Book Review: Perilous Times, Thomas D. Lee Fantasy: Perilous Times, Thomas D. Lee Blog Tour May 24, 2023 When I first read the description of Perilous Times, I thought, “That sounds interesting. I might like that.” I have seldom been more wrong about a novel. After reading, I would now say, “That was amazing. […]
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 […]
Book Review: Arvia: Heart of the Sky, Tales of Arvia Book 3, D.H. Willison Young Adult/Fantasy Arvia: Heart of the Sky, Tales of Arvia Book 3, D.H. Willison Blog Tour May 10, 2023 Darin, a young adult dreaming of adventure, finds himself pulled away from our Earth into the magical world of Arvia, a […]
Book Review: Dust Child, Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai Historical Fiction: Dust Child, Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai Blog Tour, May 5, 2023 Dust Child is an absolutely exquisite, breathtaking work. With soaring prose and searing words, author Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai takes the agonies of war and the struggles of those damaged by the war […]
Book Review: Adventures in Space: Short Stories by Chinese and English Authors, edited by Patrick Parrinder and Yao Haijun Science Fiction/Short Stories: Adventures in Space: Short Stories by Chinese and English Authors, edited by Patrick Parrinder and Yao Haijun When you’re in the throes of a reading slump (as I am), sometimes the perfect […]
Book Review: Some Desperate Glory, Emily Tesh Science Fiction: Some Desperate Glory, Emily Tesh Kyr was born and raised to be a weapon. The Majo have destroyed the planet Earth, and a last remnant of survivors lives on Gaia, a barren rock, struggling both to survive and to get their revenge. Kyr has worked […]
Book Review: Infinity Gate, The Pandominion Book 1, M.R. Carey Science Fiction: Infinity Gate, The Pandominion Book 1, M.R. Carey When my children were young, companies began producing interactive children’s books for the computer. Of course, the computer was not “telling” them the story. It was written by people, programmed by people, recorded by […]
Book Review: The Space Between Us, Doug Johnstone Fiction: The Space Between Us, Doug Johnstone Blog Tour: March 27, 2023 One night, a strange meteor crossed the skies over Edinburgh. That same night, sixteen people experienced a major stroke. On any given night, one or two might present at the hospital with a stroke. […]
Book Review: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin Fiction: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin Sam and Sadie met in a Los Angeles hospital as pre-teens. Sam was contending with injuries from the car accident that killed his mother. Sadie was with her family; her sister was hospitalized with a treatable cancer. […]
Book Review: Ellie-May & her Toy Dragon, Ben, Genna Rowbotham Picture Book: Ellie-May & her Toy Dragon, Ben, Genna Rowbotham Tuck your reluctant sleepers into bed with this book. They will empathize with Ellie-May who is too excited to go to sleep. The straight forward story of a toy dragon taking his friend […]
