Book News and Reviews

Author: Preetham Grandhi
Book: A Circle of Souls
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
Julia Rating: 7
Comments:  Mr. Grandhi provided me with a review copy of his debut novel, A Circle of Souls.
This book involves several different characters and different points of view.  It’s about the investigation of a young girls kidnapping and subsequent murder.  An FBI agent is investigating the case [...]

Author: Pseudonymous Bosch
Book: This Book Is Not Good For You
Genre: Young Adult/Humorous
Julia Rating: 10
Comments: I know this is a young adult book, but a friend of mine bought it for me for Christmas and it’s got a chocolate bar on the cover, so that got me reading it pretty much immediately.  It’s actually the third [...]

Author: Jess Haines
Book: Hunted By The Others
Genre: Fantasy
Julia Rating: 10
Comments: Hunted by the Others is Jess Haines’ debut novel.   Jess sent me a copy of her wonderful book prior to release so that I could review it here, Yay!  (She also did a little brow waggle to get me off my lazy butt [...]

Author: Tee Morris
Podiobook: Billibub Baddings and the Case of the Singing Sword
Performed by: Tee Morris
Main Guest Performances: LeeAnn Maybry, Dani Cutler
Genre: Fantasy and Historical Fiction
Julia Rating: 10
Comments: Tee Morris created a fantastic character with Billibub Baddings – a dwarf detective living in the 1920s. This isn’t just any dwarf detective. Billibub originally came from Acryonis [...]

Hi Everyone,
I know I’ve not been posting much.  I’m sorry!!!  More posts are coming, I promise.  In fact, I’m spending the whole morning preparing for tomorrow’s post. I am going to be involved in The Other Side of the Leaf bookworm carnival. The Other Side of the Leaf is a great blog that [...]

Author:Mary E. Pearson
Book: The Adoration of Jenna Fox
Genre: Sci Fi
Julia Rating: 10
Comments:
I found The Adoration of Jenna Fox at Becky’s Book Review Blog and fell in love with the idea of it. However, I totally thought it was just about a girl who lost her memory and is finding herself. All by itself, [...]

Author: RJ Toftness
Book: Unlock The Mystery To Math
Genre: Nonfiction
Julia Rating: 10
Comments:
This book isn’t my usual. I’m normally a fiction girl, but when the author – RJ Toftness – asked me to review it, I couldn’t refuse. Why? Because I’m terrible at math. I haven’t liked math since I was a little kid, like 9 years [...]

Author: Heather Graham
Book: Deadly Night
Genre: Murder Mystery/Fantasy
Julia Rating: 10
Julia Comments: I finally am getting around to reviewing Deadly Night by Heather Graham as I promised for horror month.  Deadly Night is the first in The Flynn Brother’s Trilogy and I, for one, enjoyed it.  The book contains murder, suspense, mystery and the supernatural.  It’s one of [...]

Author: Dean Koontz
Book: The Darkest Evening of the Year
Genre: Horror/Suspense/Thriller
Julia Rating: 9
Comments: I have to make an admission to start out with. I’ve never read Dean Koontz before horror month, so if I am missing some kind of a theme (aside from an affinity for golden retrievers) that is obvious to his long-time readers, please [...]

Is Ray Bradbury truly a “horror” author?  I think he’s one of those authors you cannot pin down to any particular genre, except to say that what he writes is classic “genre”  fiction (meaning anywhere from Sci Fi/Fantasy to Supernatural to Horror). Bradbury’s works from Fahrenheit 451 to the classic short story compilation The Illustrated Man all the way [...]