Looking For a Good Book

October 22, 2016

THE CONCLAVE OF SHADOW – Alyc Helms

I wasn’t a huge fan of the first book in this series (see review here) but I found it intriguing and compelling enough to give it another shot. I do think that The Conclave of Shadow steps it up a notch, but is plagued by the same problems that I had with book one. I… Continue reading

SF/FANTASY

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, SF/Fantasy
October 21, 2016

THE FOUNDRY’S EDGE – Cam Baity & Benny Zelkowicz

On the surface, this book sounds like it should be a run-away best-seller. Set slightly in the future, or perhaps in an alternate universe, Phoebe Plumm and Micah Tanner live in Meridian. Phoebe’s father, Dr. Jules Plumm is the Chief Surveyor for The Foundry – a major corporation that has a monopoly on technology. But… Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized, YA

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, SF/Fantasy, Young Adult
October 20, 2016

SUMMERLONG – Peter S. Beagle

Some authors have a lot of pressure placed on them, usually due to a giant success at some point. Peter S. Beagle is one of those authors, thanks to his book The Last Unicorn (which was first published back in 1968!). Any book published by Beagle will always be much-anticipated and compared to Unicorn. As… Continue reading

SF/FANTASY

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, SF/Fantasy
October 19, 2016

THE ACCIDENTAL TIME TRAVELLER – Janis Mackay

The Accidental Time Traveller, by Janis Mackay, is a simple, often fun, sometimes educational, sometimes slow story for younger readers. Saul is a young boy from the present, in Great Britain. One day he meets a young girl who is quite different. Her name is Agatha. Agatha Black is from 1813 and is somehow (we… Continue reading

Uncategorized, YA

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, Reviews, SF/Fantasy, Young Adult
October 18, 2016

SAVING HAMLET – Molly Booth

Reading books and writing reviews is a passion, a hobby, but by profession I work in the theatre (and have for about thirty years) and so it should come as no surprise that I have a special affinity for books with a theatre theme. And as a member of the Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators… Continue reading

YA

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, Young Adult
October 17, 2016

THE STORYBOOK KNIGHT – Helen Docherty and Thomas Docherty

Originally posted on Looking For a Good Book: Yes! Yes! Yes! I am not typically a fan of rhyming children’s picture books, and the rhyme here is a little forced at times (read it out loud and you will stumble a bit), but the story is SO sweet and the art so FANTASTIC that I… Continue reading

Uncategorized
October 15, 2016

LOCK AND KEY: THE INITIATION – Ridley Pearson

Ridley Pearson, the popular author of the Peter Pan story Peter and the Starcatchers, reboots the Sherlock Holmes series with Lock and Key: The Initiation. James Moriarty (and his sister Moria) is sent to the boarding school Baskerville Academy. He doesn’t want to go, but his father strongly reminds him that attendance at Baskerville is… Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, MYSTERY, YA

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, Reviews, Young Adult
October 14, 2016

PUMPKINS IN PARADISE – Kathi Daley

Tj Jensen is just your typical soccer mom. She’s coaching the local girl’s team and heading to the state finals. She’s also volunteering at the local pumpkin festival. And when she discovers her good friend Zachary Collins dead in his chair at home and the local police close the case without much investigation, Tj takes it… Continue reading

MYSTERY, Uncategorized

2 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Mystery, Reviews
October 13, 2016

GRAVEN IMAGES – Jane Waterhouse

THROWBACK THURSDAY: REVIEWING A REISSUE I have no idea where this book came from. I have a new Kindle that I’ve been using to load only the newest books that I receive from publishers/publicists for review and I am reading them in consecutive order as I get them. This was the next book on that… Continue reading

Dark Fantasy/Horror, MYSTERY, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Horror/Dark Fantasy, Mystery, Reviews
October 12, 2016

WHITE SAND – graphic novel

I know the name of Brandon Sanderson but I’ve never read anything by him before this. I thought that this might be a good introduction to him and his work. I was wrong. White Sand is based on an unpublished work of Sanderson’s. Cool. I love the idea of using new/old material from an author… Continue reading

GRAPHIC NOVEL, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Graphic Novels, Reviews
October 11, 2016

BLADES OF THE OLD EMPIRE – Anna Kashina

There are about five reviewers I follow (and who, in turn, follow me) on Goodreads, whose choice in books and ratings are very similar to my own. I have been sitting on the ARC of this particular book for a couple of years, somewhat hesitant to get in to it, in part because one of… Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized, YA

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, SF/Fantasy, Young Adult
October 10, 2016

NEIL GAIMAN’S TROLL BRIDGE – graphic novel

Neil Gaiman writes about children coming of age in a dark and mysterious world better than anyone ever has before. Troll Bridge is a deceptively simple, but tremendously powerful modern fairy tale in which our narrator encounters a troll while a young boy enjoying the outdoors. Though the troll hopes to eat the boy, the… Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, GRAPHIC NOVEL, SF/FANTASY

5 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, Graphic Novels, Reviews, SF/Fantasy, Young Adult