Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Double Dragon Publishing Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: Michael D. Griffiths Have you read this book? This is the third and final book in Brian Burt’s Aquarius Rising series. I read the first two, which I enjoyed quite a lot, but I would have to say the …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Spectrum Literary Agency Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: SJ Higbee Have you read this book? This series has become a firm favorite with both Himself and me, having been largely responsible for my renewed interest in reading novellas. So I was delighted when this one popped up …
Genre: Science Fantasy Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? In Nyxia, by Scott Reintgen, we’re introduced to Emmet Atwater and nine other teens, all candidates selected by the corporation Babel. In secret and using technology most of the …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: CreateSpace Published: 2015 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: SJ Higbee Have you read this book? Back in February, I read the first book in this entertaining series, Clean Sweep. At that point, Himself bought the other two books in the series so far and tucked into them, but I …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Ace Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: SJ Higbee Have you read this book? I have read a steady stream of positive reviews for this book, and being a bibliophile myself, I treated myself to this one a while ago. It was high time I got around to …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Tachyon Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: David L. Felts Have you read this book? Every now and then something comes along that reminds me of my love for short stories. Novels are still my go too, especially when it comes to writing reviews, but a good short story is …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Berkley Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: SJ Higbee Have you read this book? All Jamie Allenby ever wanted was space. Even though she wasn’t forced to emigrate from Earth, she willingly left the overpopulated, claustrophobic planet. And when a long relationship devolved into silence and suffocating …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Harper Collins Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: SJ Higbee Have you read this book? I enjoyed the first book, The Outliers–see my review here–and was pleased to see this offering on NetGalley so that I could find out what happens next…. Wylie may have escaped the …
Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Del Ray Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: SJ Higbee I loved Moon’s Vatta’s War and The Serrano Legacy series–see my review here. So when Himself picked this one up as an Easter pressie, I was thrilled. Summoned to the home planet of her family’s business empire, …
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: Science Fiction Publisher:Gallery Books Published: 2015 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: SJ Higbee After recently reading and reviewing The Turn I was reminded just what a good storyteller Harrison is – and once I discovered this covert science fiction thriller, I couldn’t resist getting hold of this one… Detroit 2030: Double-crossed …
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: Urban Fantasy Publisher: CreateSpace Published: 2013 Reviewer Rating: Reviewer: SJ Higbee Have you read this book? Himself had picked up this one up as a Recommended Read and loaded it up on our Kindles–and after reading it, enthusiastically suggested I also read it. And I generally listen to Himself …
Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Chronicle Books Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by SJ Higbee Have you read this book? I encountered the first book, The Falconer, at the beginning of the year and loved the intense, brutal writing style of this YA genre mash-up, so was delighted when this offering became …
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), Rated R Directed By: George Miller Starring: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Riley Keough, Zoë Kravitz, Abbey Lee, Courtney Eaton Rating Reviewed by Xavier Emaka Have you seen this move? This movie must have some sort of record for longest …
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 Science Fiction Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates Published: 2017 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by SJ Higbee Have you read this book? I picked this one up from my NetGalley arcs, hoping to get slightly ahead during the holiday period, rather than wanting to start the year with an engrossing book, …
Genre: Dark Fantasy Publisher: Signet Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by SJ Higbee Have you read this book? Pepper Martin, now Community Relations Director of Garden View Cemetery, is contacted by the ghost of Eliot Ness, one of Cleveland’s most famous dearly departed. According to Ness, the ashes scattered at the …
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: YA Fantasy Publisher: Viking Books for young Readers Published: 2016 Reviewer Rating: Book Review by SJ Higbee Have you read this book? I’ve seen this gorgeous cover and read enthusiastic reviews of it throughout second half of the year, so I thought it was high time I saw for …
