Book Review: Wanderers, Chuck Wendig Science Fiction: Wanderers, Chuck Wendig Shana wakes up one morning to discover her little sister, Nessie, is gone. A quick search finds Nessie walking away from their home, seemingly oblivious to everyone and everything. When Shana tries to stop her, Nessie’s body reacts by violently shaking and her temperature quickly […]
Month: November 2019
Book Review: Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens
Book Review: Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens Fiction: Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens Kya is just a child when her mother leaves the family. In the years that follow, her brothers and sisters also go, all of them driven away by her drunk and abusive father. Finally, her father disappears as well, […]
Book Review: The Dragon Republic, R.F. Kuang
Book Review: Redemption, David Baldacci
Book Review: Redemption, Memory Man/Amos Decker Book 5, David Baldacci Thriller: Redemption, Memory Man/Amos Decker Series, David Baldacci Amos Decker may have an infallible memory, but he is not infallible himself. He can make mistakes. On a visit to his daughter’s grave in his hometown of Burlington, OH, a man comes up to him and […]
Book Review: One Good Deed, David Baldacci
Book Review: One Good Deed, David Baldacci Thriller/Mystery: One Good Deed, David Baldacci In 1949, Aloysius Archer was released from prison on parole after serving part of his sentence for a crime he did not commit. He arrives in Poca City with a list of rules, dos and don’ts, and the name of his […]
Book Series Review: Supervolcano Trilogy, Harry Turtledove
Book Series Review: Supervolcano Trilogy: Eruption, All Fall Down, Things Fall Apart, Harry Turtledove Supervolcano: Eruption Supervolcano: All Fall Down Supervolcano: Things Fall Apart Harry Turtledove is a master of alternative histories, but this trio of books looks at (hopefully) an alternative near future. Supervolcano follows the Ferguson family from the months leading up to […]
Book Review: Immunity, Erin Bowman
Book Review: Immunity, Contagion Book 2, Erin Bowman Science Fiction: Immunity, Contagion Book 2, Erin Bowman At the end of Contagion, Thea, Coen, and Nova have escaped the plague-ridden nightmare of Achlys, only to be captured by a ship determined to weaponize the plague. Since Thea and Coen are carriers, or hosts, to the plague, […]
Book Review: Contagion, Erin Bowman
Book Review: Contagion, Erin Bowman Science Fiction: Contagion, Erin Bowman Thea is an intern, assisting a scientist in a routine expedition. Nova is a pilot, eager to prove herself worthy of a full time job with the corporation. Toby is a computer expert, Cleaver works security. They are forced to abandon the planet they are […]
Book Review: Red Metal, Mark Greaney and H. Ripley Rawlings IV
Book Review: Red Metal, Mark Greaney and H. Ripley Rawlings IV Thriller: Red Metal, Mark Greaney and H. Ripley Rawlings IV Fans of Tom Clancy already know Mark Greaney as one of the authors who has continued his characters in the ongoing Jack Ryan and Jack Ryan, Jr. series of books. Thriller fans will […]
Book Review: Orange World and Other Stories, Karen Russell
Book Review: Orange World and Other Stories, Karen Russell Story Collection: Orange World and Other Stories, Karen Russell Karen Russell has won a MacArthur Genius award among many other awards and recognitions for her novels. In Orange World and Other Stories she turns her pen toward short stories, and unleashes a fierce and […]