March 2023 – Looking For a Good Book

March 31, 2023

THE FENCING MASTER – Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Madrid, 1868. Don Jaime Astarloa is a fencing master. He is reputed to be the only fencing master in the world to know how to execute a rare, unstoppable thrust move. Don Jaime is approached by a young woman, Adela, who asks him to be her fencing instructor. It is a highly unusual request – for Continue reading

OTHER, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Reviews

March 29, 2023

ELEUTHERIA – Allegra Hyde

Willa Marks was raised by conspiracy-theory alarmist parents. As an adult, Willa leaves home but is stuck in a dead-end job. Until, that is, she meets Sylvia Gill, a Harvard professor who studies social movements. Sylvia is everything Willa has been looking for, and the professor has all the right answers for Willa’s growing concerns Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized, YA

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

March 27, 2023

LEWIS CARROLL: THE MAN AND HIS CIRCLE – Edward Wakeling

There are only a small handful of authors who were active prior to the 20th century for whom I not only have great respect but I wish to learn as much about them as possible. Lewis Carroll, aka Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, would be high on that list. When I saw this ‘new’ book by Edward Continue reading

NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

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

March 23, 2023

PHOTO FINISHED – Christin Brecher

Liv Spyer is your (slightly above) average New Yorker … lives in a tiny apartment, works a relatively mindless job in her grandparents’ key shop while trying to make it as a photographer. She will also try solving a murder. Regina Montague is the photographer to the stars in New York – coordinating a team Continue reading

Uncategorized

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Mystery, Reviews

March 21, 2023

LOST IN THE MOMENT AND FOUND – Seanan McGuire

Of all of author Seanan McGuire’s different series, I think I am enjoying this one the most. The underlying tone that traverses the books is really intoxicating. This book, like most in this series, can be read as an individual book (there’s a beginning, middle, and an end … no cliffhangers to goad you into Continue reading

Dark Fantasy/Horror, SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

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

March 17, 2023

THE FINAL STRIFE – Saara El-Arifi

In a cruel empire, in a different world, there is a caste system at work in which people are sorted by the color of their blood. Red blood (“Embers”) is for the elite group, in control of everything. Blue blood (“Dusters”) is for the working class. And those with clear blood (“Ghostings”) are relegated to Continue reading

MYTHOLOGY, SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

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

March 15, 2023

DEFINITELY DEAD – Charlaine Harris

Sookie’s got a new boyfriend and he’s a real tiger. No, really. He’s a tiger. A were-tiger. If you don’t know Sookie Stackhouse by now, the Louisiana bayou waitress who can read the minds of other humans, but can’t read the minds of the dead (like her ex-boyfriend, vampire Bill Compton, and her ex-boyfriend, vampire Continue reading

Dark Fantasy/Horror, ROMANCE, SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Horror/Dark Fantasy, Reviews, Romance, SF/Fantasy

March 13, 2023

THE RUMOR GAME – Dhonielle Clayton & Sona Charaipotra

At Foxham Prep, the very ritzy private school for the children of Washington, DC’s elite, students are groomed to become the next generation of socialite elites and giants of industry. But they’re still students – partying, dating, fighting, and making up rumors about one another. But harmful rumors here could have such a lasting effect as Continue reading

Uncategorized, YA

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, Young Adult

March 9, 2023

THE SELF-MADE WIDOW – Fabian Nicieza

Not too long ago (in the book, Suburban Dicks), Andie Stern, soccer-mom mother of five and former FBI profiler, now living in West Windsor, New Jersey, solved a decades-old murder and conspiracy. Andie’s husband (as well as the local police) is hoping she’ll go back to being a quiet suburban mother and to that end she Continue reading

MYSTERY, Uncategorized

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Mystery, Reviews

March 7, 2023

THE GOLDEN HORN – Poul Anderson

This is the story of one of the most famous Vikings, Harald Sigurdharson (aka Harald Sigurdsson, aka Harald Hardråde) who will become Norway’s King Harald III. We begin with teenage Harald, fighting alongside his brother, King Olaf II, known as Olaf the Stout. There is an uprising against King Olaf due to his devotion and Continue reading

HISTORICAL FICTION, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Historical Fiction, Reviews

March 3, 2023

HOW TO SELL A HAUNTED HOUSE – Grady Hendrix

Whoa! Strap yourself in and hold on because Grady Hendrix has another tightly strung, gut-wrenching horror novel that will keep you up at night. Siblings Louise and Mark Joyner are absolutely devasted at the death of their parents at the end of the coronavirus pandemic. Mark and Louise haven’t gotten along for years and would Continue reading

Dark Fantasy/Horror, Uncategorized

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

March 1, 2023

ARMAGEDDON 2419 A.D. – Philip Francis Nowlan

Philip Francis Nowlan’s Armageddon 2419 A.D. is a sci-fi classic, a book I’ve long wanted to read and I finally got around to it. For those who think you’ve never heard of this book, chances are you know of it by the name of the central figure … Buck Rogers. It’s 1927 and WWI vet Anthony Rogers, Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

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