December 2022 – Page 2 – Looking For a Good Book

December 16, 2022

THE HOLE – Hye-Young Pyun

Oghi is just waking from a coma – the result of a car accident that took his wife’s life. Oghi is paralyzed and disfigured and he is left alone in his bed with nothing to do but remember and reflect on his life. He thinks often of his wife and realizes that she was never Continue reading

Dark Fantasy/Horror, Uncategorized

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

December 15, 2022

THE HOLDERS – Julianna Scott

Becca is a 17-year-old who has spent most of her life taking care of her little brother, Ryland. This is more than a simple sister’s oversight – Ryland has ‘issues,’ not the least of which are the voices he constantly hears in his head. Their father abandoned them when Ryland was very young and their Continue reading

ROMANCE, SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized, YA

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

December 14, 2022

THE EXILE – Erick Kriek

Hallstein Thordsson returns to his home in Iceland having spent seven years in exile . On his return he finds that all is not well and that his past still hovers over his family. He discovers that his stepmother has a suitor and she’s not interested but the man will not leave her alone. Hallstein’s Continue reading

GRAPHIC NOVEL, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Graphic Novels, Reviews

December 13, 2022

THE ART OF PROPHECY – Wesley Chu

Jian has spent his entire life living in luxury. It was prophesied that he would become the hero who would ultimately defeat the Eternal Khan, a cruel immortal god-king, and save the kingdom. That prophecy makes him a hero before he even does anything and he’s treated like a hero just for being born. He Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

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

December 12, 2022

GOING ROGUE – Janet Evanovich

We’re in the 29th book in the Stephanie Plum series and Ms. Plum is just as energized and confused (romantically) as ever. Monday’s aren’t the best of days on a good week, but when Stephanie shows up for work at Vinnie’s Bail Bonds and Connie, the office manager isn’t there, the day gets worse. Connie’s Continue reading

MYSTERY, Uncategorized

4 stars, Action/Adventure, Book Reviews, Books, Mystery, Reviews

December 9, 2022

EGYPT’S GOLDEN COUPLE – John Darnell and Colleen Darnell

Who isn’t fascinated by the ancient Egyptian culture? Ever since the grade school days, when I wrapped my G.I. Joe in gauze and made a sarcophagus around him out of clay, detail painted like the King Tut photos we studied in school, I’ve never turned down an opportunity to visit an Egyptian exhibit. And yet Continue reading

HISTORICAL FICTION, NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, non-fiction, Reviews

December 8, 2022

THE HORN – John Clellon Holmes

There have been changes in the jazz music scene and Edgar Pool (nicknamed “The Horn” by the young cats) has straddled a couple of the big changes, all the while staying true to his own sound. But jazz is more than just a sound – it’s a way of life. The music, the booze, the Continue reading

OTHER, Uncategorized

5 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Literature, Music, Reviews

December 7, 2022

THE SPARE MAN – Mary Robinette Kowal

Tesla Crane is a social media icon. An inventor and heiress, it is nearly impossible for her to go anywhere without people recognizing her and posting photos of her. This makes for an awkward honeymoon, which is what Tesla is currently trying to enjoy on a cruise liner between the moon and Mars (along with Continue reading

MYSTERY, SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

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

December 6, 2022

SHADOW’S REEL – C. J. Box

I’m a latecomer to the Joe Pickett series of books, but that’s okay – you really don’t have to know much about the characters in this book. Wyoming Game Warden Joe Pickett is called to ranch to investigate what might be an animal carcass out by a distant fence. It turns out to be the Continue reading

MYSTERY, Uncategorized, WESTERN

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Mystery, Reviews, Western

December 5, 2022

BOLDLY GO – William Shatner (with Joshua Brandon)

It seems like, as people get older, they typically fit into two categories … the cranky and the reflective. Here, actor/author/singer/songwriter William Shatner gets reflective. Philosophically reflective. And why not? Shatner has had a good, long life to look back on. There’s not much about William Shatner that we don’t already know. A star from Continue reading

MEMOIR, NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Memoir, non-fiction, Reviews

December 2, 2022

POOR POOR OPHELIA – Carolyn Weston

It is the 1970’s and perhaps there has never been an era where the generation gap has been so pronounced or more obvious. It may have been in the 60’s when Jack Weinberg declared “Don’t trust anyone over 30,” but it was the decade that followed that took this to heart. The conflict in the Continue reading

MYSTERY, Uncategorized

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Mystery, Reviews

December 1, 2022

THE CIRCUS INFINITE – Khan Wong

Jes has amazing gravity-controlling powers. He has been raised in an institution that has been studying his abilities. But the institution has not been kind to him and when he finally sees an opportunity to get away from the institute and off planet, he takes it, not caring where it brings him as long as Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

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