The nitty-gritty: A delightful blend of romance, edge-of-your-seat action, family secrets and plenty of high stakes danger, Polaris Rising is set to be one of my favorite series starters of 2019. Wow, I had so much fun reading this book! I don’t know what I was expecting, but Jessie Mihalik has written a thrilling and […]
A few notes about how I’m going to review this series. There are eleven episodes which will be released over the next ten Wednesdays (Episode 1 was released yesterday), and my plan is to put a review up each Wednesday as they become available. I’ve never done this before, so let’s see how it goes! […]
The nitty-gritty: An outstanding tie-in to the beloved TV series, this book is shiny in every way possible. “I have a problem with authority,” Mal said, “not least when said authority is a big, fat, corrupt lawman with poor personal hygiene and a face that’d give a moose nightmares.” Bundy strode down the front steps […]
The nitty-gritty: Welcome back to Donovan, where the human population is just as dangerous as the killer alien species on the planet. Abandoned is the sequel to Outpost, a book that completely surprised me when I read it earlier this year. And because of that, you should definitely read Outpost first. I love this series, […]
The nitty-gritty: High stakes action, awesome world-building and a fast-paced plot set this alternate history SF tale apart from the pack. Well, that was fun! What a great change of pace from some of the other books I’ve been reading lately. Mecha Samurai Empire is the second book in Peter Tieryas’ United States of Japan […]
The nitty-gritty: Big on atmosphere but lean on plot, Space Opera is a colorful, musical, over-the-top love song to music and musicians everywhere Except that the Voorpret turned out to be really rather good at the whole civilization thing. Yes, yes, they obliterated the natural biodiversity of any region they touched, but wherever their infection […]
The nitty-gritty: Newman’s series doesn’t slow down at all in this latest installment, which combines mystery, suspense and plenty of raw emotions. I’ve enjoyed this series so much, and it’s not over yet, thank goodness! All of Emma Newman’s Planetfall books can be read as standalones, although Before Mars does reference events in the previous […]
The nitty-gritty: A fast and furious science-based space thriller with plenty of surprises. The minute I read the synopsis for Obscura I knew I had to read it, and I’m so glad that I did. This was a fast-paced, twisty mystery in space that kept me guessing and scared the pants off me more than […]
The nitty-gritty: Scalzi expands on the fascinating world of Lock In with this sports-centric sequel that won’t disappoint his many fans, and will likely earn him some new ones. Four years ago I read my very first Scalzi book and loved it. Lock In takes place in a near-future world where a crippling disease has […]
The nitty-gritty: A weird and wonderful story of colonization, survival and communication. We’d learned a lot, including one more thing. The bamboo was very friendly. Fruit appeared right away near the house where we stayed. Then one of the trunks where we’d tied our hammocks grew a shoot. Each of the new leaves had stripes […]