John Scalzi is usually an author I can expect to open his books, read them, laugh a bit through the story and in general have a good time. Most of his stand alone books have been an interesting and have some connection to a show of concept everyone is semi familiar with. Red Shirts was […]
Illuminations is a cute story. I enjoy T. Kingfisher and this is one of those books that were supposed to satisfy her middle grade or kids book publishing but just was too adult for that and so it is published under her adult moniker. I guess this also happened with A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive […]
City of Bones was released years ago but is being republished in 2023. Since I have loved all of Well’s Murderbot series I was excited to jump into a different type of story produced by her. This is the type of fantasy I’m used to reading where we are light on romance, heavy on world […]
The purpose of Thrifty Thursday is to read a book which was free (at some point). Kindle freebie on October 28, 2021 (currently free at Amazon and Barnes & Noble as of writing this post) Overall rating 3.75 with 946 ratings and 113 reviews I’ve always been interested in the books by Anna […]
I didn’t know what to expect here but I love scifi and Murderbot is one of my very favorite series. However, Witch King feels more like epic fantasy. There are lots of characters and types of characters with complex abilities and magic. I think I will definitely want to read again, possibly listening while reading […]
I was looking for snarky paranormal romance/urban fantasy when I came across It’s a Wonderful Midlife Crisis by Robyn Peterman, the first installment of the Good to the Last Death series, in my library’s suggestion list. I enjoyed her previous books, and after meeting the author in person at several conventions, knew her to have […]
The purpose of Thrifty Thursday is to read a book which was free (at some point). This is a genre which many of my team have read and reviewed books. In fact, I think all of them have read these authors more than me. I have collected quite a pile of freebies in this genre […]
For those who are not familiar with this series, The Innkeeper Chronicles is written by Ilona Andrews, first on their blog with a chapter posted each week. Once the book is complete, they post it as an ebook and an audiobook. I’m not sure I have those details exactly right, but they are close enough. […]
During the pandemic, some writers couldn’t write a book, others delivered like nothing was going on, some changed drastically what they were writing. But, Brandon Sanderson was/is a little different than everyone else out there and he not only delivered on his promised contracts but also wrote not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4 […]
I love science fiction and space travel. I’m not sure if it is the technology which I love, or the fact that since it is so obviously fiction nothing seems over the top or unrealistic. Probably it is the perfect canvas of this type of setting for emotional themes, battles of greed, corruption, and social […]