I am not a huge fan of non fiction, I will read a biography if I am interested in the person, but a biography/memoir is not something I would generally grab from the shelf. However when my book club picked this book, I dutifully went and read it. This is a difficult book for me to rate and review. On one hand, Cheryl is a fascinating and amazing human being. The events she has experienced and her journey on the hike are incredibly interesting. Her […]
Sci Fi crime
Chris Brookmyre is not one of my favourite authors. He is one of only three authors that my husband reads. So every now and again, if I don’t have any books to read, I resort to reading one of Chris’. My husband suggested this one as it is quite different to his other books. This book is set on a space station where hundreds of humans now reside building a colony ship – a ‘city in the sky’. This place is meant to be a […]
Don’t read this book unless you can commit to it.
This book is part of the Harry Hole series and follows on from The Snowman. For anyone interested in reading any of Jo’s books, it is not necessary to read them in order. I have been reading them as I find them – in no particular order, and have been able to follow the story with no issues. A vast majority of each book focuses on the current mystery/murder. Part of it relates to Harry’s personal life – but there is enough back story and […]
Who doesn’t love a good (nearly) mad scientist?
I picked up this book because of Pajiba but in a somewhat circuitous fashion – the story about Faleena Hopkins trademarking the word “cocky” included a link to Marc Whipple’s blog, Legal Inspiration. The sidebar on his blog includes a blurb about the fact that he also writes books with a link to his Amazon writer’s page, so I took a look. His blog post was very informative and since one of his books looked like something I would enjoy I decided to pick it […]
A Witch with a Badge
Black Magick is a really well written and beautifully drawn series by Greg Rucka and Nicola Scott featuring a police detective named Rowan Black who, unbeknownst to her colleagues, is also a witch. In Volume I of what I can only hope will be a long running series, Rucka and Scott introduce the reader to Rowan, some of her fellow Portsmouth police officers, and another witch named Alex, who is also Rowan’s friend/lover. The story opens with a Wiccan ritual in the woods interrupted by […]
YA Lit, Grief and Trauma: Part II
I Kill Giants is a graphic novel geared toward teens and young adults. It was nominated for and/or won a number of prestigious awards, including an Eisner. Much like the last book I reviewed (I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter), this story centers on the effect of grief and trauma on a young girl. In this case, our protagonist is 5th grader Barbara Thorson, a girl who revels in Dungeons and Dragons, has no friends amongst her peers, is frequently bullied, is defiant toward […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 70
- 71
- 72
- 73
- 74
- …
- 118
- Next Page »