4 stars – Page 35 – Looking For a Good Book

September 21, 2020

TIME’S DEMON – D. B. Jackson

Tobias Doljan is only fifteen, but he’s already lived multiple lives. Tobias is a ‘Walker’ – he can move backward or forward through time. The only catch is that his body ages with however much time he ‘walks.’ Recently (in the previous book), Mearlan IV, the ruler of a territory, hired Tobias and asked him… Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

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

September 18, 2020

TUNE IT OUT – Jamie Sumner

Louise “Lou” Montgomery lives with her mom – a struggling, single parent with nothing but praise and encouragement for her daughter. Maybe a little too much so. Lou doesn’t like sudden or loud noises. She doesn’t like to be touched (or any sort of contact). But Lou’s mom won’t listen to anyone who might suggest… Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, YA

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

September 14, 2020

ROBERT KIRKMAN’S THE WALKING DEAD: TYPHOON – Wesley Chu

Honestly … the main reason I wanted to read this was not so much because it’s a “Walking Dead” novel, but because it’s by Wesley Chu. I’ll read just about anything by Chu (though I’d prefer to read more in the Time Salvager or Io series’). China has been hit particularly hard by the outbreak… Continue reading

Dark Fantasy/Horror, SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

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September 11, 2020

THE BAYERN AGENDA – Dan Moren

There’s a saying (which most of us are familiar with) that there are two things which are inevitable … death and taxes. If you were to add a third item to the list of ‘inevitables’ it might be that where two or more humans are gathered, there will be a cold war. Simon Kovalic is… Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

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

September 4, 2020

IMMORAL CODE – Lillian Clark

High school. Seniors facing a strange future – the unknown of new schools, leaving friends and family – sometimes for the first time. Romances that are not likely to survive the changes that come with graduation. This is the setting for Lillian Clark’s young adult novel, Immoral Code. High School senior, Bellamy, is one of… Continue reading

Uncategorized, YA

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

August 31, 2020

THE MINISTRY FOR THE FUTURE – Kim Stanley Robinson

I don’t know of any other author currently writing science fiction on environmental themes and yet our environment (cause and effect of global warming) is such a current hot topic. It is the year 2025. A new worldwide agency, called The Ministry for the Future, has been created to look after world issues and ensure… Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

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

August 28, 2020

THE PENGUIN BOOK OF MERMAIDS – Cristina Bacchilega and Marie Alohalani Brown, editors

If you are like me, when someone says “mermaid” images of Ariel from Disney’s The Littlest Mermaid film, or Daryl Hannah from the film Splash come to mind. Though lately the other image might be a creature looking half human, half fish, with piranha-like teeth – from Mira Grant’s excellent book Into the Drowning Deep.… Continue reading

MYTHOLOGY, OTHER, SHORT FICTION, Uncategorized

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August 26, 2020

THE GIRL IN RED – Christina Henry

Ooooohhhh … I really salivate when I see there’s a new Christina Henry novel out! And could I have read anything more topical right now? In the same way that Ms. Henry took the Alice in Wonderland stories and reset them in a darker world using different (but recognizable characters) and retold the action and… Continue reading

Uncategorized

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August 21, 2020

THE PHOENIX AND THE CARPET – E. Nesbit

Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane, and their baby brother, the Lamb, who were last seen in Five Children and It are back for another adventure in The Phoenix and the Carpet. This adventure starts as the children are playing in the nursery with some fireworks and they accidentally burn the rug. (Wait a minute … children… Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized, YA

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August 14, 2020

FIRST YOU WRITE A SENTENCE – Joe Moran

Has ever more been written about less? I am always on the lookout for new, clever books about writing (and believe me, there is no shortage of such books) and this one definitely caught my interest. But reading it was sometimes a long, slow journey through Alphabetland. It wasn’t until I was nearly halfway through… Continue reading

NON-FICTION

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August 6, 2020

MONSTERS & CREATURES – gaming

I first played Dungeons & Dragons (or “D&D” as it’s commonly known) back in 1977. A number of the people I first played with are still good friends (some have passed on, with others I’ve simply lost touch). And while I was never able to get my own children interested in playing D&D with dad,… Continue reading

OTHER, Uncategorized

4 stars, Entertainment, SF/Fantasy, Young Adult

July 31, 2020

DRACUL – Dacre Stoker & J. D. Barker

In this prequel to Bram Stoker’s Dracula, co-written by Bram Stoker’s great-grand-nephew, Dacre Stoker, and J.D. Barker, the authors not only give us a little background on Dracula the vampire, but they make Bram Stoker a major character along the way. And according to the advertising copy, this is “inspired by notes and texts left… Continue reading

Dark Fantasy/Horror, Uncategorized

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