Category Archives: Book Reviews

Fantasy Literature

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Marion

Fanlit has added a feature called Horrible Monday that alternates with Magazine Monday. The segment highlights horror novels. My review of Sarah Waters’s haunted house novel The Little Stranger is posted now.

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The Last Werewolf; Not Your Ordinary Monster

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Marion

The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan; Knopf, 2011 Jake Marlowe is a monster. One night a month he turns into something lupine, a creature with the strength and senses of a wolf but the intelligence of an educated man. The … Continue reading →

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Sixkill: A Disappointment

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Marion

Sixkill, the final Spenser novel, was a disappointment. Because it’s the last one written by Robert Parker, I came to the book with high expectations, even though I didn’t realize that until I was into it.  (Of course, Parker didn’t … Continue reading →

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The Pillow Friend

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Marion

My comments on Lisa Tuttle’s book The Pillow Friend are up at fanlit.  This book is exquisitely written, with the main character’s interiority deeply developed.  The first half of the book has a powerful sense of place.  The book suffers … Continue reading →

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Spring-Heeled Jack is up on Fanlit

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Marion

My review of The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack is posted at Fantasyliterature.com

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The Said Book

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Marion

I shelled out $14 (eight for the book, six for shipping) to get my hands on JI Rodale’s evil grimoire, dedicated to the Dark Elder Gods of Bathos—The Said Book. You may not have heard of JI Rodale, but he … Continue reading →

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Whisperers

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Marion

My review of John Connolly’s supernatural thriller The Whisperers is posted at Fantasyliterature.com.  I wrote this so long ago I had forgotten about it!

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Beauty in a Small Package: The Oracle of Stamboul

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Marion

Imagine that you are holding a jewelry box.  It is small; it fits in your palm.  The mother-of-pearl lid glimmers with the radiance of a new moon in the summer night sky.  Along the sides, the carvings remind you of … Continue reading →

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Embassytown

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Marion

Embassytown, by China Mieville Warning:  Very long, and might contain spoilers. And the serpent said unto the woman, “Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, … Continue reading →

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Green, by Jay Lake

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Marion

Green,the eponymous main character of JayLake’s fantasy novel, chooses her name as an act of defiance.  Her captors want to call her Emerald, but she rejects it. As a young child, three or four years old, Green is sold to … Continue reading →

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