4 stars – Page 22 – Looking For a Good Book

September 21, 2022

ENJOYING BOURBON – Frank Flannery

This is a very good beginner’s guide to understanding and, as the title suggests, enjoying bourbon. Author Frank Flannery doesn’t get too deep into any of the topics touched upon, but the reader will come away feeling confident enough to join a bourbon conversation at a cocktail party. We start with a brief history of Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, non-fiction, Reviews

September 19, 2022

THE CARTOGRAPHERS – Amy Zhang

Ocean Wu has graduated from high school and, now looking to put the pressure to succeed and the heaviness of depression behind her, moves to to New York. She has been accepted to a very prestigious university and will receive a very nice scholarship. But Ocean is still uncertain about what she wants to do, Continue reading

Uncategorized, YA

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, Young Adult

September 12, 2022

THE BOOK OF COLD CASES – Simone St. James

In 1977 a small town in Oregon was rocked by murders done by a woman, dubbed The Lady Killer Murders. The leading suspect was Beth Greer – a rich, eccentric twenty-three-year-old woman who was seen fleeing one of the crimes. She was acquitted, however, and she she became a recluse in her family mansion. Forty Continue reading

Dark Fantasy/Horror, MYSTERY, Uncategorized

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Mystery, Reviews

September 2, 2022

THE VERY BEST OF TAD WILLIAMS

While I am familiar with the name Tad Williams and have seen his books in bookstores for as long as I can remember, I don’t believe I’ve ever read any of his books. There’s no particular reason for this other than – too many books, too little time. Also, I tend to think of his Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, SHORT FICTION, Uncategorized

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, SF/Fantasy, Short Fiction, Short Story Collection

August 24, 2022

THE MUFFIA – Ann Royal Nicholas

Madelyn (Maddie) Scott-Crane is a single mom who has had 22 months of self-imposed abstinence. She is a member of a ladies book club who call themselves The Muffia (though The Cliterati had been a name under consideration). They tend to read some racy books and talk a lot about who’s getting regular sex and Continue reading

OTHER, ROMANCE, Uncategorized

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Reviews, Sex

August 12, 2022

50 BELOW ZERO – Robert Munsch

Jason just wants to curl up in a cozy place to sleep, but his father is a sleep-walker and Jason has to rescue his dad from some unusual and potentially dangerous locations at night – such as outside where it is 50 degrees below zero! But early in the morning, when Jason’s mother walks into Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, Uncategorized

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

August 10, 2022

THE DARKNESS KNOWS – Arnaldur Indridason

Inside the glacier Langjökull, a body is discovered. It appears to be that of a business man who went missing thirty years prior. At that time a massive search had been conducted and one of the man’s business associates had been suspected of foul play, but there was never enough evidence to charge him with anything. Continue reading

MYSTERY, Uncategorized

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Mystery, Reviews

August 8, 2022

TARZAN: THE NEW ADVENTURES – Roy Thomas

If any of my local Sunday newspapers printed a color comic like this … Tarzan: The New Adventures, written by comic author/legend Roy Thomas, then I’d be a subscriber in a heartbeat! But while the format of all the installments in this book look very much like a Sunday color comic, these adventures were only Continue reading

GRAPHIC NOVEL, Uncategorized

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

August 3, 2022

BORN TO THE DARK – Ramsey Campbell

It’s been a bit more than thirty years since the events of the first book in Ramsey Campbell’s The Three Births of Daoloth series (this is the second book in the series). Dominic Sheldrake is now married and has a son of his own and he’s hoping he can finally put the incidents with Christian Noble behind Continue reading

Dark Fantasy/Horror, Uncategorized

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Horror/Dark Fantasy, Reviews

July 28, 2022

The Gwendy Books – Stephen King and Richard Chizmar

GWENDY’S BUTTON BOX Twelve-year-old Gwendy Peterson lives in Castle Rock, Maine. Like many girls her age, she has confidence issues and concerns of her weight and fitting in with other students her age. She will be going to middle school at the end of summer and she does not want her nickname – Goodyear – Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

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

July 20, 2022

THE STAR TREK COOKBOOK – Chelsea Monroe-Cassel

I was going to start this review with the comment that we’ve finally seen it all … we’ve now got a Star Trek cookbook. But as I went to snag the cover image to post on my blog, I learned that we didn’t finally get a Star Trek cookbook … there have been a few of them over the Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Cookbook, non-fiction, Reviews, Star Trek

July 18, 2022

SCRAPPED: JUSTICE AND A TEEN INFORMANT – Lisa Peebles & John O’Brien

WARNING: POSSIBLE SPOILERS CONTAINED IN THIS REVIEW Warning, reading this book is likely to raise your hackles and ignite your ire. In 1994, convenience store clerk, 18 year old Heidi Allen, was kidnapped from the store (she was working alone at the time). Her body has never been found. When local man Gary Thibodeau heard about Continue reading

MYSTERY, NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Mystery, non-fiction, Reviews