Book Review: Finding Solace, Karl Drinkwater

Book Review: Finding Solace, Lost Solace Book 5, Karl Drinkwater Science Fiction: Finding Solace, Lost Solace Book 5, Karl Drinkwater   Finally, Opal has her sister, Clarissa, at her side. Rescued from null space, then captured and rescued again from the galactic conglomerate that wants to study them, the two of them with the help of their […]

Book Review: The Golden Enclaves, Naomi Novik

Book Review: The Golden Enclaves, The Scholomance Book 3, Naomi Novik Book Review: The Golden Enclaves, The Scholomance Book 3, Naomi Novik   El has managed to do the impossible. She has saved all but one of the children of the Scholomance, the magical school which was partially sustained by feeding on the students it […]

Book Review: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Book Review: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, Silvia Moreno-Garcia Horror: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, Silvia Moreno-Garcia   In the 1896 book The Island of Doctor Moreau, a shipwrecked man with a scientific education lands on an island populated by strange inhabitants which are part-human and part-animal. These hybrids are the creations of Doctor Moreau, […]

Book Review: The Kill Clause, Greg Hurwitz

Book Review: The Kill Clause, Tim Rackley Book 1, Greg Hurwitz Thriller: The Kill Clause, Tim Rackley Book 1, Greg Hurwitz   Greg Hurwitz has become one of my favorite thriller writers, particularly through his current “Orphan X” series. Earlier in his career he followed a different character through a series of books. Like his newer books, […]

Book Review: Spelunking Through Hell, Seanan McGuire

Book Review: Spelunking Through Hell: A Visitor’s Guide to the Underworld, InCryptid Book 11, Seanan McGuire Fantasy Series: Spelunking Through Hell: A Visitor’s Guide to the Underworld, InCryptid Book 11, Seanan McGuire   Alice Healy lost her husband decades ago. Not to death, nor through divorce or carelessly misplacing him. Thomas Price made a deal with the […]

Book Review: Beaverland, Leila Philip

Book Review: Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America, Leila Philip Nonfiction: Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America, Leila Philip   Beaverland is the epic book I didn’t know that I needed to read about North America’s largest native rodent. It is in turns poignant and whimsical, personal and historical, and describes how beaver’s […]

Thirty Days of Darkness, Jenny Lund Madsen

Book Review: Thirty Days of Darkness, Jenny Lund Madsen, translated by Megan Turney Literary Fiction: Thirty Days of Darkness, Jenny Lund Madsen, translated by Megan Turney Blog Tour: May 15, 2023   Some publishers seem to outdo themselves with finding books that are incredibly well done and worthy of much larger audiences. Orenda, time after time […]