An avid sci-fi and fantasy reader who sometimes does historical fiction or even mainstream.
You might notice that most of my reviews are 5 stars. That's because if I start reading a book that doesn't engage me, I stop reading it. Life is too short. I've realized that it's not fair to review a book I haven't read and nobody really needs to hear why I didn't get into a book especially when they might like it.
My goals with reviews are to be brief and give other potential readers an idea of why they might like the book. I leave it to the marketing people and other reviewers to describe the plots.
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Ivy Gamble has never wanted to be magic. She is perfectly happy with her life …
I'm not super-big on mysteries, but a I found this story about a non-magic person surrounded by magicians engaging.
Ben Aaronovitch: Foxglove Summer (2014)
When two young girls go missing in rural Herefordshire, police constable and wizard-in-training Peter Grant is sent out of London …
"Iron Druid Atticus O'Sullivan, hero of Kevin Hearne's epic New York Times bestselling urban fantasy …
Have I mentioned the talking dog in this series? We get a second talking dog!
If you like fantasy that is so bleak it makes Game of Thrones seem cheerful, this is for you.
Two-thousand-year-old druid Atticus O'Sullivan, Granuaile and the wolfhound Oberon race across modern-day Europe to try to escape the clutches of …
Stories that interconnect four First Nations people, Everett Kaiswatim, Nellie Gordon, Julie Papequash, and Nathan …
An outstanding of collection of linked short stories.
These would appeal to anyone who has an interest in people surviving impossible childhoods and how all of it can wind up messing up a whole life.
The stories were often bleak, but still there's hope.
Suspicious deaths are not usually the concern of PC Peter Grant or the Folly, even when they happen at an …
Good goofy fun and set in the world of high pressure modern kitchens without anyone as annoying as that Ramsay guy.
If you're a Yoon Ha Lee fan, you don't need my review to know you have to read this.
If you're a fan of modern science fiction, you have to read Yoon Ha Lee and you should probably start with [b:Ninefox Gambit|26118426|Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)|Yoon Ha Lee|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1446557461l/26118426.SY75.jpg|46065520].
These are fun. I'm going to keep going on the series.
"The greatest philosopher of all time is offering to sell his soul to the Devil. …
A fun, brief read.
I should probably read it again sometime, because I'm not sure what really happened.
A fun read where you can feel confident that some surprises are in store but nothing truly awful will happen.
A fun read where you can feel confident that some surprises are in store but nothing truly awful will happen.
Kind of like what would happen if Jack Reacher wound up in an urban fantasy problem.
In the distant future, Surplus arrives in China dressed as a Mongolian shaman, leading a …
I love Darger and Surplus.
If you like a weird post-post-apocalyptic future like out Gene Wolfe's [b:The Shadow of the Torturer|60211|The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun, #1)|Gene Wolfe|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1329650008l/60211.SX50.jpg|762497], and you like lovable rogue conmen, you have to read Swanwick's Darger and Surplus stories.