Books of the Week: The Hanged Man, P.N. Elrod Perdition, Ann Aguirre Reap the Wind, Karen Chance The Queen of Patpong, Timothy Hallinan P.N. Elrod has written a galloping adventure set in a mythical Victorian England. Alexandrina Victoria Pendlebury is a forensic...
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Books & Blog: October 25, 2015
Books of the Week: The Haunted Season, G.M. Malliet The Beautiful Ashes, Jeaniene Frost Carry On, Rainbow Rowell I’ve always enjoyed G.M. Malliet’s Father Max Tudor books, even when some of her choices surprised me. And I’m surprised all over again The Haunted Season....
Books & Blog: October 19, 2015
Books of the Week: Alive, Scott Sigler The Bestseller, Olivia Goldsmith Undead and Unforgiven, MaryJanice Davidson Fate’s Edge, Ilona Andrews Scott Sigler’s written a book that is about young adults, but I’m not sure if it’s for young adults. It’s plenty unsettling....
Books & Blog: September 28, 2015
Books of the Week: A Key, an Egg, an Unfortunate Remark, Harry Connelly Indexing: Reflections, Seanan McGuire I have read Harry Connelly and thought he was marvelous. I was a huge fan of his Twenty Palaces books, which never sold as well as they deserved. He’s also...
Books & Blog: September 14, 2015
Books of the Week: Make Me, Lee Child Murder of an Open Book, Denise Swanson Redshirts, John Scalzi Magic Shifts, Ilona Andrews I've known Lee Child for a few years now, and I've always loved his books. I remember reading Killing Floor when it came out in paperback...
Books & Blog: September 1, 2015
Primal Force, D.D. Ayres Steel Will, Shilo Harris with Robin Overby Cox The House of Shattered Wings, Aliette de Bodard I couldn't have come up with three more sharply divided books if I'd stuck one hand into a bin and picked three blindly. My friend D.D. Ayres has...
Books & Blog: August 17, 2015
Pretty Girls, Karin Slaughter Magic Bleeds, Ilona Andrews Tempt the Stars, Karen Chance Karin Slaughter’s work is increasingly exciting. She’s always been a very good writer, but as last year’s Cop Town proved, now she’s a great one. Pretty Girls is very different,...
Books & Blog: August 10, 2015
Books of the Week: Wake of Vultures, Lila Bowen The Drafter, Kim Harrison Armada, Ernest Cline In addition to reading these three outstanding novels, I am working my way back through the novels of Karen Chance and Ilona Andrews. Sometimes you just get an impulse to...
Books & Blog: July 16, 2015
Books of the Week: Ghostman, Roger Hobbs Trailer Park Fae, Lilith Saintcrow The Unfortunate Decisions of Dahlia Moss, Max Wirestone Tin Men, Christopher Golden While I indulged myself during my previous travels by reading books I’d read before, this time I did read...
Books & Blog: June 18, 2015
Books of the Week: Swerve – Vicki Pettersson Dead Ice – Laurell K. Hamilton Hex on the Ex – Rochelle Staab Vicki Pettersson has long been a favorite writer in the paranormal field, and she’s certainly a delightful person. When she told me she’d written something...