Reviews
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Some of you may recall a few rants I’ve done in the past inspired by a series of books by Elizabeth Peters which feature a buxom blonde historian by the name of Vicky Bliss. Now, I’m sure part of Vicky’s voluptuousness (which she, naturally, abhors because people just won’t take her seriously!) is meant to…
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Most of my readers are probably aware that, despite not being a huge fan of romance as a genre, it’s a genre I’m trying to read more of to understand a bit better. Of course, there are a lot of free and discounted romance titles out there, and, being a book whore, that certainly helps…
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“Barr smiled sunnily. Most young men did, when first exposed to Sumac. Most all men did, actually. The tears came later.” “The Sharing Knife Volume Four: Horizon” by Lois McMaster Bujold. I have a love-hate relationship with the review text on the back of a book more often than not. Either I feel that it’s…
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“Hundreds of yards above us, the Martian sky beckoned.” Skylights by Luther M. Siler If a multi-billionaire approached you and offered to whisk you away to Mars on a top-secret rescue mission, would you accept his offer? Gabriel Southern, an Indiana journalist, does, and thus begins Skylights, a mission to Mars book by my friend…
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Today celebrates the one-month anniversary of the publication of the World Unknown Review Vol. I, and things have been going really great….except for one little thing. The book has had a solid showing in sales (solid for what I’m used to, anyway!), but things are looking a little nonexistent on the review side of things.…
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“Finally, on a Friday in June, my prayers were finally answered, at the cost of someone else’s fortune…” “Jewel of the Thames: A Portia Adams Adventure” by Angela Misri The first book in Angela Misri’s Portia Adams Adventures series was one I was looking forward to reading for even longer than when I interviewed her…
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“Alchemy, after all, is altogether a safer and more predictable art than life. Alchemy involves no physical journeys, no interaction with living human beings. The alchemist suffers heartbreak and disappointment, but not often betrayal.“ “The Alchemist’s Daughter” by Katharine McMahon These days, it seems everyone’s daughter has a book written about them, but I decided…
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“‘…The only equal weapon I’ll ever have is my wits. But without knowing things, my wits are like a bow with no arrows. Don’t leave me disarmed.’” “The Sharing Knife Book 3.: Passage” by Lois McMaster Bujold Of the books in Lois McMaster Bujold’s The Sharing Knife series, the third book Passage is so far…
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“Marcel woke the next morning in a forest shrouded in the silver robes of a fine mist. Others might have said it was beautiful the way the wisps of fog clung to the trees. Their eyes might have picked out the moss and lichen that spotted the beech trees so delicately and the thick mats…
L.S. Engler 