With a respectful nod to the classics that have come before in the Portal Fantasy niche, The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer caught my fancy the moment I read the blurb. It has been a while since I was in the mood for such a tale, but The Lost Story had a way of winding […]
I needed to figure out a way to start reading series where I am not current or the series is finished but haven’t read them yet. So it’s a way to commit myself to read my backlist, particularly series. I love the books by Allison Brennan. I decided to start at the beginning […]
I couldn’t resist this new-to-me author, as Robin has been a fan. With a mystery, and the strange main characters I had to read The Tainted Cup. I chose the ebook version although audio is also appealing. The world was complex and yet it didn’t feel overwhelming in the way it was developed. In the […]
I’ve always enjoyed the books by this author and for a few years I have been devouring the Christmas series. I listened to first few through Audible plus, and found more at the library. I’m not quite finished but the books are unrelated to each other and mostly not heavily connected to the various series. […]
The Traitor was fun to read even though it felt a bit unrealistic. Those aspects didn’t make it less enjoyable though. It was easy to read as I knew the characters and some of the situations from the previous book. The story is still mainly told by Emma. Emma is healed from her last outing […]
Perilous Times is a debut novel by Thomas D. Lee. What it should have been, was an Arthurian tale set in modern day, fighting dragons and magic. What it was, is a SJW (social justice warrior) blend of one of the most iconic lore’s known with climate activism and the new everything is racist movement. […]
Each new entry in the Daniel Pitt series is highly anticipated and The Fourth Enemy was no exception. Spinning off Anne Perry’s fabulous Thomas and Charlotte Pitt series, this literal second generation follow up series is as engaging as the first. Daniel is settling in well as a lawyer in Marcus fford Croft’s firm and […]
I have really enjoyed reading all the Jack Reacher series, including novellas. Jack Reacher started out wandering when he was maybe mid-thirties, and as the books went along he aged. Then, the books seemed to go back in time and cover times when he was in the military or freshly a civilian. I’m uncertain as […]
Blake Crouch writes some interesting thought-provoking and twisting stories with questions about morality, humanity and what lines a man might cross to be with his family. Upgrade, another really solid stand-alone novel from the author hits on some great questions about humanity and the road some take. Just because man has the ability to control […]
The Paradox Hotel is a strange place. It is a place people go to travel in time and see different events in history. With that comes some different challenges for head of Security, January Cole. People are people and they try to sometimes bring things back with them they shouldn’t. Like raptor eggs because who […]