3 Stars – Page 36 – Looking For a Good Book

September 5, 2017

FLOCK TOGETHER – B. J. Hollars

As the son and brother of avid bird watchers and a weekend watcher myself, this sounded like a really interesting book. A variation on the bird-watching theme … a search for … or a ‘love affair with’ extinct birds sounded like a really fascinating take on the bird-watching craze. The appeal is part bird-watching, of… Continue reading

MEMOIR, NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Environment, Memoir, Nature, non-fiction, Reviews

August 21, 2017

THE MOTION OF PUPPETS – Keith Donohue

I was venturing blind into new territory here. I was not familiar with author Keith Donohue and I was not sure what genre of story this was going to be, though I suspected (by the cover, mostly) it would be dark fantasy/horror. But it’s more than that, and not that at all. It’s a sad,… Continue reading

Dark Fantasy/Horror, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Horror/Dark Fantasy, Mythology/Legend, Reviews

August 18, 2017

VINEGAR GIRL – Anne Tyler

The Hogarth Shakespeare series is on an incredibly challenging task to get today’s writers retelling Shakespeare’s stories. In some cases, such as here with Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler, we see how challenging this task is. I’ve been a fan of Tyler’s since Dinner At The Homesick Restaurant first came out in the 1980’s, and… Continue reading

OTHER

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Literature, Reviews, Theatre

August 14, 2017

THE OPERATOR – Kim Harrison

This is the second book in a new series by popular author, Kim Harrison. Though I haven’t reviewed it here, I did do a speed read of the first book, The Drafter, so that I hopefully wouldn’t get caught off-guard in this second book. But I’m not sure it mattered too much. A ‘drafter’ is… Continue reading

SF/FANTASY

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

August 9, 2017

REIGN OF ASH – Gail Z. Martin

Gail Z. Martin continues her ‘Ascendant Kingdoms’ series with this second book: Reign of Ash. In my review of the fist book I wrote: “These aren’t intelligent savages hacking and slashing their way through the world, these are civilized men and women in a world of war, agriculture, and magic.” It was this aspect of this epic… Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

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

August 4, 2017

NOAH’S RAINY DAY – Sandra Brannan

I have a long back-log of ARC books that I’m trying to catch up on and as I write this, Noah’s Rainy Day by Sandra Brannan is the oldest book in my queue. One of the reasons I kept putting it off, I think, is because of the title, which sounds more like an Easy… Continue reading

MYSTERY, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Mystery, Reviews

August 1, 2017

THE BLUE BATH – Mary Waters-Sayer

When Kat Lind was a young, American girl living in France, studying French literature, everything about the city was romantic and artistic. She met a struggling artist, Daniel Blake. Both young, with an artist’s eye, and seeing the same beauty in things, they connected on a number of levels and even lived together for a… Continue reading

ROMANCE, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, Romance

July 31, 2017

THE SKY: THE ART OF FINAL FANTASY – Yoshitaka Amano

I’ve never played Final Fantasy but I’m certainly familiar with the video game series, but my requesting an ARC of a book of Final Fantasy art has much more to do with my interest in art than it does with the subject matter in this case. The art here is by Yoshitaka Amano. It is… Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Art, Book Reviews, Books, Entertainment, non-fiction, Reviews, SF/Fantasy

July 26, 2017

SERENITY: NO POWER IN THE ‘VERSE – graphic novel

Like many fans of science fiction, I really liked the television series Firefly and the follow-up film, Serenity. The creative force behind the series, Joss Whedon, has kept the series going – not on television, but through graphic novels. It’s a pretty good means when you think about it. It’s still a visual medium, but… Continue reading

GRAPHIC NOVEL, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Graphic Novels, Reviews, Television

July 24, 2017

DEMON, VOLUME 4 – Jason Shiga

Jason Shiga finishes off his unusual graphic novel series, Demon, with this, the fourth issue. Jimmy Yee is a man cursed(?)/blessed(?) with a power that prevents him from dying. He discovers this fact when, about as far down on his luck as a man can get, he tries to kill himself. The essence of Jimmy… Continue reading

GRAPHIC NOVEL, Uncategorized

3 Stars, Book Reviews, Books, Graphic Novels, Reviews

July 23, 2017

HOW TO PACK – Hitha Palepu

I enjoy traveling but I know that I can be an over-packer. I tend to jump on Google the night before a trip, search for packing lists, print three or four and then randomly fill my suitcases and check things off the lists. Not exactly efficient. So when I saw this book available, complete with… Continue reading

NON-FICTION

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

July 20, 2017

THE BURIED LIFE – Carrie Patel

If you’ve read many of my reviews you’ve probably seen me mention one of my favorite sci-fi publishers, Angry Robot Books. No…I get no kickbacks or preferential treatment for mentioning them. I like them because they take risks. They remind me of what DAW books was like in the 1970’s … edgy sci-fi that didn’t… Continue reading

MYSTERY, SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

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