Whalefall by Daniel Kraus
This is a novel about a man who gets swallowed by a whale, and I tell you in all honesty that I was really enjoying it right up to the point where a guy was swallowed by a whale. Jay Gardiner is a 19-year-old whose father, a legendary scuba diver, was extremely tough on him, screaming at him and endlessly picking at him as he tried to teach his son to follow in his footsteps. Eventually, their relationship breaks down completely, and not even a […]
Fabulous Bodies by Chuck Tingle
Please note that I received this via NetGalley. This did not impact my rating or review. Be warned readers, this is pretty bloody/gory. A couple of scenes did turn my stomach a bit, but I kept plugging through. I won’t lie, readers are not going to like the main character, Poppy Stringer at all. At least at fast. She starts to grow on you, or at least she grew on me the more I read. And the more I read, I kept hoping that she […]
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
I read this in a family book club with my 10 year old and then watched the movie. I have thoughts on both! If you don’t know, here’s the short summary: Dr. Ryland Grace wakes up alone in a spaceship. As he figures out what is going on around him, using science and math skills that he hasn’t forgotten, he gradually recalls memories of who/what/when/why he got up there in the first place. Turns out that he’s there on a mission to save Earth from […]
Operation: Bounce House by Matt Dinniman
I have read 7 of the 8 currently available Dungeon Crawl Carl books so far, but it took me until Operation: Bounce House to figure out how to describe what I’ve read of Matt Dinniman in terms of genre. Operation Bounce House is not part of the Carl series; it’s a stand-alone, with different cast and different universe, but also some distinct similarities including genre and general tone. The premise is still conventional sci-fi: human colonists of New Sonora are mostly farmers who, with the […]
The Land of Unfinished Dreams by Marco Ventura and Marco Ferraris
Most of my rating of four is for the fun images of Marco Ferraris in the graphic novel, The Land of Unfinished Dreams. However, the story, by Marco Ventura, had a few bumps, but once I got into things it flowed well. This was because Ferraris created images that help you see the action. The text (I am assuming) is translated which probably accounts for any issues I had to start with. In many ways, the themes of the story are for teens and adults, […]
John of the Night by Darryl Cunningham
Recently I have read two books that gave me such a stomach ache for all the right and wrong reasons. One of those was John of the Night by Darryl Cunningham. I’ve no idea what I read. But I liked it. I think…. On one level things are really straight forward. We have a superhero-Christ like figure who might be the Anti-Christ, or at least might be working for them as John could be either hero, villain or some combination of the two. Then things […]
