October 2022 – Looking For a Good Book

October 28, 2022

TIN STAR – Cecil Castellucci

Tula Bane is a young girl who is a part of a colonization plan. She is traveling with her family on a ship called Prairie Rose headed to the furthest reaches of the galaxy. The ship stops at a remote space station to take on supplies. Tula, a bit of an explorer and tired of being cooped Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized, YA

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

October 26, 2022

FOREST SECRETS – Laurie Woodward

Daisy Castillo is a preteen girl embarking on a new (unwanted) adventure. Her parents are divorcing and she’s moving with her mom to a new home. There’s an ancient forest near the new home and Daisy retreats to the woods and there she meets and befriends Calliandra, a magical half-tree/half-human creature. Calliandra is upset because her parents Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized, YA

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

October 24, 2022

SEASONAL FEARS – Seanan McGuire

What if young love lasted forever? Harry March is a 17 year old high school athlete madly in love with his sweetheart, Melanie Cosgrove. Melanie is a frail girl, always suffering and constantly on the verge of dying from a heart disease. One day they both collapse at the football field, but when Melanie wakes Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

5 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Horror/Dark Fantasy, Mythology/Legend, Reviews, SF/Fantasy

October 21, 2022

BURNING QUESTIONS – Margaret Atwood

Burning Questions is a collection of essays, speeches, book reviews, book forewords, and other non-fiction miscellany from the pen and wit of the incredible Margaret Atwood. Collected works starting from 2004 and on up through 2021, the range of material here is so vast it practically defies description. It is most fascinating to see the different Continue reading

MEMOIR, NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

5 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, essays, Memoir, non-fiction, Reviews

October 19, 2022

THE URBAN SKETCHING HANDBOOK: SPOTLIGHT ON NATURE – Virginia Hein & Gail L. Wong

I really love this art book series! As I’ve noted before, in the review of one of the other books in the series, there is no shortage of ‘how to’ art books. I’ve bought more than a handful myself, and rarely do I come away actually feeling enlightened in regards to a new technique or Continue reading

NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

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

October 17, 2022

BLUEBIRD – Ciel Pierlot

“Lesbian gunslinger fights spies in space!” That’s the first sentence for the description of this book on Goodreads. That’s kind of all you need to know, but if you want just a little bit more…. Rig, a blue, bald, headscarf-wearing alien, is a gunslinger and a thief. She’s a badass who knows that no one Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

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

October 13, 2022

THE WINNERS – Fredrik Backman

It’s been a couple of years since the assault that tore Beartown and Hed apart. Some people are trying to move on, while others fight to hang on to what life was before everything fell apart. A tempest blows and brings with it some change. A local is killed as a result of the storm Continue reading

OTHER, Uncategorized

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Literature, Reviews

October 11, 2022

OIL AND MARBLE – Stephanie Storey

WARNING – POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD When Leonardo da Vinci was just past the apex of his career and Michelangelo Buonarroti was still just a young. upstarting sculptor looking to make a name for himself, the two both lived and worked in Florence, Italy at the same time. Michelangelo is still in awe of the famous master Continue reading

HISTORICAL FICTION, Uncategorized

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Historical Fiction, Reviews

October 7, 2022

STAR MOTHER and STAR FATHER – Charlie N. Holmberg

When a star dies it must be replaced and a star is replaced when a god mates with a human and the human gives birth to a star. A new star is needed and the Sun God is looking for a human to provide the mortal womb. The Sun God has selected the village of Continue reading

Uncategorized

5 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Mythology/Legend, Reviews, SF/Fantasy

October 5, 2022

RATED X: HOW PORN LIBERATED ME FROM HOLLYWOOD – Maitland Ward

There have been a few books and ‘tell-alls’ from people (specifically women) in the porn industry, but few, if any, come from someone who worked as a high-profile Hollywood actor prior to making the conscious decision to start working in porn. Maitland Ward was a teenager when she worked on the soap opera The Bold and Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

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

October 3, 2022

OBSIDIAN – Sarah J. Daley

Shade Nox is wielder of blood magic – a Bloodwizard, known as the Black Witch by most. Her intent is to create a Veil over her community to protect them from all sorts of danger, especially the Unseen. But no one has raised such a Veil in over a hundred years. Also, Veils are controlled Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized, YA

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