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February 13, 2021
REVIEW: Judge Dee and the Three Deaths of Count Werdenfels: A Tor.com Original by Lavie Tidhar
Judge Dee is back to solve a brand-new case involving the mysterious death of the vampire Count Werdenfels. The mystery? Who killed him. The twist? Three different people are proudly proclaiming to have committed the crime.
Dear Mr. Tidhar,
When I finished the first Judge Dee story, I said I wanted more and here it is. Poor Jonathan is trudging along through the cold with Judge Dee – again, and wishing for some hot food – again, as they head to the site of a murder at the behest of the Counci...
REVIEW: Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law: A Tor.com Original by Lavie Tidhar
No vampire is ever innocent in Lavie Tidhar’s “Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law”, a Tor.com Original short story
The wandering Judge Dee serves as judge, jury, and executioner for any vampire who breaks the laws designed to safeguard their kind’s survival. This new case in particular puts his mandate to the test.
Dear Mr. Tidhar,
Last year I finally decided to read some of the Tor.com short stories that I’d been eyeing – mostly due to the cool covers – at Amazon. This was obviously one of...
February 12, 2021
REVIEW: The Spaceship Next Door (Sorrow Falls Series, Book 1) by Gene Doucette
When a spaceship lands in Sorrow Falls, a lovable and fearless small-town girl is the planet’s only hope for survival
Three years ago, a spaceship landed in an open field in the quiet mill town of Sorrow Falls, Massachusetts. It never opened its doors, and for all that time, the townspeople have wondered why the ship landed there, and what—or who—could be inside.
Then one day a government operative—posing as a journalist—arrives in town, asking questions. He discovers sixteen-year-old Annie Co...
February 11, 2021
REVIEW: Catfishing on CatNet: A Novel (A CatNet Novel Book 1) by Naomi Kritzer
Because her mom is always on the move, Steph hasn’t lived anyplace longer than six months. Her only constant is an online community called CatNet—a social media site where users upload cat pictures—a place she knows she is welcome. What Steph doesn’t know is that the admin of the site, CheshireCat, is a sentient A.I.
When a threat from Steph’s past catches up to her and ChesireCat’s existence is discovered by outsiders, it’s up to Steph and her friends, both online and IRL, to save her.
Dear ...
February 10, 2021
REVIEW: Hazard and Somerset: Off Duty by Gregory Ashe
The following review contains spoilers for some of the books in Gregory Ashe’s Hazard and Somerset gay mysteries. If you are interested in reading the book and want to avoid spoilers, avoid this page and visit my review of book one, Pretty Pretty Boys.
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violence, child-in-jeopardyDear Gregory Ashe,
This is a collection of three novellas and a handful of vignettes that take place between books in the Hazard and Somerset mystery series. Although the books in the s...
REVIEW: Hazard and Somerset: Off Duty
The following review contains spoilers for some of the books in Gregory Ashe’s Hazard and Somerset gay mysteries. If you are interested in reading the book and want to avoid spoilers, avoid this page and visit my review of book one, Pretty Pretty Boys.
Content warning:
Spoiler: Show
violence, child-in-jeopardyDear Gregory Ashe,
This is a collection of three novellas and a handful of vignettes that take place between books in the Hazard and Somerset mystery series. Although the books in the s...
February 9, 2021
REVIEW: Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard
Award-winning author Aliette de Bodard returns with a powerful romantic fantasy that reads like The Goblin Emperor meets Howl’s Moving Castle in a pre-colonial Vietnamese-esque world
Fire burns bright and has a long memory….
Quiet, thoughtful princess Thanh was sent away as a hostage to the powerful faraway country of Ephteria as a child. Now she’s returned to her mother’s imperial court, haunted not only by memories of her first romance, but by worrying magical echoes of a fire that devastated...
February 8, 2021
REVIEW: Friends With Benefits by Lisa Swift
Could Mr Right-Now actually be Mr Right?
Lexie Whittle thought she had life all sewn up, with a gorgeous husband, a beautiful home and a delightful teenage stepson. Until husband Daryl left to work overseas…and everything changed.
A year later, Daryl and Lexie’s marriage is over. Lexie is fighting to stay on top of the bills, juggling her job at the Blue Parrot 1940s cafe in Leyholme with being mum and dad to Connor in Daryl’s absence.
The only thing keeping her from meltdown is the support s...
February 6, 2021
REVIEW: Rise of ZomBert (The Zombert Chronicles) by Kara LaReau, illustrated by Ryan Andrews
Could Bert really be a zombie cat? Two friends put their brains together to find out in a wry new mystery series.
While helping her best friend, Danny, film his latest horror flick, Mellie discovers a scraggly cat behind a dumpster outside the YummCo Foods factory. Mellie names the stray Bert and hides him in her room, knowing her parents won’t let her keep him. But soon Bert has decapitated all her stuffed animals, and before long he is leaving the headless corpses of birds and mice as gifts ...
February 5, 2021
Reading List by Jennie for October through December
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
This was my annual “spooky Halloween read.” I have a hard time judging it, having spoiled myself on the twist long ago. I find it hard to believe that this twist wouldn’t have been obvious even if I hadn’t known, but who can say? For the uninitiated: the story is narrated by Mary Katherine “Merricat” Blackwood, who lives with her older sister Constance and her Uncle Julian in an isolated mansion. Some years before, the entire Blackwood family...
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