Book Review: Journeyman Wizard by Mary Francis Zambreno Jermyn Graves is a spellmaker, a rare kind of wizard that can reshape old spells for new purposes, and even create new spells for other wizards to use. Or rather, he will be once he finishes his journeyman training with the only master spellmaker in the land.… Continue reading Book Review: Journeyman Wizard
Month: May 2013
Book Review: Warrior of Scorpio
Book Review: Warrior of Scorpio by Alan Burt Akers This is the third in the Prescot of Antares planetary romance series. For newer readers who might not have seen the term before, a “planetary romance” is a subgenre of science fiction in which an Earthling (or someone of Terran extraction) is transported to and stranded… Continue reading Book Review: Warrior of Scorpio
Comic Book Review: Uptown Girl – All This Time
Comic Book Review: Uptown Girl – All This Time by Brian Bastian & Bob Lipski Uptown Girl was a Minneapolis-produced minicomic first published in 2003 and running for 75 monthly issues. This is a “best hits” collection with the creators’ favorite single issue stories. Uptown Girl is a reporter for a Minneapolis newspaper who has… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Uptown Girl – All This Time
Giveaway: Some Kind of Peace
Giveaway: Some Kind of Peace. This Giveaway is closed. In the interests of doing new things, I’m trying a book giveaway. The book in question is “Some Kind of Peace” by Camilla Grebe & Asa Traff, which I reviewed earlier this month. Please be aware that this is a previously read copy, the same one… Continue reading Giveaway: Some Kind of Peace
Book Review: Nick Carter Volume 1
Book Review: Nick Carter Volume 1 Nick Carter, master detective, is a character with a long history, in three distinct phases. He started in 1886 in stories most associated with the dime novels, was reinvented in 1933 for the pulps, and then again in 1964 as “Nick Carter Killmaster” for a long running series of… Continue reading Book Review: Nick Carter Volume 1
Open Thread: Site Stats
I now have the Jetpack enabled so I can see my site stats. Yesterday was the biggest visiting day ever, with quadruple the number of hits of the next highest day. About three-quarters were my “Ghosts in the Yew” review, apparently because someone posted the link on their Facebook. Thanks! The next highest number was… Continue reading Open Thread: Site Stats
Book Review: Ghosts in the Yew
Book Review: Ghosts in the Yew by Blake Hausladen I bought this book directly from the author, who markets it by going around to conventions in person. He’s hoping that by the time he reaches the third or fourth book in the series, he’ll thus have an inbuilt audience. I will say that it seems… Continue reading Book Review: Ghosts in the Yew
Movie Review: Hissatsu (Sure Death)
Movie Review: Hissatsu (Sure Death) A group of seemingly ordinary Edo citizens, mostly of the merchant class, are in fact a loose team of assassins. But fear not, they’re good guy assassins who only take money to kill people who really deserve it. Problem! There’s a new assassin in town, who’s exclusively targeting the local… Continue reading Movie Review: Hissatsu (Sure Death)
Book Review: Some Kind of Peace
Book Review: Some Kind of Peace by Camilla Grebe & Asa Traff Disclosure: I received this book as a Goodreads giveaway on the premise that I would review it. Siri Bergman is a Stockholm psychologist who is suffering from the loss of her husband, their unborn child and a crippling fear of darkness. So… Continue reading Book Review: Some Kind of Peace
Book Review: Every Hill and Mountain
Book Review: Every Hill and Mountain by Deborah Heal Disclaimer: I received this book in a Goodreads giveaway in the expectation that I would review it. This review will contain heavy spoilers. This is the third in a trilogy about Abby Thomas, a denominational college student on a summer service project to be a tutor to… Continue reading Book Review: Every Hill and Mountain