When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi

March 25, 2025

As much as I liked John Scalzi’s The Kaiju Preservation Society, I liked When the Moon Hits Your Eye even more. This is a standalone, but Scalzi said it’s sort of in a group with his last two novels, The Kaiju Preservation Society and Starter Villain. It...

What Are You Reading?

January 09, 2025

I know it’s Thursday, and we’re here to talk books, but I just want to extend my thoughts to any of you facing fires in California, and those of us in the Midwest who have been dealing with snow and ice. I’m thinking of all of you. We had 5 1/2...

Starter Villain by John Scalzi

September 23, 2023

Are you ready for cats who are management, and dolphins who want to unionize? I love John Scalzi’s imagination, and Starter Villain is a joy from start to finish. Most people would look at Charlie Fitzer and see a loser. At thirty-two, he’s divorced,...

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

March 30, 2022

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...

A Very Scalzi Christmas by John Scalzi

December 20, 2019

I love Christmas books. I enjoy mysteries set during the holiday season, and romances set at Christmastime. But, every year I look for an unusual Christmas book, one that isn’t sweet or one that is humorous. It’s one reason I’ve always loved Connie...