Category Archives: Books

I’ve been on a local-author kick lately. First up was Robyn Bachar’s Blood, Smoke, and Mirrors, which I posted the lovely cover of a while back. Fun read, with, as it says on the web page, “gratuitous violence against vampires”. … Continue reading →

Several months ago, shortly after I’d bought an ebook reader, someone asked for advice on them, and I sent my thoughts. Since then I’ve reposted that email a few times. Next time, I’ll just send this link. The short version: … Continue reading →

One of my coworkers has a calendar of old book covers. I believe it was March when The Flying Eyes got the spot. It was rather…eye catching, so we looked it up. The back cover description finishes with “And then … Continue reading →

I received this book through the LibraryThing Early Reviewers group ages ago. I’m not a huge superhero fan, but I enjoyed the book. The lack (more or less) of secret identities plus the way the aces worked with various government … Continue reading →

I got a free ARC of this book from LibraryThing’s Early Reviewers group by promising to review it. It’s an entertaining enough read that I had no problem finishing it quickly. Although there were aspects of the book that bugged … Continue reading →

Any Given Doomsday, A Respectable Trade, The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, The Thirteenth Tale, Drowning Ruth

Dead Water Creek & Cold Dark Matter are mainstream mysteries about a woman who investigates scientific fraud for the Canadian government. Dead Water Creek was not bad, but the depictions of life in a science department did not mesh with … Continue reading →

(I skipped Farmer Boy and stopped after These Happy Golden Years.) I hadn’t reread these since I was a kid, when Little House on the Prairie was one of my favorite books for ages. They’re as good as I remember … Continue reading →

This is a fabulous book — best one I’ve read all year, and that seems unlikely to change. My only complaint is that it ended.

Picked up Michael A. Stackpole’s A Secret Atlas because I like the author’s podcast on writing (The Secrets), and I have a policy against taking writing advice from someone I’ve never read. It’s a solid epic fantasy with some nice … Continue reading →