4 stars – Page 44 – Looking For a Good Book

April 5, 2019

SORCERERS OF THE NIGHTWING – Geoffrey Huntington

Growing up, Devon March learned that the monsters in his closet were real – not figments of his imagination – and that he was stronger than those monsters. The latter was something that his father would tell him repeatedly. But when he is orphaned at age fifteen and sent to live with distant family at… Continue reading

Dark Fantasy/Horror, Uncategorized, YA

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

April 1, 2019

PARADOX BOUND – Peter Clines

Eli Teague first meets Harry when Eli is only eight years old. Harry pulls up in a 1929 Model A coup that has been converted to run on water. Harry pulls up and takes Eli’s water bottle to fuel the car. Eli meets Harry again when Eli is thirteen. This time Eli discovers that Harry… Continue reading

MYSTERY, SF/FANTASY, Uncategorized

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

March 29, 2019

DON’T DANGLE YOUR PARTICIPLE – Vanita Oelschlager

The only thing wrong about this book is that it wasn’t around when my children were growing up. With truly delightful artwork by Mike DeSantis, author Vanita Oelschlager offers up some silly examples of dangling participles: a deer on a skateboard; a girl blowing away in the wind; a girl melting while eating ice cream,… Continue reading

CHILDREN’S, Uncategorized

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

March 27, 2019

AMERICAN WOLF – Nate Blakeslee

The word “wolf” can definitely conjure up some strong images for people. “Menacing” and “predator” for some, “beautiful” and “regal” for others. For many, wolves became prey because of how they would inflict such destruction on livestock. Add a bounty on wolf pelts and the wolf was nearly hunted to extinction in the contiguous United… Continue reading

NON-FICTION, Uncategorized

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

March 7, 2019

BRIEF CASES – Jim Butcher

Despite all the reading I do, I haven’t read very many of Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files series. I’ve read one book, watched some of the television series, and read a number of graphic novel adaptations … and I’ve enjoyed them all. In part, I haven’t read many Dresden Files books because I’m so back-logged with… Continue reading

MAGIC, SF/FANTASY, SHORT FICTION, Uncategorized

4 stars, Book Reviews, Books, Magic, Reviews, SF/Fantasy, Short Stories

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