Book Review: Counterpoint, Michelle Cook

Book Review: Counterpoint, Michelle Cook   Dystopian: Counterpoint, Michelle Cook Blog Tour October 31, 2022   In her previous book, Tipping Point, Michelle Cook brings us to a near-future world that has been brutalized by huge changes in the climate, destroying countries and governments, leaving England in the hands of a barely democratic cabal of […]

Book Review: The Dark Alchemist, Rhys A. Jones

Book Review: The Dark Alchemist,The Wonderworking Series Book 1,  Rhys A. Jones   Young Adult: The Dark Alchemist,The Wonderworking Series Book 1,  Rhys A. Jones Blog Tour September 30, 2022   Oscar Chambers lives in a very different version of 2020 England than ours. The major wars of the 20th Century had very different outcomes, […]

Book Review: The Bleeding, Johana Gustawsson

Book Review: The Bleeding, Johana Gustawsson, translated by David Warriner   Mystery/Horror: The Bleeding, Johana Gustawsson, translated by David Warriner Blog Tour September 23, 2022   I was a teenager when Mount St. Helens erupted. For months prior, scientists had warned that the volcano was returning to life. A swelling bulge showed where lava was […]

Book Review: Black Hearts, Doug Johnstone

Book Review: Black Hearts, The Skelfs Series Book 4, Doug Johnstone   Mystery: Black Hearts, The Skelfs Series Book 4, Doug Johnstone Blog Tour September 26, 2022   In her years working in the burial business, Dorothy Skelf has seen almost every imaginable reaction to death. A fist fight at the gravesite that results in knocking over the casket […]

Book Review: When the Children Fight Back, Barry Kirwan

Book Review: When the Children Fight Back, Children of the Eye Book 3, Barry Kirwan   Science Fiction: When the Children Fight Back, Children of the Eye Book 3, Barry Kirwan Blog Tour October 3, 2022   The major disappointment with this book was getting to the last page. This trilogy of books really reminds […]

Book Review: Betty Boo, Claudia Piñeiro

Book Review: Betty Boo, Claudia Piñeiro, translated by Miranda France   Book Review: Betty Boo, Claudia Piñeiro, translated by Miranda France Blog Tour October 12, 2022   Having now read two books by Argentinian writers I can hardly call myself an expert in South American literature. Limited as I am by monolingualism, I have no […]

Blog Tour: Red As Blood, Lilja Sigurðardóttir

Book Review: Red As Blood, An Áróra Investigation Book 2, Lilja Sigurðardóttir, translated by Quentin Bates Mystery: Red As Blood, An Áróra Investigation Book 2, Lilja Sigurðardóttir, translated by Quentin Bates Blog Tour October 7, 2022   The odds of my learning Icelandic are marginally better than the odds of my going to Mars. If by some […]

Book Review: Quest for Atlantis, Marisa Noelle

Book Review: Quest for Atlantis, The Mermaid Chronicles Book 2, Marisa Noelle   Young Adult/Fantasy: Quest for Atlantis, The Mermaid Chronicles Book 2, Marisa Noelle   I will be honest with you, gentle readers. I am not the best audience for a fantasy young adult romance. Or, really, any romance. My wife can assure you, […]