May 2025 – Looking For a Good Book

May 29, 2025

THE BIRDING DICTIONARY – Rosemary Mosco

What is there to say about a book like this? This is a humor book, masquerading as a “birding dictionary” – meaning a dictionary of terms common to birders (ie obsessed bird watchers). Author Rosemary Mosco is clearly familiar with birders (perhaps she is one herself) and picks up on a lot of their language Continue reading

HUMOR, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Humor, Reviews

May 27, 2025

INSTALLMENT IMMORTALITY – Seanan McGuire

This is the second InCryptid novel to be from Mary Dunlavy’s point of view. Mary, for those who aren’t familiar with Seanan McGuire’s various series, is a Crossroads Ghost who has been the babysitter for generations of Price-Healy Family children. (And the Price-Healy Family is an old family that has been studying and conserving InCryptids.) Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

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

May 23, 2025

MIDNIGHT STREETS – Phil Lecomber

It is 1929 and the Cockney private detective George Harley saves a young girl’s life. The act begins an investigation that brings Harley to such disturbing places he could never have imagined. A series of grisly murders against children are occurring in Harley’s part of town. Scotland Yard has asked Harley to keep them informed and Continue reading

MYSTERY, Uncategorized

2 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Mystery, Reviews

May 21, 2025

BRIDGERTON: THE DUKE AND I – Julia Quinn

It took me awhile to decide to watch the Bridgerton series on Netflix. I was aware of the interest but I didn’t think I would be interested in a romance series, but one night, while looking for a new show to watch, my wife and I decided to check out Bridgerton … and we enjoyed it. And Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, ROMANCE, Uncategorized

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, Romance, Television

May 19, 2025

LEGENDARY SCARLETT & BROWNE – Jonathan Stroud

Scarlett McCain and Albert Browne have always managed to get out of as much trouble as they’ve gotten in to. But whether luck or skill (or a combination of the two) they are about to meet the trouble that even they can’t escape. While Scarlett follows up on leads to find her brother, Albert returns Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized, YA

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

May 15, 2025

AN ILLUSTRATED TREASURY OF DRAGON TALES – Theresa Breslin

This is precisely the sort of book I would have bought when my children were younger. Dragon’s are a great fantasy creature, providing plenty of imagination fodder for young readers. This book not only offers a series of short, fantasy adventures, but it provides a bit of history as well. It’s always fun when a Continue reading

CHILDREN’S

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, Picture books, Reviews

May 13, 2025

OVERGROWTH – Mira Grant

At three years old, Anastasia Miller began to tell anyone who would listen that she was an alien that had taken over Anastasia’s body and that her ‘people’ were going to return to take her to her true home. That was more than three decades ago and for more than three decades no one listened. Continue reading

Dark Fantasy/Horror, Uncategorized

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

May 9, 2025

O’SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC – A.G. Russo

When the older O’Shaughnessy brothers went off to war, they left their sister, Maeve, in charge of their private detective business. When the brothers saw a poor Italian kid getting picked on in boot camp and was likely not going to make it home alive without a little help, they reached out to the kid’s Continue reading

HISTORICAL FICTION, MYSTERY, Uncategorized

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Mystery, Reviews

May 7, 2025

THE GREAT TRANSITION – Nick Fuller Googins

Humanity is on the verge of losing the battle against the climate crisis and the world’s wealthiest are using the working class to focus on protecting their wealth, rather than addressing the problems. When the planet reached Point 0, a great number of working class people banded together to do everything they could to reverse Continue reading

SF/FANTASY

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

May 5, 2025

SLOPPY – Rax King

I’ve never heard of Rax King or read anything by her prior to this, but I do enjoy essays and yes, the quote from The Washington Post on the cover of the book “Bettie Page meets Carrie Bradshaw” helped to sell me on this. I was incredibly impressed very early on with the first few essays. I connected with Continue reading

NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

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

May 1, 2025

A FEARLESS EYE: THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF BARBARA RAMOS

I have such an affinity for photography. I especially like the grittiness and rawness that one can get with black and white photography. When I saw that these photos were from the 1970’s in California (mostly San Francisco), I really wanted to take a look. The book opens with three essays – one each by Continue reading

NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

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