Book Review: Jennifer L. Armentrout’s Origin
Daemon will do anything to get Katy back, and all Katy can do is survive. Surrounded by enemies, the only way she can come out of this is to adapt.
Genre: science fiction
Book Review: Manly Wade Wellman’s The Old Gods Waken
Silver John and an Indian medicine man must collaborate to prevent certain death at the hands of blood-sacrificing old-world Druids who are attempting to awaken pre-Indian spirits in an ancient mountain.
Book Review: John Joseph Adams’ The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination
A very funny selection of 22 short stories revolving around the mad scientist, his assistant, and/or descendants.
Book Review: Simon R. Green’s Tales of the Hidden World
An anthology of 17 short stories by Simon R. Green, one of which falls within the Secret Histories series about the Drood Family. There are a few which could be considered loosely affiliated.
Book Review: Bernard Besson’s The Greenland Breach
Fast-paced cli-fi thriller, espionage, intrigue, economic warfare, and behind-the-scenes struggles for natural resources combine with French freelance spies and Bond-like action.
Book Review: Melissa Marr & Kelley Armstrong’s Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions
An anthology of 16 short stories with a theme of journey whether it was a trip, a diversion, or a path.
Book Review: Veronica Roth’s Insurgent
I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: the library Insurgentby Veronica Roth dystopian, science fiction in Hardcover edition that was published by Harlequin, HC Children’s Books on May 1, 2012 and has 525 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books by this author which I have reviewed include DivergentSecond in the Divergent dystopian Young Adult series and revolving around Tris and her friends. In 2012, Insurgent won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Young Adult Fantasy and Best Goodreads Author; in 2011, it won the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award for Young Adult Protagonist. My Take This story is a weird combination of good storytelling and stupidity. I don’t know if I’ve been too long a “mature” adult and so far removed from my teens that I can no longer relate or if Tris’ actions are simply part of that annoying trope of the gormless but stubborn “child” who leaps into danger without telling anyone anything — because, sob, no one will believe her or, sob, she’s suicidal or, sob… I got dizzy with all the […]
Book Review: Alena Graedon’s The Word Exchange
I received this book for free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: NetGalley The Word Exchangeby Alena Graedon dystopian, science fiction that was published by Anchor Books on April 8, 2014 and has 384 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon An ARC I received through NetGalley set in a dystopian horror of a world, an age-old story of progress and greed with a “rags-to-riches” success story in which greed overcomes commonsense. My Take Wow. Just wow. This was/is terrifying. When you think of how ubiquitous the computer is in our world, how reliant we are upon it, upon the Internet. How much I rely upon it! The “progress” our world is making in conjoining human with machine — think of Google Glass! I’ve always been so impressed with how much people in the past could remember, could quote passages from memory. I wondered why we no longer did such a thing. A large part of it, I suspect, is that we have too many books in the world today. We read a book, and we’re done with it. We move on to the […]
Book Review: Sheri S. Tepper’s The Waters Rising
Deeply original in scope and vision, The Waters Rising is a daring and remarkable work of fiction from a master of the craft.
Book Review: David Weber’s Like a Mighty Army
Battles continue to be fought and won as the Imperial Charisian Army impresses and progress is made.