Book News and Reviews

18 May

Book Review: No Quarter by Robert Asprin, Eric Del Carlo & Teresa Patterson

Authors: Robert Asprin, Eric Del Carlo and Teresa Patterson Book: No Quarter Genre: I’m going to say this one’s Crime Fiction Julia Rating: 10 Comments:  Okay, so when I received this book from the friendly folks at Dark Star Books, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I certainly didn’t think it was going to be [...]

20 Nov

Gift List Suggestions – #2 – Fantasy

Here is the next on my list of gift suggestions for the upcoming holidays. Fantasy For those friends and family members who would be more at home digging around in a dragon’s cave, these are my recommended reads: – Hogfather or any other books by Terry Pratchett I reviewed the Hogfather in a previous post.  This [...]

15 Nov

Gift List Suggestions – #1 – Sci Fi

I’ll admit to not being the most consistent blogger in the world, but with the holidays coming up my mind has turned to books.  They are (usually) a cheap and interesting present that people will appreciate – even if they don’t read them, a book will make them look more learned when displayed on the [...]

25 Apr

Book Review: Old Man’s War by John Scalzi

Author: John Scalzi Book: Old Man’s War Genre: Sci Fi Julia Rating: 10 Comments: Old Man’s War by John Scalzi is a well written Sci Fi adventure that made me look at old people from a new angle. The idea behind it is, if you are old (75 years to be exact), what would you [...]

19 Mar

Book Review: Love in the Time of Fridges by Tim Scott

Author: Tim Scott Book: Love in the Time of Fridges – A Sci-Fi Thriller (of sorts) Genre: Sci Fi, Humor Julia Rating: 10 Comments: This book gets a 10 just for the title. Come on. Who could resist a book called Love in the Time of Fridges? The title is amazing. I got this book [...]

12 Mar

Book Review: Playing for Keeps by Mur Lafferty

Author: Mur Lafferty Book: Playing For Keeps Genre: Fantasy Julia Rating: 10 Comments: I may be a little biased on Playing for Keeps, since I follow Mur’s podcast, I Should Be Writing, so I really like Mur.  In fact, the podcast is the whole reason I read her book – that and her other book [...]

09 Oct

Book Review: Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris

Author: Charlaine Harris Book: Dead Until Dark Genre: Horror/Murder Mystery/Romance Julia Rating: 10 Comments: Dead Until Dark is a cute and funny vampire romance/mystery.  I think it’s a little silly to call any vampire book “horror”, but from what I can tell, that’s how the bookstores classify it, so I put the mad combination up [...]

21 Sep

Book Review: Deadly Harvest by Carolyn Walker

Author: Carolyn Walker Book: Deadly Harvest Genre: Mystery/Murder Mystery Julia Rating: 7 Comments: This is the story of a female police detective moving to a small town where “nothing ever happens”, only to find murder, deceit and deadly intentions.  At first, it reminded me of Hot Fuzz, with a hot-shot British cop moving to a [...]

09 Sep

October – Horror Month Idea

I’m thinking of making October a month of Horror book reviews.  What do you all think of this and does anyone have any books they recommend/want me to review?  (Like have you seen a book and gone “I don’t know”?  I’ll take the risk for you.)

07 Aug

Book Review: Darwin’s Children by Greg Bear

Book: Darwin’s Children Author: Greg Bear Genre: Sci Fi Julia Rating: 8 Comments: Darwin’s Children is a Science Fiction book about evolution. When I say Science Fiction I mean that there is an educated human being writing it who is indeed very into the science of the whole situation.  The only thing I did not [...]

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