That’s right, people. This is my 100th post! I know this because WordPress told me my last post was my 99th. I’m very excited to have reached this milestone, and reviewing The Earthquake Machine is a great way to celebrate. I’m happy to report that the state of independent publishing is alive and well, thanks […]
William Diehl is a master storyteller who unfortunately died in 2006 before he could complete Seven Ways to Die, his tenth novel. Before his death he was able to write 412 manuscript pages of the novel, which was completed by Kenneth John Atchity, a friend and fellow writer, with the help of extensive story notes […]
I was very happy when R. H. Russell asked me to review Venture Unleashed. I reviewed the first book in the series, Venture Untamed, and really enjoyed it. For those of you who didn’t read my review of Venture Untamed, Russell has had many years of martial arts training, and this makes the fight sequences […]
OK, I’ll admit it. I’ve been intrigued by Fifty Shades of Grey for a few weeks now. Since books are my thing, it’s especially gratifying when a book makes headlines. Even a book about (gasp) sex. The fact that Fifty Shades of Grey started out as fan fiction on the internet, based on the Twilight […]
Although my review of Zach Fortier’s Curbchek was less than favorable, the author asked me to read and review Street Creds, which follows much the same format but focuses on Fortier’s time working on the Gang Task Force. I expected Curbchek to be a novel, which it claims to be. But it was a rather […]
Welcome to the Oldsoul Blog Tour, hosted by CubicleBlindness. This is my first Blog Tour, so I’m pretty happy to be a part of it. There are two parts to this post: first, my review of Dan’s book Oldsoul. And after the review, a giveaway of a signed ARC of the book and a bookmark! […]
The Taker has been on my to-read list since it came out last September, but I only recently found time to fit it into my reading schedule. I’m so glad I did, because this is a book that should not be missed. Although the cover design is lovely, it didn’t really prepare me for the […]
She has grease stains on her face instead of ashes. She’s looking for the mechanical foot that fits her best. And she drives to the ball in a beat-up gasoline car instead of a magical pumpkin. Welcome to Marissa Meyer’s inventive re-imagining of Cinderella, the first of four books in the Lunar Chronicles. I finally […]
This well-written second book from native Zimbabwean Tendai Huchu has an intriguing concept: what happens when two suicide bombers who are about to fulfill their duty suddenly fall in love? When the story begins, narrator Khalid and three other recruits are poised to exact a deadly strike on the London Underground by strapping on bomb […]
