NINTH METAL by Benjamin Percy, 4 stars »

Rather than sci-fi centered around an alien encounter, in this novel a huge Comet sweeps past Earth depositing a powerful new Ninth noble Read more…

LIGHT FROM UNCOMMON STARS by Ryka Aoki, 4 stars »

This Los-Angeles based sci-fi fantasy offers up in a heart-warming mishmash that somehow works amid its divergent plots.

There’s an alien family, the Read more…

BETTER OFF DEAD, Lee Child and Andrew Child, 5 stars »

This outstanding new addition to the Jack Reacher series finds Reacher in yet another random small town, just minding his business and going Read more…

THE NECKLACE, Matt Witen, 4 stars »

Thanks to Netgalley for an advance reader’s copy.

Emotional, grabbing thriller about the pending execution of a convicted man for the brutal raping Read more…

TRASHLANDS by Alison Stine, 5* »

Thanks to Netgalley for an advance reader’s copy.

This book is simply amazing! It’s an eco-dystopian thriller set in the near future, Read more…

Matrix by Lauren Groff »

5 stars!

In this epic novel Lauren Groff imaginatively brings alive in historical fiction the lives of two powerful women who actually lived Read more…

The Last Watch by J.S. Dewes »

4 stars

This action-packed sci fi book takes considerable time to acclimate yourself to what’s really going on- but it’s well worth the Read more…

THE LAST MONA LISA by Jonathon Santlofer »

5 *

Come for the heist of the Mona Lisa, with its unexpected twists and turns based on real world thievery of Leonardo’s Read more…

RADAR GIRLS by Sara Ackerman »

5*

 What a delightful Hawaiian plunge into the wartime lives of women recruited into the Women’s Air Raid Defense (WARD) during WWII. This Read more…