Books of the Week: Splintered, A.G. Howard The Testing, Joelle Charbonneau Affliction, Laurell K. Hamilton A.G. Howard's Splintered is a reimagining of the story of "Alice in Wonderland," and it's a dark and unexpected version of the story that enchanted so many of us...
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June 25, 2013
Books of the Week: The Reckoning, Alma Katsu The Thing About Weres, Leigh Evans Tracking the Tempest, Nicole Peeler Free Fall, Chris Grabenstein The Reckoning is the second book in Alma Katsu’s trilogy about the misfortunes of love and the mistakes we make when we try...
June 3, 2013
Books of the Week: Blood and Silk, Carol McKay House Rules, Chloe Neill Appalachian Overthrow, E.E. Knight Carol McKay’s Blood and Silk is a thoroughly-researched novel published by a very small press. If the premise of the book (that Mary Magdalene was married to...
May 26, 2013
Books of the Week: Don’t Ever Get Old, Daniel Friedman The Shake, Mel Nicolai The Magistrates of Hell, Barbara Hambly Criminal Enterprise, Owen Laukkanen I had the pleasure of meeting Daniel Friedman at the Edgar awards ceremony; Daniel was up for Best First Mystery....
May 19, 2013
Books of the Week: The City, Stella Gemmell Kitty Rocks the House, Carrie Vaughn Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, David Sedaris I don’t believe I could have read three more diverse books if I’d picked them out of a hat. The City is a multiple POV science fiction...
May 8, 2013
Books of the Week: The Vampire Tapestry, Suzy McKee Charnas Under the Hill: Bomber’s Moon, Alex Beecroft Blood Oranges, Kathleen Tierney The Last Policeman, Ben Winters Suzy McKee Charnas wrote The Vampire Tapestry in 1980, and I’m sorry to say I read it for the first...
April 8, 2013
Books of the Week: Gun Machine, Warren Ellis Twice Tempted, Jeaniene Frost Six Years, Harlan Coben Lover at Last, J.R. Ward No Hero, Jonathan Wood Long airplane trips are a perfect opportunity for me to get some reading done, and on the way to and from Los Angeles I...
March 23, 2013
Books of the Week: Suspect, Robert Crais Warlord of Willow Ridge, Gary Phillips Midnight Blue-Light Special, Seanan McGuire Robert Crais is undoubtedly one of the major crime writers of the past decade, or longer, and I open a book of his with anticipation and...
March 10, 2013
Books of the Week: Seven Kinds of Hell, Dana Cameron Summon the Keeper, Tanya Huff Slashback, Rob Thurman It's strictly a coincidence that all three books begin with the letter "S" this time, and that they're all by woman I know and respect. Before this begins to feel...
February 21, 2013
Books of the Week: Undead and Underwater, MaryJanice Davidson City of Dark Magic, Magnus Flyte Hit Me, Lawrence Block And When She was Good, Laura Lippman What a wonderful lot of books I had to read this time. Sadly, there were a couple I just couldn't make progress...