Since starting this blog, I have had the opportunity to read several debut books by new writers who are publishing their works exclusively for the digital market. Today I am happy to introduce James Conway, whose ebook The Vagabond King is now available. Written in poetic prose with the blues as a driving rhythmic force, […]
This week I’m recommending another young adult title. Legend by Marie Lu is a dystopian tale of a future Los Angeles. It has received great reviews, including a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly, who I consider to be the go-to place for book reviews. I have not read it yet, but I have some fellow […]
This is the first post of a new category here on Books, Bones & Buffy, where I am going to recommend movies that have been successfully translated from some of my favorite books. You may not realize it from reading this blog, but I love movies almost as much as I love books, which means I […]
I’m sticking with my “retro” theme this week, and recommending a new release that once again takes us back in time to explore the roots of technology and online social interfacing. We’re not going back quite as far as Ready Player One, but we are rewinding fifteen years to 1996, the time when the internet […]
So, after reading Ready Player One, it turns out I’m a geek. I suspected I was, since I’ve always had a fondness for all things geeky. But although I was never really into video games (I do remember, however, obsessively playing a game called “Castle” sometime around 1988 or ’89. It was loaded on my […]
Joseph Rinaldo’s first book, A Spy at Home, was a thriller about a CIA operative who embezzles nine million dollars from his employer and the repercussions of his actions, and featured an endearing character with Down syndrome. Hazardous Choices, his second release, also has a main character with Down syndrome, but that is about the […]
Usually in this blog, I try to keep my reviews to current releases, which makes sense because I rarely “go back in time” to try to catch up with books I’ve missed. This October, however, I broke that rule and picked up Handling the Undead, a book that was released a year ago. I did […]
Finally, it’s here. Seems like I’ve been waiting forever for the new Stephen King book. Out today is 11/22/63: A Novel, King’s massive (960 pages) epic time travel story, about Jake Epping, a man who discovers a portal to the year 1958. His friend Al, who just happens to have the portal in the storeroom of his […]
Let’s get this straight: Zone One is a zombie novel. There is blood, viscera, various bodily fluids streaming through the gutters, dead men walking, and heads being blown off right and left. There is terror and running away and hiding from the dead. There is a dying world without electricity, ash-covered streets, and bleak prospects […]
I have been neglecting the “Bones” and “Buffy” content of this blog, so today I bring you good news: FINALLY, the Bones Season 7 Premiere airs tonight on Fox! Those of you who know me realize how happy this makes me. Tonight’s episode is called “The Memories in the Shallow Grave.” Click on the photo […]