Book Review: Every Heart a Doorway, Book One in the Wayward Children series, Seanan McGuire Fantasy: Every Heart a Doorway, Book One in the Wayward Children series, Seanan McGuire Winner: 2017 Hugo Award Winner: 2017 Alex Award Winner: 2017 Locus Award Winner: 2016 Nebula Award Nominated: 2017 World Fantasy Award Nancy is new to […]
Month: March 2019
Book Review: The Point of Poetry, Joe Nutt
Book Review: Circe, Madeline Miller
Book Review: Circe, Madeline Miller Book Review: Circe, Madeline Miller Circe is an old story, but this new (2018) book repackages the tale for a modern audience in a creative and vivid way. Madeline Miller has worked magic with this story of an ancient witch. No longer a sidebar to the story of Odysseus, Circe […]
Book Review: How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler, Ryan North
Book Review: How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler, Ryan North Nonfiction: How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler, Ryan North According to the foreword of this book, Ryan North did not write it. He found it, encased in preCambrian rock. He merely transcribed it. […]
Book Review: Remember Tomorrow, Amanda Saint
Book Review: Remember Tomorrow, Amanda Saint Fiction: Remember Tomorrow, Amanda Saint Britain in 2073 looks much different than it does today. Climate change and its effects, including massive earthquakes and storms, have devastated the land and returned large areas of the country to subsistence agriculture, surviving without contacts in the larger world and relying solely […]
Book Review: The Kingdom of Copper, S.A. Chakraborty
Book Review: The Kingdom of Copper, The Daevebad Trilogy, Book 2, S. A. Chakraborty Fantasy: The Kingdom of Copper, The Daevebad Trilogy, Book 2, S.A. Chakraborty S.A. Chakraborty’s debut novel, The City of Brass, was one of the most highly honored fantasy novels of 2017. Her 2019 sequel, The Kingdom of Copper, continues the […]
Book Review: The Mortal Word, Genevieve Cogman
Book Review: The Mortal Word, The Invisible Library Book 5, Genevieve Cogman Fantasy Series: The Mortal Word, The Invisible Library Book 5, Genevieve Cogman The Invisible Library has become one of my favorite series, and a new book by Genevieve Cogman is a delight I look forward to enjoying as often as it comes. […]
Book Review: American War, Omar El Akkad
Book Review: American War, Omar El Akkad When a prize-winning journalist turns his skills toward writing a war novel, the result is likely to make multiple lists of “best books of the year.” American War has done just that in 2018. Omar El Akkad was born in Egypt, grew up in Qatar, and then moved […]
Book Review: Tom Clancy Oath of Office, Marc Cameron
Book Review: Tom Clancy Oath of Office, Marc Cameron Book Review: Tom Clancy Oath of Office, Marc Cameron I have to admit, Tom Clancy novels have been a guilty pleasure of mine for about 30 years. Recent years have seen the stories picked up by new authors, including Marc Cameron, a retired Chief Deputy US […]
Book Review: Into the Drowning Deep, Mira Grant
Book Review: Into the Drowning Deep, Mira Grant Fantasy/Horror: Into the Drowning Deep, Mira Grant A few years ago I read the novella Rolling in the Deep by Mira Grant. It was one of the most frightening books I have ever read. I seldom read horror. My imagination tends to feed nightmares when I do. […]