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Category: Review
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Review: Baptism by Fire
I’d been reading this book off and on for far too long. Part of what kept stopping me was the beginning. You’re waiting for me to say it was slow, dry, info-dumpy, or awkward, right? Well, it was none of those things. What kept me from doing my usual read ten minutes here, fifteen there,…
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Review: The Corpse Reader
I was sick enough the other day to read. As odd as that sounds, when I’m at the point where I’m too uncomfortable to sleep, and too miserable to do my usual daily work, I immerse myself in reading. By opening a book, and stepping through it into another world, I escape (to some extent)…
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Review: The Private Shambler
It’s been a hectic couple of weeks. I skipped out of writing a review last week partly because of my schedule, and partly because I hadn’t finished anything recently. Well, this week I did finish a nice, light, funny book. With Zombies… and vampires, and ghosts, and pretty much anything else Kevin J Anderson could…
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Artless but Reading
It’s supposed to be art day, but I don’t have art for you… well, ok, I do, sort of. But I haven’t had the time to create anything, as I’ve been focused on the work, and school. I even got new paints yesterday, but between dealing with schtuff* that was happening, and a disaster area…
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Review: Double Dipping
Yes, I’m going to review two books again this week. I’m not saying it’s going to become a trend, but you can expect to see it again next week as well. I’m relaxing, enjoying summer, and a little more time than I ordinarily have. So I get to read more. And I have some great…
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Review: Kaiju and Zombies, Oh My!
I had a dilemma this week. Jason Cordova sent me the novella Murder World: Kaiju Dawn, to read, and John Holmes sent me a link to his free story, Even Zombie Killers Need a Break. I’d already reviewed Dave Freer’s excellent Stardogs, but what the heck? I thought. I can read a novella and a…
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Dave Freer’s Stardogs
I know, it isn’t review day. But it is launch day, and I have been waiting on the edge of my seat for this day since I got to read the pre-release copy of Stardogs. This one is good. Very, very good. I know I can always rely on Dave Freer for a solidly plotted,…
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Review: General Practice
I have had these books of my shelf for almost two years. You know how kids eat, where they save the best for last? These books have been my mental dessert through moving, and school, and… all sorts of mental and physical upheaval. It’s been one year since I came to Ohio, and it has…
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Review: Grimm Legacy
I picked up a copy of The Grimm Legacy after meeting the author, Addie J King, at Millennicon this spring. I’d heard her talk on panels and in a reading we were both at, about the characters, and especially the 400-year old talking frog prince… I think that alone sold me on wanting this book.…
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Review: Witchfinder
So in one of my favorite movies, there’s this scene. It involves an older chef stepping in to fix a mess, and as he’s tossing things together, someone runs up and frantically asks “But what do we call it?” and he says, “A Belle Melange, a beautiful mess.” For some reason as I was reading…
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Review: After the Blast
I picked up After the Blast, a novelette by TL Knighton, for a couple of reasons. I almost didn’t for one big reason. There are stories and themes we all get tired of after reading them over and over and over again… don’t get me started on vampires. Post-apocalypse fiction is one that has been…