Book News and Reviews

As you now know, yesterday was my birthday and I was in Portland visiting my friend who just moved up there.
While I was away, Hugo and Nebula Award winning author James Patrick Kelly sent me two – count ‘em – TWO of his wonderful books with his signature and a really awesome personal message in [...]

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 [...]

Author: Phil Rossi
Podiobook: Eden
Performed by: Phil Rossi
Genre: Sci Fi/Horror
Julia Rating: 10
Comments:
Phil Rossi is a new author and has a book out now called Crescent which I will review later, but I also give that one a 10.
Edenis a novella about a giant tree, growing in space, named Eden. A space station is set up specifically [...]

Author: Robert Heinlein
Book: Podkayne of Mars
Genre: Science Fiction
Julia Rating: 10
Comments:
This is the perfect Sci Fi coming of age tale. Heinlein always has some interesting ideas of future morals and this book explores them without being graphic. This book also shows us a simple sci fi adventure story. A girl named Podkayne is going on her [...]

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 do to be young [...]

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 from my awesome [...]

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, [...]

Scott Sigler’s new book: Contagious is out!  It’s the sequel to Infected.  I haven’t read it yet, but so far all of Mr. Sigler’s work has stood up and I’ve enjoyed it.  Check it out if you have a chance!

I finally have a short story written by yours truly available for all of you patient people to read. It’s called The Day the Sun Went Out - a sci fi short involving an alien conspiracy, an interested astronomer, mass panic and… really annoying customer service.  Check it out at Inner Circle Writer’s Group.

Author: Laurell K. Hamilton
Book: Strange Candy
Genre: Horror/Fantasy/Sci Fi
Julia Rating: 10
Comments: I really bit off more than I could chew here.  When choosing books, I thought, “Hey, it’s a book of short stories – let’s shake things up”.  I had never read Laurell Hamilton before and I didn’t know what a fantastic writer she was. 
Strange Candyreally [...]