Lots of things in the works right now! Two sets of costumes for the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo, getting back into the querying game with my novels, and planning for some upcoming family celebrations--so many moving parts.... Because of this, I'm going to take a step away from posting for a bit. Once things … Continue reading Spring Hiatus
4 out of 5 Stars The Blurb In this apocalyptic adventure C. Robert Cargill explores the fight for purpose and agency between humans and robots in a crumbling world. It was a day like any other. Except it was our last . . . It’s on this day that Pounce discovers that he is, in … Continue reading Book Review: Day Zero by C. Robert Cargill
4 out of 5 Stars The Blurb A disillusioned millennial ghostwriter who, quite literally, has some ghosts of her own, has to find her way back home in this sparkling adult debut from national bestselling author Ashley Poston. Florence Day is the ghostwriter for one of the most prolific romance authors in the industry, and … Continue reading Book Review: The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
5 out of 5 Stars! The Blurb Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. … Continue reading Book Review: Project Hail Mary By Andy Weir
4 out of 5 Stars The Blurb The Lost Boys say that Peter Pan went back to England because of Wendy Darling, but Wendy is just an old life he left behind. Neverland is his real home. So when Peter returns to it after ten years in the real world, he’s surprised to find a … Continue reading Book Review: Peter Darling by Austin Chant
4 out of 5 Stars The Blurb In Have a Little Faith, Mitch Albom offers a beautifully written story of a remarkable eight-year journey between two worlds--two men, two faiths, two communities--that will inspire readers everywhere. Albom's first nonfiction book since Tuesdays with Morrie, Have a Little Faith begins with an unusual request: an eighty-two-year-old rabbi from Albom's … Continue reading Have a Little Faith: a True Story by Mitch Albom
5 out of 5 Stars The Blurb An orphan’s life is harsh—and often short—in the mysterious island city of Camorr. But young Locke Lamora dodges death and slavery, becoming a thief under the tutelage of a gifted con artist. As leader of the band of light-fingered brothers known as the Gentleman Bastards, Locke is soon … Continue reading Book Review: The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
5 out of 5 Stars! The Blurb Follow a motley crew on an exciting journey through space-and one adventurous young explorer who discovers the meaning of family in the far reaches of the universe-in this light-hearted debut space opera from a rising sci-fi star. Rosemary Harper doesn’t expect much when she joins the crew of … Continue reading Book Review: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
4 out of 5 Stars The Blurb Elizabeth Black is the headmistress of a girls’ school and a well-respected author of “silver-fork” novels, stories written both for and about the upper-class ladies of Victorian society. But by night, she writes very different kinds of stories—the Penny Dreadfuls that are all the rage among the working-class … Continue reading Book Review: The Lady and the Highwayman
5 out of 5 Stars! The Blurb 5,000 years in the future, humanity faces total extermination. Our one defence: highly-trained soldiers who scour the metal-strewn blackness of space to hunt down a terrifying enemy: an insect life-form known only as 'Bugs.' This is the story of trooper Johnny Rico, from his idealistic enlistment in the infantry … Continue reading Book Review: Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
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