Genre: Alternate History Publisher: Penguin Press Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? I’m wasn’t sure how to classify this one. It’s fiction, and speculative, but it’s not fantastic speculation, if that makes any sense. I decided to go with alternate history; a story …
Genre: Dark Fantasy Publisher: Dark Serpent/Ravenswood Publishing Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? Navy SEAL Eric Slade and anthropologist Dr. Anna Fayne, along with support crew, are on a research mission in Kyrgyzstan. Dr Fayne is hoping to find some scientific basis for the discovery …
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? If you have read Rebels of the Lamp Book 1, and you plan to, you might want to avoid this review, since it will reveal some of the outcome of the …
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? Parker Quarry is a 12 year-old who’s had a rough time since his father went off to prison. Not all that adept at dealing with his feelings, he’s been acting out, and has …
Genre: Mixed Genre Anthology Publisher: eSpec Books Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? In the Lamplight, by L. Jagi Lamplighter, delivers an entirely enthralling anthology of 16 speculative stories that run the gamut from horror to fantasy to science fiction to surreal. There wasn’t a bad one …
Genre: YA Horror Publisher: Disney Hyperion Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? It’s hard to read books like this as an adult. Although some might consider Juvenile and Young Adult as synonymous, I don’t. I see young adult as my 15 or 16 and up. This more appropriately …
Ghost in the Shell (2017), Rated PG-13 Directed By: Rupert Sanders Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Johns Pilou, Takeshi Kitano, Juliette Binoche Rating: Reviewed by David L. Felts Have you seen this movie? It can be hard to make a remake, especially one of such an iconic and revered movie as Ghost in the Shell, the …
Genre: YA Fantasy Publisher: eSpec Books Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Sixteen year old Liam is an only child… at least until his 14 year-old sister Kari shows up, sporting an outfit that looks as though she just stepped out of a Dungeons and Dragons campaign, complete with sword. And …
Genre: Military Science Fiction Anthology Publisher: eSpec Books Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? Man and Machine, edited by Mike McPhail, is an anthology of 14 military short stories around the theme of replacing men in combat with artificial intelligence and machines. Table of Contents …
Genre: Fantasy Anthology Publisher: Dark Quest Published: 2014 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? Consigned to the Sea, by Danielle Ackley-McPhail, is a short fantasy anthology containing four short stories and a poem, all involving some aspect related to the sea, be that pirates, mermaids, selkies, …
Logan (2017), Rated R Directed By: James Mangold Starring: Hugh Jackman, Dafne Keen, Patrick Stewart, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant, Richard E. Grant Rating: Reviewed by David L. Felts Have you seen this movie? Yikes. This is not your kid’s superhero movie, so forget taking your 12 year-old Wolverine fan to this one. The R rating is …
Genre: Horror Publisher: Imperiad Entertainment Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by David L. Felts Have you read this book? {ratings] Just as the title says, there are two books here, The Thousand-Eyed Fear, by Derrick Ferguson and David W. Edwards and Q For Damnation, by Arlen M. Todd. The Thousand-Eyed Fear …
Passengers (2016), Rated PG-13 Directed By: Morten Tyldum Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen, Laurence Fishburne Rating: Reviewed by David L. Felts Have you seen this movie? I didn’t have high expectations going into Passengers, mainly because my wife told me that she’d heard it wasn’t all that great. I’m pleased to …
Genre: Mixed Genre Anthology Publisher: Scribner Published: 2015 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by David L. Felts Have you read this book? I was wandering through the aisles of my local grocery store when I passed by their minuscule magazine/paperback book rack. Tucked in there was Stephen King’s Bazaar of Bad Dreams. …
Genre: Science Alternate History Publisher: Harper Collins Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by David L. Felts Have you read this book? Fire & Sword, by Harry Sidebottom, is the third book in his “Throne of the Caesars” series, set in third century Rome and following the machinations of various characters as …
Genre: Science Ficion Anthology Publisher: Third Flatiron Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by David L. Felts Have you read this book? Hyperpowers, edited by James Bascomb, is the 16th volume in the Third Flatiron series of anthologies. Over the last few years, Third Flatiron has published a series of themed anthologies, …
Genre: Science Fiction Dystopia Publisher: Signet Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by David L. Felts Have you read this book? Glitter, by Aprilynne Pike, is a tough one to classify, so I settled on dystopian science fiction. That’s because the world of Glitter is a pretty crappy world, and one I don’t …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Signet Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by David L. Felts Have you read this book? The Immortal Throne, by Stella Gemmell, is the follow up to The City. For those not in the know, Stella Gemmell is the wife of fantasy novelist David Gemmell, who unfortunately passed …
Genre: Apocalyptic Fantasy Publisher: Signet Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by David L. Felts Have you read this book? Winter Halo, by Keri Author, is the follow-up to City of Light, and I might feel differently about Winter Halo had I read the first book. I was never able to …
Genre: YA Science Fiction Apocalyptic Publisher: eBooks Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by David L. felts Have you read this book? Post, by Brenda Cooper, follows the adventures of Sage, a teenage girl raised in the isolated confines of the Oregon Botanical Gardens after the collapse of society due …
