Happy New Year
Hope every one’s new year celebrations went well. I still don’t do resolutions, at least not at this time of the...
2 January 2016
The enchanted by Rene Denfeld
ISBN : 9780297870517 When I hear death row I usually don’t think “enchanted”, and I usually don’t look for books set...
2 January 2016
The red : first light by Linda Nagata
Book 1 in The Red trilogy ; part of my 2016 Sci-Fi experience (review site here) Lieutenant James Shelley never wanted...
21 December 2015
God help the Child by Toni Morrison
When Lula Ann is born her mother is horrified by how dark she is. Sweetness is light skinned. So is her...
20 December 2015
The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
Part of my 2016 Sci-Fi Experience Book 2 of the Old Man’s War series. In the first book of this series...
5 December 2015
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
Paul and Maureen long for a pony of their own. All year they work with their grandfather taking care of his...
27 November 2015
Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
Lord Blackheart is, as you might suspect from the name, an evil villain. The biggest name in supervillainy! and one day...
25 November 2015
The Long way to a small angry planet by Becky Chambers
Wayfarers ; #1 Rosemary Harper is running away from her past. She wants a new life. A new start. So she...
15 November 2015
Black Wolves by Kate Elliott
book 1 in The Black Wolves trilogy. First up, the blurb-y bit, stolen from Goodreads because I cannot condense what this...
11 November 2015
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Olive Kitteridge would not be regarded by most people as a nice woman. She is stern. Unforgiving. The scariest teacher in...
9 November 2015
Dragon’s Blood by Jane Yolen
Book 1 in The Pit Dragon trilogy Austar IV started life as a prison planet, over the generations and years it...
8 November 2015