Looking For a Good Book

October 8, 2016

UNFED – Kirsty McKay

I recently went through my back-log of un-read ARCs with the intention of catching up on my reading and one of the older books in my ARC queue is this … Unfed, by Kirsty McKay. I like zombie fiction and I like a lot of YA fiction, so I thought this would be a fun… Continue reading

YA

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, Young Adult
October 7, 2016

WITHOUT COPYRIGHTS – Robert Spoo

In this age of digital media, with authors and artists and publishing companies expressing concern over the ease of piracy of their work, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that the laws of copyright are ever-changing and that piracy of written works has been going on for a long time. Author Robert… Continue reading

NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, History, non-fiction, Reviews
October 6, 2016

THE WILD WEST: 1804-1890 – James I. Robertson & Mort Künstler

If you aren’t already familiar with the artwork of Mort Künstler, I can promise that if you see his work once, you will remember him. This brief history book, targeted toward young readers will definitely … most definitely … captured a youngsters interest, first with the outstanding art by Künstler, and then by James Robertson’s narrative that… Continue reading

NON-FICTION, OTHER

5 Stars, Art, Book Reviews, Books, History, non-fiction, Reviews
October 5, 2016

KING OF THE CRACKSMEN – Dennis O’Flaherty

Although billed as a steampunk novel, King of the Cracksmen by Dennis O’Flaherty is more in line with being an Alternative History sci-fi book than a straight up steampunk novel. It is 1877 and Abraham Lincoln is still the U.S. President as he’s never been assassinated. But Lincoln hasn’t been seen for many months, so… Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

2 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, SF/Fantasy
October 4, 2016

MONSTRESS #5 & #6 – graphic novel/comic

I absolutely love how this story is developing. For those of us used to reading the longer format (graphic novel), reading this as individual comics gets frustrating because it is over so quickly. Still, writer Marjorie Liu manages to pack a lot of information and story build into a short space. In this issue we… Continue reading

GRAPHIC NOVEL, SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

4 stars, 5 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, comic book superheroes, Graphic Novels, Reviews, SF/Fantasy
October 3, 2016

WANT TO KNOW: GOING TO THE THEATER – Florence Ducatteau & Chantal Peten

This children’s picture book is, as the title suggests, a story about the theatre – what it’s like to go and watch a play, and what it takes to put on a play. All in thirty-two pages or less. So of course it is a very much abbreviated story. As a theatre professional, I am… Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, ENTERTAINMENT, NON-FICTION

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Children’s Books, Entertainment, non-fiction, Reviews
October 1, 2016

FEEDBACK – Mira Grant

Yes. Yes! The Mira Grant ‘Newsflesh’ series continues, even though we all probably thought we’d spent the last of our time in the Kellis-Amberlee infested earth. Author Mira (Seanan McGuire) Grant brings us back to the exciting, frightening time when the dead rise and walk and feed, and the living get their news instantly from… Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, SF/Fantasy
September 30, 2016

MONSTRESS #3 & #4 – comic book

Issue #3 of this outstanding comic, Monstress, brings back the excitement (and evil) that made the first issue so thrilling. We get more questions than answers, but they are the questions the reader has likely started to ask – who is Maika? Where did she come from? Can she control her own abilities? Why does… Continue reading

GRAPHIC NOVEL, Uncategorized

5 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, comic book superheroes, Graphic Novels, Reviews
September 29, 2016

ZEROVILLE – Steve Erickson

THROWBACK THURSDAY: REVIEWING A REISSUE I am typically not a fan of books that experiment with form. I usually find it to be self-indulgent it and often refer to it as literary masturbation – pleasing the author but no one else. Zeroville, by Steve Erickson is one of the rare exceptions. Zeroville is a bizarre… Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, OTHER, Uncategorized

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Entertainment, Humor, Literature, Reviews
September 28, 2016

THE DARKNESS OF SHADOWS – Chris Little

Natalie plans to kill her father before he can do more harm to the family that has taken her in and nurtured her. Along the way, she learns she has magical powers that had been kept secret from her. Her father just wants Natalie to finish a ritual, but the supernatural community isn’t too excited about… Continue reading

Dark Fantasy/Horror, Uncategorized

2 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Horror/Dark Fantasy, Reviews
September 27, 2016

LIVE TO AIR – Jeffrey L. Diamond

Former television writer/producer Jeffrey L. Diamond has taken his experience working in television and brought it to the page in this mystery/thriller, Live to Air. Ethan Benson is a television producer working for a magazine-format show in New York. Ethan doesn’t like doing crime stories, but sometimes, even as a producer, you have to answer… Continue reading

MYSTERY

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Mystery, Reviews, Thriller
September 26, 2016

BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE – Robert Bailey

I’m really delighted that author Robert Bailey found a new publisher for his McMurtrie & Drake series after Exhibit A Books shut down. But I’m not surprised that someone else picked this series up – Bailey writes just about the best legal thrillers being published today. Tom McMurtrie is a retired law professor. A former… Continue reading

MYSTERY, Uncategorized

5 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Mystery, Reviews, Thriller