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Category Archives: Book Reviews
Cat Person; Damn Fine Fiction, or Fat Shaming? I Don’t Know
The New Yorker has a short story called “Cat Person,” written by Kristen Roupenian. Margot, a college sophomore, meets Robert at the cinema where she works at the concession stand. They get off to a bad start, but later they … Continue reading
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
The Alice Network is great for any reader who loves women’s fiction, historical novels or spy stories. Kate Quinn smoothly blends all three for a gripping page-turner about women spies in World War I, revenge and atonement, with a nice … Continue reading
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Someone Always Knows, by Marcia Muller; Feels Phoned-In
Someone Always Knows is the 32nd Sharon McCone mystery, written by Marcia Muller. In addition to the McCone series which started in 1977, Muller has written several other series, including a history-mystery series co-written with her husband Bill Pronzini. I … Continue reading
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Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore
I recently read the debut novel by Matthew Sullivan, Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore. You will probably find this book in general fiction, but you might find it in the mystery section. If you do, we aware that there … Continue reading
Pocket Knives and Plastic Horses
“… most of the objects form the secret constellations of our irrecoverable past, returning only in dreams where nothing but the dreamer is lost. They must still exist somewhere: pocket knives and plastic horses don’t exactly compost, but who knows … Continue reading
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Tagged lost, objects, plastic horses, pocket knives, Rebecca Solnit
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Opening Lines: The First 3 Paragraphs of The Chimes by Anna Smaill
I’ve been standing here forever. My arms and legs and head and even my bones are heavy with sleep. Clothes heavy with the rain that won’t stop falling. Shoes heavy with mud. My roughcloth bag is slung over my shoulder … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Smaill, fantasy, literature, prose, World Fantasy Award
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Strange Magic by Syd Moore
You had one job, Strange Magic. One job. That was the entertain me. And you nailed it. Strange Magic, by Syd Moore, is a British mystery – not a murder mystery. People were killed, but it was a long time … Continue reading
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Tagged Essex Girls, Essex Witches, Strange Magic, Syd Moore, Witch Museum
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The Geographer’s Library; Half Delight, Half Disappointment, and Still I Recommend It
Jon Fasman published The Geographer’s Library in 2005. Fasman now is the editor on the Asian desk at the magazine The Economist. He spent several years in Russia and neighboring countries; when it comes to the east, it’s probably fair … Continue reading
Vacation Guide to the Solar System
There is a lot of exciting information out of space these days. We’re finding out all sorts of cool things from outside our star system, but the facts we’re finding about our own solar neighborhood grow more amazing every day. … Continue reading
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The Adventure of the Crawling Horror; In Which I Get Snarky
I bought a fiction anthology called Dark Detectives last week. It was an impulse buy. It’s edited by Stephen Jones and published by Titan Books, who also publish the Mammoth series as well as a bunch of Lovecraftian anthologies. Dark … Continue reading
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