Eleven-year-old Lindelin “Lin” Rosenquist is mourning the death of her pet vole, Rufus, and miserable in her new home away from her best friend and childhood haunts. One dark evening, she receives a mysterious package labelled “Twistrose” with a rose-shaped key inside. She discovers that the key unlocks a strange portal in the cellar under the house, and the portal leads to the magical kingdom of Sylver, entirely populated by animals with some kind of special bond to children on Earth. The petlings are deceased […]
The one where Harry tries to catch a serial killer and fights a lot of ghouls
Chicago wizard and now a Warden of the White Council, Harry Dresden, gets called in by his friend Sgt. Karrin Murphy (she got demoted after helping Harry out in the last book) to look into a series of mysterious deaths. A lot of women have been found dead around Chicago, in what appears at first glance to be suicides, but Murphy and her team at Special Investigations can tell something is off, and Harry finds magically hidden writing that suggests the women have been killed […]
A Lovely Meringue of a Romance
I regret returning The Sum of All Kisses to the library quickly, but I don’t want to buy my own copy. This tells me that while I enjoyed the book, it didn’t make a lasting impression If you are a historical romance fan, you already know who Julia Quinn is. If you are interested in trying historical romance, her Bridgerton series provides an excellent gateway. I use the words deft and witty every time I review one of her books because they are always apropos […]
Come for the kitty. Then Leave.
Target: David Michie
“Star Trek: The Fall: Peaceable Kingdoms”: Star Trek Novel Vangie13 cbr #14
by Dayton Ward, 2014 This is the fifth and final novel in the Star Trek: The Fall Series. After the mind-, heart-, and spirit-breaking “Phoenix” novels, I decided I needed to take a break from early Star Trek novel writing. Also, I received this in the mail and I cannot resist either packages or new books. Geoffrey on Goodreads writes, “To a large degree, it … feels like the conclusion of a major story arc that began with the final Borg invasion of the Federation, […]
Explosions are better in motion.
Normally, I’m not into guys like Jamie Hyneman, but I’m sure falling for him in this cover photo. Here’s my review.
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