Book Review: Cut Like Wound, Anita Nair Mystery: Cut Like Wound, Anita Nair Blog Tour October 19, 2020 Borei Gowda is a brilliant detective whose personal liabilities have derailed his career. He is not a strong people person. He rankles his superiors, intimidates his subordinates, and works hard to close difficult cases involving […]
Book Review: Robopocalypse, Daniel H. Wilson Science Fiction: Robopocalypse, Daniel H. Wilson I have wanted a Roomba for a long time. The thought of a little plate wandering algorithmically around my living room collecting dirt and dog hair is very appealing, especially if it means I don’t have to vacuum. Daniel H. […]
Book Review: Betrayal, Lilja Sigurðardóttir, translated by Quentin Bates Mystery: Betrayal, Lilja Sigurðardóttir, translated by Quentin Bates Blog Tour October 10, 2020 We previously reviewed Cage by Lilja Sigurðardóttir on this blog and fell in love with her extraordinary storytelling style. The two other books in that trilogy have been on our TBR pile […]
Book Review: Everfair, Nisi Shawl Science Fiction: Everfair, Nisi Shawl If regular sci fi explores the possibilities of what might be, its sub-genre steampunk explores the possibilities of what might have been. Everfair by Nisi Shawl takes steampunk into a very different location than its usual English or American setting and creates a world […]
Book Review: Magic for Liars, Sarah Gailey Fantasy/Mystery: Magic for Liars, Sarah Gailey Ivy Gamble has been a private investigator for 14 years. Typically her day consists of following suspected adulterers. It’s a fairly boring and predictable job, although occasionally things go sideways and she has a gun pulled on her. Or a knife stuck […]
Book Review: In Black and White, Alexandra Wilson NonFiction: In Black and White, Alexandra Wilson Blog Tour: October 2, 2020 I often reflect upon my good fortune despite, which is true despite various challenges I may face. I grew up in a stable home with parents who loved me. We were comfortably middle-class and […]
Book Review: Plague, Julie Anderson Mystery/Thriller: Plague, Julie Anderson Blog Tour, October 1, 2020 A police detective is called to examine a body found in the water. Although the state of the corpse obscures some of the details, it looks like the young man has been murdered by having his throat slit. The detective […]
