These Silent Woods
These Silent Woods is the story of a father’s love for his daughter and their unique fugitive life in the woods. The setting is so well described, I feel ready to move to the woods myself. However, it is so much more than that. It is a heartbreaking tearjerker too.Continue Reading
Brink Book Four
The Earth is dead, and humanity has moved into deep-space habitats in Brink Book Four. Bridget Kurtis and Gita Gibrani were habitat police officers working on the mysterious disappearance of Mercury. Soon, the feds stepped in. Both women were promoted and sent to separate habitats. However, they continue the investigationContinue Reading
Around the World in 80 Books
Looking for some new books to read? Need a gift for the reader in your life? Around the World in 80 Books solves both issues! With five suggested books in each of the world’s sixteen regions, there is something for everyone included here. Books as diverse as The Divine ComedyContinue Reading
The Next Apocalypse
What will The Next Apocalypse look like? Will it follow the plots of a multitude of books, movies and television shows? An archaeologist looks at three “collapses” in modern times to determine how societies react to drastic events. Can the Mayan, Roman, and Eastern North American indigenous societies tell usContinue Reading
Psycho by the Sea
Constable Twitten and charwoman/criminal mastermind Mrs. Groynes are both trying to determine what is causing the multitude of recent murders in their sleepy southern English town in Psycho by the Sea. When Mrs. G was running things, messy murder victims weren’t filling the morgue. But now one of her chiefContinue Reading
Last Stop on the 6
What could be more appropriate as we quickly approach the holiday season than a book about family. In Last Stop on the 6, Angela left her extended Italian American family ten years ago vowing to never return. But after being guilted into returning for her brother’s wedding, she discovers (a)Continue Reading
Return of the Pharoah
Dr. Watson brings his second wife, Juliet, to Egypt to cure her tb. He runs into Sherlock, who is looking for a missing nobleman. They join forces. In Return of the Pharoah, the game is once again afoot! This author does the best job of the many writers trying toContinue Reading
Mao Vol 2
Miss Nanoka was orphaned when a sinkhole swallowed up her parents and their car in modern Japan. Now-cursed Nanoka is sometimes sent to the same area fifty years earlier. In Mao Vol 2, Nanoka and the exorcist Mao are still looking for the cat demon, Byoki, in that same eraContinue Reading
Death on the Shelf Review and Giveaway
My Review You’re invited to a wedding! In Death on the Shelf, Angela and Steve have decided to make it official. Hopefully, Angela’s best friend Carrie, who is organizing the wedding and bridal shower, will be able to pull off both events without a hitch. But then Angela’s hated brotherContinue Reading
My Name’s Yours, What’s Alaska?
“By senior year of high school, I felt like I knew who I was as a person. I knew I didn’t care what people thought about me, I knew I liked playing with the meaning of gender, and I knew I wanted to be an actor.”—from My Name’s Yours, What’sContinue Reading
The Language Lover’s Puzzle Book
I consider myself both a language nerd and a puzzle lover. So, The Language Lover’s Puzzle Book is definitely in my wheelhouse. But others beware, some of these 100 puzzles are devilishly difficult. But all are fun! And most will teach you something whether you can solve the puzzle orContinue Reading
The Perishing
The blurb of The Perishing was so much better than the book itself. For most of the book, I was confused. When the denouement finally appeared, it felt rushed. And, to be honest, I didn’t care what happened by then anyway. Do yourself a favor and skip this book. 2Continue Reading
Grimm Tales from the Cave
There are eleven adult Grimm Tales from the Cave. They are about sins and sinners. But all have a moral in there somewhere just like the original Grimm tales. “When you reach hell, I shall serve you a meal. What will be the meat? What will be the spoon? AndContinue Reading
Final Spin
Final Spin is the story of two best friends, Johnny and Goat, who decide to rob their employer. Johnny wants to use his share of the money to purchase the laundry mat his “peculiar” brother works at. You see Arty loves laundry like others love their pets—or even children. IContinue Reading
Mashle: Magic and Muscles Vol 3
I was disappointed by Mashle: Magic and Muscles Vol 3. Mash and his dorm mates fight the Magia Lupus bullies on their home turf one on one. There is no other character or plot development. I actually like the bonus comic about magically creating a pot mouse better. Other thanContinue Reading
The Extinction Trials
The Extinction Trials is the offspring of shows like Lost, Cube, and The Maze Runner. Seven people wake up in a lab. They don’t know how they got there. More importantly, they don’t know how to leave. Is the world outside poisoned? Is everyone else in the world dead? TheContinue Reading