4 stars – Page 44 – Looking For a Good Book

February 21, 2019

SPACE CAT MEETS MARS & SPACE CAT AND THE KITTENS – Ruthven Todd

THROWBACK THURSDAY: REVIEWING REISSUES Space Cat is back in the third volume of this 1950’s era children’s book! Flyball is now a seasoned ‘space cat’, flying regularly between the Earth and the moon and having now visited Venus as well. So when the rocketship is caught in the gravity of an asteroid, Flyball trusts his… Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, Uncategorized

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

February 13, 2019

THE LOST KINGDOM – Matthew J. Kirby

Take an adventure story from Jules Verne, give it a Young Adult set of characters, and toss in a pinch of Steampunk and you get something very close to Matthew J. Kirby’s The Lost Kingdom. Bill Bartram and his father, along with scientists and members of a secret society of philosophers adventure into the American… Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized, YA

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

January 29, 2019

THE INGENIOUS – Darius Hinks

This was wildly unusual. And I like that! The city of Athanor is a lot like what Australia had been – a place to send criminals. And while the criminals sent to Athanor were typically political exiles that criminal element has taken the city and turned it into one of the seediest, most violent communities.… Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

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

January 25, 2019

KILLING IN C SHARP – Alexia Gordon

Killing in C Sharp is the third book in the outstanding Gethsemane Brown Mystery series by Alexia Gordon. Gethsemane Brown is a conductor/musician/teacher. She is currently living in Ireland (read the first two books to learn more about why she is in Ireland). The house she is living in has been haunted by the previous… Continue reading

MYSTERY

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Mystery, Reviews

January 22, 2019

THE NOT-SO-BRAVE PENGUIN – Steve Smallman

The Not-So-Brave Penguin by Steve Smallman is an adorable little book. Who doesn’t love penguins? And who can resist a not-so-brave penguin that steps up and does something brave? Percy and Posy are young penguins. Percy is outgoing and adventurous while Posy is cautious and timid. Percy loves to slide down icy slopes on his… Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, Uncategorized

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

January 15, 2019

GOLDEN SON – Pierce Brown

Golden Son is the second book in Pierce Brown’s Red Rising series. The first book, Red Rising, really took me by surprise (in a good way) and I have the most recent book in my ARC queue so I thought I’d better get caught up with the series. Darrow grew up as a ‘Red’ –… Continue reading

SF/FANTASY

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

January 7, 2019

THE COMPLETE SOOKIE STACKHOUSE STORIES – Charlaine Harris

I tend to forget how much I enjoy reading Charlaine Harris until I start another one of her books. This collection of short stories featuring everyone’s favorite mind-reading waitress gives us a number of short bursts of Harris’ energetic writing with a few more glimpses into the lives of those in Bon Temps, Louisiana. Like… Continue reading

SF/FANTASY, SHORT FICTION

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Horror/Dark Fantasy, Reviews, Romance, SF/Fantasy, Short Stories

January 2, 2019

THE GIRL IN THE GREEN SILK GOWN – Seanan McGuire

Seanan McGuire, that talented and productive author, treats us to another installment in Ghost Roads series with The Girl in the Green Silk Gown. Rose Marshall is dead. She’s a ghost – a hitch-hiking ghost to be more precise – and she wanders the highways, catching rides with the living in order to help them… Continue reading

Dark Fantasy/Horror, SF/FANTASY

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

December 28, 2018

DEAR EVAN HANSEN – Val Emmich

I have heard of Dear Even Hansen, the Broadway musical, and I know it’s been very successful, but beyond that I was pretty clueless. When I saw that there was an ARC available of a book, based on the hit show, I put in my request right away. Dear Evan Hansen is a Young Adult… Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, Uncategorized, YA

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

December 27, 2018

WILLFUL CHILD – Steven Erikson

I requested this book four years ago and over time I’ve forgotten what it might have been about so I began to read this ‘blind’. Lately I’ve also been interested in reading some humorous fiction, so imagine my delight to begin reading and discovering that this isn’t just a humorous story, it’s a parody that… Continue reading

ENTERTAINMENT, HUMOR, SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Entertainment, Humor, Reviews, SF/Fantasy, Star Trek, Television

December 24, 2018

GODS OF WOOD AND STONE – Mark Di Ionno

In Mark Di Ionno’s Gods of Wood and Stone, two middle-aged men come to realize that they are dinosaurs in a modern world. Though their worlds don’t intersect directly through most of the book, the men have much in common. Joe Grudeck has spent his career as a baseball player. As a member of the… Continue reading

OTHER

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Literature, Reviews

December 14, 2018

KILLING IS MY BUSINESS – Adam Christopher

I love this series. I recently reviewed an anthology of humorous sci-fi novellas and I mentioned that I had been in the mood for some good, fun, and funny sci-fi. That anthology did NOT do the trick, but the Ray Electromatic Mystery series works wonderfully. Raymond Electromatic is a robot. He is the last working… Continue reading

HUMOR, MYSTERY, SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

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