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If you've been reading my reviews here for any amount of time, you probably know that I am a fan of John Scalzi. I like his writing, his snarkiness, and pretty much his whole attitude about just about everything. I have met him, and he is a delight in person. (He even added a birthday … Continue reading Friday Review: Two by John Scalzi
My rating: 3 of 5 starsJayanthi is the adopted child of alloy parents. Alloys are genetically derived descendants of humans and are the governing species on a ruined Earth. Alloys believe humans are inherently destructive and should be kept confined to Earth, where they can live and create, but not have the freedom to roam … Continue reading Friday Review: Meru (The Alloy Era #1) by S.B. Divya
My rating: 4 of 5 starsEvie Addams and her daughter, Lilianna, are living a quiet life in small-town Eden Valley. Evie is a single mother with three best friends as her support system. But things are about to get strange when Evie starts to manifest a bit of supernatural shoplifting, Lily tries to summon a … Continue reading Raising A Demon by Amy Cissell
My rating: 4 of 5 starsI'm a Star Trek fan. I'll just admit that now. And The Next Generation is still a favorite of all the spin-offs from the original series. And I know Doranna Durgin can write a pretty darned good story. So, I was not surprised when I enjoyed this one.It's a fairly … Continue reading Friday Review: Tooth and Claw by Doranna Durgin
Unless you know what you are writing about. Yes, this post is about things that bug me when I am reading. In this particular case, the MC of the story has a puppy. Without going into details, they didn't want a puppy. They didn't go out looking to get a puppy. The puppy ended up … Continue reading Don’t Give Your MC a Puppy
My rating: 4 of 5 starsI love Wendig's books. He leans into horror which isn't usually my preferred reading, but he does it well. So, when I saw that he'd written a middle-grade story, I had to grab a copy.And it didn't disappoint. Molly is thirteen and has been raised, if you can call it … Continue reading Friday Review: Dust and Grim by Chuck Wendig
My rating: 4 of 5 starsHarry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden, the only practicing wizard in the Chicago telephone book, is back in this fifth installment of the Dresden Files series. Things are going pretty well right now- or as well as they can when you deal on a daily basis with vampires, devils, angels, Fae, and … Continue reading Friday Review: Death Masks (Dresden Files #5) by Jim Butcher
My rating: 4 of 5 starsThis is the second book in the Wayward Children series, and the first that deals with the "before" stories of the children we met in "Every Heart a Doorway". It deals with Jack and Jill, the twins at Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children. Growing up, one of the twins … Continue reading Friday Review: Down Among the Sticks and Bones (Wayward Children #2) by Seanan McGuire
My rating: 4 of 5 starsIn this scifi thriller/murder mystery, we enter a world dealing with the aftermath of Haden syndrome, a global pandemic that was not much more than a flu for most people afflicted, but left 1% of the world's population "locked in"- that is in a physically paralyzed state but with full … Continue reading Friday Review: Lock In (Lock In #1) by John Scalzi
My rating: 5 of 5 stars"Fun with Murder" is the sixth installment in Lucy Carol's mystery/romance/comedy Madison Cruz Mystery series. The stories revolve around Madison Cruz, aspiring actress, and her often whacky entourage that includes her mother, and ex-FBI agent, her grandmother, who was a Russian spy, her boyfriend, who is heir to a fortune … Continue reading Friday Review: Fun with Murder (Madison Cruz Mystery #6) by Lucy Carol
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