Reviews + Articles
What Are You Reading?
Happy Thursday! I have a busy morning today, so I'll catch up with you later today. But, I am looking forward to this morning's meeting. A small group of us are getting together to talk about science fiction, and I'll get to talk about John Scalzi's The Kaiju...
The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
An eco-thriller. Nuclear reactors. An alternate earth. Kaiju (giant monster of a type featured in Japanese fantasy and science fiction movies and television programs). It doesn't even matter if you don't understand any of this. If you're up for a witty science...
Knight Owl by Christopher Denise
Before I even saw the book, I fell in love with the title. I love wordplay. But, after I picked up Christopher Denise's Knight Owl, I was thoroughly caught up in the little owl's world. Denise has illustrated other books, but this is the first he has written and...
A Dire Isle by RV Raman
Well, RV Raman's second Harith Athreya mystery came as a surprise. While A Will to Kill was definitely in the Agatha Christie style, A Dire Isle was a police procedural with the expected wrap-up scene. It just shows how creative Raman is, that he takes his sleuth...
Front Page Murder by Joyce St. Anthony
Joyce St. Anthony debuts a new series, the Homefront News mysteries, with Front Page Murder. It's set in May 1942 as the Pennsylvania homefront is still gearing up for World War II. And, women have taken the place of men in some of the jobs in Progress, PA. Irene...
The Suite Spot by Trish Doller
I didn't read Trish Doller's first adult novel, Float Plan. That book introduced Rachel Beck's sister, Anna. Rachel takes center stage in The Suite Spot. Doller's acknowledgments say she wanted to write something warm and gentle during COVID. She succeeded. But,...