M.A. Kropp: Writer, Blogger, GeekGirl. My Life. My Words. My Way.
I'm not going to comment a lot on this year's Hugo awards, mainly because I haven't read all of the winners, and can't say if I thought they were good enough to win. I am happy, however, to see that, once again, the Puppies were shut out in most categories. And in at least one, … Continue reading Monday Musings: A Short Comment on the Hugo Awards, Writing Update, Off to Maine, and Summer Heat
To read my review of the the first book in the series, Floor 21, go here. FLOOR 21: Descent by Jason Luthor My rating: 4 of 5 stars Floor 21: Descent picks up where Floor 21 left off. The remnants of humanity, or at least all that we know of, are living in what is … Continue reading Friday Review: Floor 21: Descent by Jason Luthor
Pandora Gets Jealous by Carolyn Hennesy 4 of 5 stars Thirteen year old Pandora Atheneus Andromaeche Helena of the House of Prometheus is determined to have the best prop for her school project, and to show the Mean Girls that she and her friends are not misfits. So, she borrows the infamous box given to … Continue reading Friday Review: Pandora Gets Jealous (The Mythic Adventures) by Carolyn Henesey
Happy Fourth of July to all in the USA. I hope your holiday weekend has been full of fun. Mine was great. We had company on Saturday and Sunday, and are now just relaxing and enjoying the last day of the long weekend. Smashwords is doing its annual summer sale, and I have enrolled my … Continue reading Monday Musings:My Books Are on Sale Until the End of the Month
Grave Measures by R.R. Virdi My rating: 3 of 5 stars Vincent Graves is back. This time, he wakes up in the body of Charles, who is in a mental institution. All Vincent knows, as usual, is that Charles is dead (otherwise Vincent would not be inhabiting his body) and that his death was caused … Continue reading Friday Review: Grave Measures (Grave Report #2) by R.R. Virdi
First Light by Jeffrey Cook My rating: 3 of 5 stars It is the early 1800's, the Napoloenic Wars are over, and two wealthy British gentelmen make a bet based on a series of books in which the author claims to have traveled to some of the most unknown (at the time) places in the … Continue reading Friday Review: Dawn of Steam: First Light by Jeffrey Cook with Sarah A. Symonds
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer My rating: 3 of 5 stars Yes, it's a kids' book. Middle grade, I believe, although I am no expert on categorizing children's books. Hey, I have a lower grades book on my reading list, too. If it intrigues me, I'm going to read it. And the thing that intrigued … Continue reading Friday Review: Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
The Affinity Bridge by George Mann My rating: 3 of 5 stars It is 1901 in Victorian London. Queen Victoria is being kept alive by an elaborate mechanical breathing device. She employs Sir Maurice Newberry, an anthropologist at the British Museum with a penchant for the occult, as a secret investigator. Victoria Hobbes is his … Continue reading Friday Review: The Affinity Bridge (Newberry and Hobbes #1) by George Mann
Kill the Crazy by Lucy Carol My rating: 4 of 5 stars After all the excitement (in book one, "Hot Scheming Mess") of her grandfather's long-kept secret, her newly discovered ex-KGB grandmother, the improvement in her relationship with her FBI mother, and getting to know her new boyfriend, Madison Cruz needs a good day off. … Continue reading Friday Review: Kill The Crazy (Madison Cruz Mysteries #2) by Lucy Carol
Burn Me Deadly by Alex Bledsoe My rating: 4 of 5 stars In this second book in Bledsoe's hard-boiled detective fantasy blend, we find freelance sword jockey Eddie LaCrosse returning to his offices above Angelina's Tavern in Neceda. He almost runs over a young blonde woman running for her life. He agrees to help her, … Continue reading Friday Review: Burn Me Deadly (Eddie LaCrosse #2) by Alex Bledsoe
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