I'm reluctant to give too much information about the plot of Alice Hoffman's Here on Earth. I didn't really know what it was about going in, and I think that made it a much more compelling and surprisingly good read (especially for a novel I grabbed for $3 back on recognition of the author's name … [Read more]
Recent Reviews
One Hell of a Ride
From the moment Snow Crash starts, you know you're in for quite a ride. In an alternate future sometime around the turn of the 21st century, a pizza delivery boy working for Uncle Enzo’s CosoNostra Pizza Inc. is careening through town, trying to make his delivery in under 30 minutes (or face the … [Read more]
The future is ADVENTURE! Ready, Steady, GO!
Target: Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One Profile: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Pop Culture, Adventure! Ready Player One is one of those books that’s been sitting on the shelves at Barnes and Nobel taunting me with nearly universal acclaim for longer than I care to think about. Not … [Read more]
Contemporary Romance Made of Roses and Deft Escapism
Welcome to my autobuy list, Laura Florand. With her newest contemporary romance, she has guaranteed that I will be making ready and willing contributions to her income for the foreseeable future, pages and reviews unseen. In the first novel in her new series, La Vie en Roses, Florand has again mixed … [Read more]
I Kinda Wish Cormoran and I Were A Thing
Let's start where it all started, shall we? I can do that because this is my review...When I read Cuckoo's Calling I was truly hoping that it wasn't a one off. I loved the mystery of the book but more than the mystery I really wanted to see where the working relationship between the detective and … [Read more]
Maybe I should launch a husband project…
I didn't love this book. I know it's a Cannonball favorite. It's an Amazon favorite, too, with over 4,000 five star reviews. And it's about love, and finding love when and where you least expect it, and since I'm a sucker for love stories, you'd think I'd love this love story. But I … [Read more]