Book Review: Malibu Burns, Mark Richardson Fiction: Malibu Burns, Mark Richardson Blog Tour December 30, 2022 Malibu Burns is a strange, sometimes confusing novel. Set in a not far future San Francisco it tells of a young woman, Malibu Makimura, a young woman with a strange ability. She is able to read the […]
Book Review: The Moose Paradox, Antti Tuomainen, translated by David Hackston Mystery: The Moose Paradox, Antti Tuomainen, translated by David Hackston Sequel to The Rabbit Factor Blog Tour October 14, 2022 The Moose Paradox, by Antti Tuomainen, is a droll adventure about the hero we all need: an insurance actuary who has inherited an […]
Book Review: The Witch and the Tsar, Olesya Salnikova Gilmore Book Review: The Witch and the Tsar, Olesya Salnikova Gilmore Blog Tour December 23, 2022 The last few years have brought some exceptional novels taking the stories of notorious “witches” from folklore and reinventing those stories in new and exciting ways. Madeline Miller’s […]
Book Review: Raising Solace, Lost Solace Book 4, Karl Drinkwater Science Fiction: Raising Solace, Lost Solace Book 4, Karl Drinkwater This is book four of a series that I am enjoying more and more. That being said, if you have not read books 1-3 (or any of the four companion novellas “Lost Tales […]
Book Review: All That Is Wicked, Kate Winkler Dawson Book Review: All That Is Wicked, Kate Winkler Dawson Blog Tour October 17. 2022 Edward Rulloff might have been a genius. A gifted linguist, he largely taught himself Latin and Greek. Languages were easy for him. Eager to make his name among the intelligentsia, […]
Book Review: The Gifts, Liz Hyder Historical Fiction The Gifts, Liz Hyder Blog Tour October 19th, 2022 Victorian London was very different from our world. Sewage running through the streets. Surgery without anesthetic. Women locked into strictly prescribed roles. Wings bursting out from random people. Definitely not the sort of world we live in. […]
Book Review: Hunter’s Revenge: The Edinburgh Crime Mysteries, DI Hunter Wilson Thrillers, Val Penny Mystery/Thriller: Hunter’s Revenge: The Edinburgh Crime Mysteries #2, DI Hunter Wilson Thrillers, Val Penny Blog Tour December 15, 2022 George Reinbold was a retired crime scene investigator from the Edinburgh police force. His passion, though, was books. Children’s books. An […]
Book Review: The Urban Boys: The Discovery of the Five Senses, The Urban Boys Book 1, K.N. Smith YA/Fantasy: The Urban Boys: The Discovery of the Five Senses, The Urban Boys Book 1, K.N. Smith Blog Tour December 14, 2022 The Urban Boys: The Discovery of the Five Senses begins with a vicious fight […]
Book Review: A Deadly Covenant, Detective Kubu Mysteries Book 8, Michael Stanley Mystery: A Deadly Covenant, Detective Kubu Mysteries Book 8, Michael Stanley Blog Tour December 12, 2022 If you have been following Detective Kubu from the beginning, you haven’t actually been following Detective Kubu from the beginning. Way back in book 1 of this […]
Book Review: The Haunting of Roderick Usher, The Watson Letters Volume 6, Colin Garrow Mystery: The Haunting of Roderick Usher, The Watson Letters Volume 6, Colin Garrow Blog Tour December 9, 2022 I was expecting another Holmesian-tribute novel when I accepted this request. It would not take a particularly lengthy search of the Scintilla site to […]
