December 2018 – Page 2 – Looking For a Good Book

December 11, 2018

PEW! PEW! – SEX! GUNS! SPACESHIPS! …OH MY! – anthology

According to the Goodreads description of this book it is “9 Comedic space opera tales of big spaceships, poor life decisions, and lots of Pew!” I can’t disagree with any of that. There are, in fact, nine novellas/novelettes included here. There are some big spaceships, and most of the characters make some poor life decisions. Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, SHORT FICTION, Uncategorized

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

December 10, 2018

SPARROW HILL ROAD – Seanan McGuire

Is there anything that Seanan McGuire can’t write, and write well? Sparrow Hill Road begins McGuire’s take on ghosts. There are legends of ghosts all over the country: The Girl in the Diner; The Phantom Prom Date; The Girl in the Green Silk Gown. Though the stories have deviated and changed from the original tellings, Continue reading

Dark Fantasy/Horror, SF/FANTASY

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Horror/Dark Fantasy, Reviews, SF/Fantasy

December 7, 2018

HEROINE’S JOURNEY – Sarah Kuhn

With this book I have now read the Heroine’s Complex trilogy. I’ve had real mixed feelings about the previous two books (you can search for my reviews on my blog) but I am so happy to note that this is the strongest book of the series (and it will be a continuing series, according to Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized, YA

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, SF/Fantasy, Young Adult

December 6, 2018

SHAKESPEARE SAVED MY LIFE – Laura Bates

Dr. Laura Bates had been told that maximum-security prisoner are beyond rehabilitation and Bates, an English professor and believer in the power of Shakespeare’s plays, took that as a challenge. Bates holds classes in Shakespeare’s plays with prisoners who sign up to take the classes. She begins regular meetings in a detention ward with maximum Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Entertainment, non-fiction, Reviews, Theatre

December 4, 2018

THE VIKINGS – Martyn Whittock & Hannah Whittock

Although this book is subtitled “From Odin to Christ” and is ostensibly a book about the ‘Christianizing’ of Scandinavia, the truth is that this is a really phenomenal, brief history of the ‘Vikings.’ I put a quote around ‘Vikings’ because, as the Whittocks explain, ‘Viking’ is something you did (you went viking) and not something Continue reading

MYTHOLOGY, NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

5 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, History, Mythology/Legend, non-fiction, Reviews

December 3, 2018

EARTHRISE – James Gladstone & Christy Lundy

If I still had children of picture-book age, this is most definitely a book I would have and that I would read to them as often as I could. In thirty-two keenly illustrated pages, author James Gladstone and illustrator Christy Lundy manage to not only tell the story of Apollo 8 and the famous, iconic Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, NON-FICTION

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, non-fiction, Picture books, Reviews

December 2, 2018