Disclaimer! I was granted a copy of this through NetGalley in return for a fair and honest review. This is one of the novellas Deanna Raybourn wrote about her intrepid heroine Lady Julia Grey, who the reader can follow in five very enjoyable Victorian set mysteries, where she solves murders along with her delightful husband Nicholas Brisbane. While this novella can absolutely be read on its own, you shouldn’t deny yourself the pleasure of starting at the beginning, with Silent in the Grave. The large […]
Just talk to each other, already!
This novella is part of Bec McMaster’s London Steampunk series. Some of the back story and world building for the story can be found in my review for Kiss of Steel, the first book in the series. When former factory worker turned East End enforcer John “Rip” Doolan was nearly killed by a vampire attack, the only way to save his life was for his employer Blade to infect him with the craving virus (a sort of vampire light option). After six months, he is still […]
A long pale scar
I have been a fan of Erik Larson’s writing since Isaac’s Storm. It amazed me that the guy could make weather interesting. Not all of his books have had the same impact on me; I couldn’t even make it through Thunderstruck. I have since heard that others had trouble with the snails pace of the first two-thirds of the book and that the last part is quite thrilling. Perhaps I should give it a go. For me, though, with Dead Wake he is back in true […]
Fascinating premise, boring execution
How strange to spend a whole novel waiting for the main character to die again… Every time Ursula Todd dies, “darkness falls” and she starts all over again, at her birth. She has vague memories of her previous lives, and is able to use these to avoid making the same mistakes again (for instance, although it takes a few tries, she saves her family from a flu epidemic that would have otherwise killed them all). It’s a really neat idea, but the novel itself varies from depressing […]
Trench poets breaking my heart
Every so often I come across a book and think, god I wish I was still in the classroom so I could get this book into the hands of kids. I think I’m going to email my friend who teaches reading and be all crazy about using this book, or parts of it, in her poetry unit. Where was this when I was trying to learn/understand/make meaning of poetry? Not even to get started about WWI Trench Poets and the passing of the 100th Anniversary […]
Other People’s Secrets
Telling the story backwards makes it like archeology. Here is the top layer, when everything has settled and the midden of their past is swept into corners and unused hallways. The next layer down, the broken pottery and dried up citrus rinds re-coalesce into vases and urns and limes and oranges. Things are used for the proper purpose, their meanings clear. Below that, the beginning, the kiln, the seed. Read the rest at Pop Culture Penalty Box
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