Failing again. Failing better.
Has a friend ever recommended a movie by saying, “Don’t search for it online, don’t watch the trailers, just go. The less you know, the better”? ALIVE by Scott Sigler is a lot like that. A detailed review would ruin the book, so per Sigler’s request, this is going to be a very tight, very…
GHOST FLEET by P.W. Singer and August Cole is a near-future technothriller that imagines World War III–a war between China and the United States that takes place on the land, on the sea, in the air, in space, and in cyberspace. After discovering vast resources buried deep under the Pacific Ocean, a post-Communist China launches…
I reviewed A CROWN FOR COLD SILVER by Alex Marshall up on Fantasy-Faction. You should go check it out. It’s a little slow to start, but if you like atypical protagonists, detailed world building, and a snarky sense of humor, you’ll enjoy this.
I’m a sucker for fairy tales, and I really enjoyed Naomi Novik’s HIS MAJESTY’S DRAGON, so I had to read UPROOTED, right? I mean, a great author telling a fairy tale–what’s not to love? But that would be underselling UPROOTED. There’s so much more to this book. UPROOTED is the tale of Agnieszka, a 17-year-old…
Whether it’s his big, brown eyes, peeking out from under droopy lids, wondering why we woke him up, Or it’s his stub of a tail , wiggling like mad, greeting me at the door, Or a soft whine from the floor, begging to be petted, demanding another belly rub, Or a soft snore from one…