3 Stars – Page 20 – Looking For a Good Book

February 3, 2021

MAYHEM IN MARGAUX – Jean-Pierre Alaux & Noël Balen

Summer in Bordeaux and a heat wave is destroying the grape crop so the vintners are already on edge when a car accident brings in the Winemaker Detective and his assistant Virgil, drawing some unwanted attention to some personal, dirty secrets behind some of the most prestigious wines in all of France. This is the… Continue reading

MYSTERY

3 Stars, Mystery

January 18, 2021

SHROUDED LOYALTIES – Reese Hogan

Mila Blackwood is a Naval officer with a secret … she, and others of her country, know how to ‘shroud.’ Shrouding is the ability to travel around the planet in a matter of seconds by using alternate realities. This is useful because Mila and her countrymen are currently at war and there are enemies everywhere.… Continue reading

SF/FANTASY

3 Stars, SF/Fantasy

December 17, 2020

THE WISDOM OF PICARD – Chip Carter, editor

Let’s be honest. If you are thinking of buying this book, it’s because you are already a big Star Trek fan (or at least a Picard/Next Gen fan). You are probably interested in buying it because you are a Trek/Picard fan, or you’re thinking of it as a gift for a Trek fan. In any case, a review is… Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Entertainment, non-fiction, Reviews, Star Trek

December 14, 2020

THE RUSSIAN CAGE – Charlaine Harris

I jumped into this series three books in, and I think that was a mistake! Sometimes you can pick up a book in the middle of a series and still get everything you need to know about the characters and relationships and the world in which it is set. And sometimes each book relies so… Continue reading

SF/FANTASY

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, science fiction

December 10, 2020

MARION LANE AND THE MIDNIGHT MURDER – T.A. Willberg

Twenty-three-year-old Marion Lane lives a rather ordinary, quiet life in 1958 London. The toughest part of her day is living with her mother. Marion works as an Inquirer-in-Training … a sort of detective intern at Miss Brickett’s Investigations & Inquiries. When a filing clerk, Michelle White, receives a note that something terrible is about to happen… Continue reading

MYSTERY, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Mystery, Reviews

December 4, 2020

DYING IS EASY – graphic novel

Syd Homes. Former cop, now possibly a felon, and definitely a very bitter stand-up comic. Carl Dixon. An up and coming comic ready to do whatever it takes to become a comic superstar, and known among the other comics for stealing jokes. So it isn’t a surprise when another comic asks Syd, off-handedly, how much… Continue reading

GRAPHIC NOVEL, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Graphic Novels

December 1, 2020

PALE KINGS – Micah Yongo

Neythan is a young assassin who has been summoned to Súnam. He assumes that he will be asked to help find an enemy but he winds up confronting his past. An ancient scroll that he’s long carried with him is somehow quite important to what is about to come. The Five Lands have been at… Continue reading

SF/FANTASY

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, SF/Fantasy

November 20, 2020

UNDER THE CAPE – anthology

Superheroes and sex – two big topics in today’s market. I’ve read a number of superhero-related books in the past couple of years, but never one specifically one looking at erotic/sometimes-graphic sexual scenarios, but, why not? I would think this is the perfect time for a book like this. This particular book is a collection… Continue reading

ROMANCE, SHORT FICTION, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, Romance, Sex, Short Stories, superheroes

November 5, 2020

KISS KISS, BANG BANG – Mike Ripley

I can’t imagine anyone who reads this review not knowing who James Bond is. He is the epitome of the British spy – he gets the job done, he looks great doing it, and he plays, sexually, as hard as he works. But while Bond may be the most famous name in the literary spy… Continue reading

NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

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

November 2, 2020

MYTHS & MORTALS – Charlie N. Holmberg

Sandis has not been in control of her own will for much of her life. She has been a vessel for evil spirits until, with the help of her friend Rone, she escaped the clutches of Kazan. But along the way, Rone betrayed her in order to help his own family and now they will… Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, SF/Fantasy

October 26, 2020

BROKEN SHADOW – Jaime Fenn

I wasn’t a big fan of the first book in this series, but I already had the second book loaded on my Kindle and decided I would move forward with it, keeping an open mind as best as possible. Fortunately, for me, I did enjoy this book more than the previous volume. Rhia Harlyn has… Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

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

October 16, 2020

ALIVE IN SHAPE AND COLOR – anthology

Stories inspired by paintings? That makes a lot of sense. Stories, many by noted and respected authors, of classic, respected works of art? This should be really fantastic. Should be, but isn’t. In his foreword, editor Lawrence Block notes that this was to be a follow-up to his previous collection (In Sunlight or in Shadow)… Continue reading

SHORT FICTION, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Art, Book Reviews, Books, SF/Fantasy, Short Stories