his films tend to be powerful stories of ordinary people attempting something extraordinary. This book contains the texts for four of Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, Uncategorized

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Entertainment, Literature, Reviews

May 11, 2018

PIERCE BROWN’S RED RISING: SONS OF ARES – graphic novel

I’m a little bit behind on my Red Rising series reading (though I’m currently working on correcting that) and I’d hoped that this might help me out and round out a few things for me. And it does. In many ways this is a prequel to the series as it lays out the story of Continue reading

GRAPHIC NOVEL, Uncategorized

2 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Graphic Novels, Reviews, SF/Fantasy

May 9, 2018

SHORT NIGHTS OF THE SHADOW CATCHER – Timothy Egan

My only regret with this book is that it took me so long to read it. Edward Curtis was a photographer in the very early days of photography. Apprenticed as a photographer in St. Paul, Minnesota, he later moved to Seattle and became interested in photographing Native Americans. He was often and long supported by Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, MEMOIR, NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

4 stars, Art, Biography, Book Reviews, Books, Entertainment, history book, Memoir, non-fiction, Reviews