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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Avoiding the lifestyle of his late gangster father by working as a clock repairman, Joe Spork fixes an unusual device …
"Beaten and left for dead, fourteen-year-old Tula Bane finds herself abandoned on a space station …
Not the hard sci-fi I usually look for, but the story kept me going and I want to read more in this series.
The novels of the Dresden Files have become synonymous with action-packed urban fantasy and non-stop …
A satisfying read. Looking forward to more Harry Dresden stories.
September misses Fairyland and her friends Ell, the Wyverary, and the boy Saturday. She longs …
I loved the first two books about September, but I didn't love this one. I'm still glad I read it and I hope there will be more.
I can't put my finger on what was different.
I loved the first two books about September, but I didn't love this one. I'm still glad I read it and I hope there will be more.
I can't put my finger on what was different.
Meet the Cooke family: Mother and Dad, brother Lowell, sister Fern, and Rosemary, who begins her story in the middle. …
What is to become of a magician's assistant without her magician? This is the question Sabine asks herself after the …
A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in is long …
Seeking atonement for past crimes, Breq takes on a mission as captain of a troublesome new crew of Radchai soldiers, …
David Almond: Skellig (2013, Hachette Children's Group)
Ten-year-old Michael was looking forward to moving into a new house. But now his baby sister is ill, his parents …
