April 2024
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THE LONELY LANDS – Ramsey Campbell
Joe Hunter is struggling with depression. He is only just beginning to adjust to life since his beloved wife, Olivia, passed away when he hears her calling from the ‘beyond.’ “Where am I?” she calls out to Joe. While her body has died, her soul, her essence, is wandering in an afterlife that is made Continue reading
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CITY OF BONES – Martha Wells
In the city of Charisat, along the desert known as The Waste, there is a massive temple built by the Ancients. A human named Sagai and Khat, of a humanoid race created by the Ancients to survive in the Waste, work together as relics dealers. They are hired to find some special relics believed to Continue reading
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BUNYAN AND HENRY – Mark Cecil
American legends John Henry (the steel driving man) and Paul Bunyan (the giant lumberjack) are reimagined and given new backstories in this modern fable by Mark Cecil. Paul Bunyan is a miner in the run-down, dirty Lump Town. He’s stuck in the job with no way to leave and no way to advance. The town Continue reading
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DEATH AT THE SAVOY – Ron Base & Prudence Emery
1963 London is an intoxicating, exciting time. Hollywood stars such as Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton can be seen, bickering in bars. Noel Coward might not be too far away, champagne glass in hand. And if the night is right and the light is right, you might even catch a glimpse of Princess Margaret, all Continue reading
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REYKJAVIK: A CRIME STORY – Ragnar Jonasson and Katrin Jakobsdottir
In 1956 Iceland, fourteen year old Lara seeks to expand her horizons and goes off to spend the summer on the island of Vidney, just off of Reykjavik, working as an all-around maid/housekeeper for a young couple. But in August of that year, Lara has gone missing without a single trace of evidence. Did she Continue reading
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SLEEP NO MORE – Seanan McGuire
Just when I was beginning to think that the October Daye series had run it’s course and maybe starting to get a little stale, author Seanan McGuire (the most prolific author I’m aware of) brings us the 17th book in the series and shakes up the reality of October’s world. October “Toby” Daye has finally Continue reading
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THE HUMANITIES AND PUBLIC LIFE – Peter Brooks
The opening sentence on the Goodreads description for this book reads: This book tests the proposition that the humanities can, and at their best do, represent a commitment to ethical reading. The essence of this book is to discuss and show, by discussion, the value and importance of the humanities in our everyday life. When educational Continue reading
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MODESTY BLAISE – Peter O’Donnell
The 1960’s were a very popular time for spies in literature. Post WWII and the Cold War at its peak, when no one trusted anyone else. It was perfect for a man (of woman) to secretly gather intel on an enemy. James Bond, of course, is the cream of the crop – one of the Continue reading
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EERIE ARCHIVES, VOLUME FOUR – graphic novel
Having recently enjoyed The Complete Web of Horror, which collected and reprinted a stunning B&W comic series from a few decades back, I thought I’d go for another book of collected reprints, this time the classic comic magazine, Eerie. Eerie was not a magazine that I ever read, though I’d certainly seen it in the stores and would have Continue reading
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HE WHO DROWNED THE WORLD – Shelley Parker-Chan
Zhu Yuanzhang is at the top of her game. She’s successfully led an army against the Mongols and has freed southern China from the Mongol’s control. But Zhu isn’t satisfied with this unprecedented success. Now she want to take the throne for herself and become China’s emperor. Zhu isn’t the only one who is feeling Continue reading
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AMERICA FANTASTICA – Tim O’Brien
Boyd Halverson has had enough. Enough of just about everything. So Boyd, once a reputable and respected journalist turned online troll and failed retail manager, walks into the Community National Bank with his .38 Special and walks out with $81,000 and the bank teller. Now Boyd and the teller, Angie Bing, are on the run. Continue reading
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