June 2023
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RETURN TO GLORY – Jack McDevitt
I’ve really been enjoying Jack McDevitt’s Alex Benedict series (I just recently read and reviewed book #9 in that series) and it’s because of those book that when I saw he had a collection of short stories available, I really wanted to read it. I love the short story format. Because I’m really only familiar Continue reading
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THE FRIDAY NIGHT CLUB – Sophia Lundberg, Alyson Richman, and M.J. Rose
Eben Elliot, the associate curator at the Guggenheim Museum, is planning to bring a Hilma af Klint (not Klimt!) show to New York. Swedish artist Hilma af Klint is recognized as the artist who first produced abstract paintings despite the recognition typically to men by art historians. In his research, Elliot discovers that Hilma was Continue reading
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COSPLAY: A HISTORY – Andrew Liptak
It’s hard to imagine anyone in today’s society who is in any way active on social media or watches science fiction or fantasy television or movies to not be familiar with ‘cosplay’. Cosplay is a big deal and it’s been around a lot longer than people might imagine. What we are mostly familiar with are Continue reading
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VILLAGE IN THE SKY – Jack McDevitt
It has been over a century since the war between the humans and the ‘Mutes’ (the only other known race of intelligent beings in the universe – they don’t speak but communicate through telepathy). Despite vast exploration, due in part to faster-than-light travel, the universe has turned out to be quite empty, with the Mutes Continue reading
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CHILDREN OF RAGNAROK – Cinda Williams Chima
The problem with being an ancient god, even a Norse one, is that people stop believing in you are your power. It is a thousand years after Ragnarok and the magic that the gods once wielded is dying out. Reggin is a young woman with some power but she is enslaved to Asger, a powerful Continue reading
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LAST CALL AT THE NIGHTINGALE – Katharine Schellman
1920’s New York City. What a great time to be an active, young woman. But Vivian Kelly has been feeling stuck in a rut. She lives in a tenement building with her sister and she works long hours every day sewing in a dress shop. To escape this dull routine, Vivian enjoys the secret nightlife Continue reading
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THE REAL BRIDGERTON – Catherine Curzon
We like to think that the scandalous behavior we see in the Netflix series, Bridgerton, is the folly of a writer’s imagination (specifically that of Julia Quinn, author of the book series). But fiction so often can’t hold a candle to the truth. Author Catherine Curzon does a deep dive in Britain’s lascivious history and shares Continue reading
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THE EXHIBITIONIST – Charlotte Mendelson
Ray Hanrahan is a once-famous painter now looking to have an exhibit of new work and hopefully reviving his fame. Ray is not a nice man. He’s a narcissist who loves to make his family miserable. His favorite target is his wife, Lucia. She’s an artist herself and she’s been getting more attention and accolades Continue reading
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THE TIMEMATICIAN – Steven Bereznai
I have an amazing knack for picking up a book that is part of a series wherein I haven’t read any of the previous books in said series. I’ve done precisely that here, with this, The Timematician by Steven Bereznai. I liked the title, I liked the cover art – both drew me to wanting to read Continue reading
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EX LIBRIS: STORIES OF LIBRARIANS, LIBRARIES, AND LORE – Paula Guran, editor
A collection of stories centered around libraries and those who work in them is a near-perfect concept for a book. What reader hasn’t had an experience at some point with a library? What writer hasn’t interacted with a librarian? I’ve come to have greater appreciation for the role of editor for a short story collection. Continue reading
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BIG ETHEL ENERGY – graphic novel
Ethel Muggs was a graduate of Riverdale High, alongside some of its better known students, such as Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge and Betty Cooper. Ethel was the brilliant, quiet, rather frumpy looking girl generally ignored by the cooler kids and she couldn’t wait to get out of town after graduation. Now Ethel is Continue reading
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JOHN TIFFANY – graphic novel
John Tiffany – the James Bond for the Gen-X readers. Meaning darker, more violent, and the sex is much more in-your-face. He’s a bounty hunter for some of the toughest cases on the books and he needs to think like a spy in order to infiltrate criminal organizations to catch his prey. He’s cool under Continue reading
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