A military scifi novel about a squadron of new high-powered spaceships and a plan to infiltrate the all-consuming Empire that rules over the galaxy. The Archangel ships are designed by Earth and its allies to fly faster and with more ease in controls than any fighter ever. Yet, the brunt force and shear number of... Continue Reading →
Bitter Root Vol 1 by Chuck Brown and David F. Walker
The Sangerye family have fought monsters for generations. When evil turns people against themselves, when greed and avarice blind, the Sangerye family has the remedy. They collect these rampaging zombies-like turnings and take them to their shop in Harlem to bring them back to humanity. Set in the 1920s during a time of great cultural... Continue Reading →
The Withered King (Tempest Blades Book 1) by Ricardo Victoria
There's a some portals and a spaceship, a lizard pilot dude and a good deal of magick, a 133 yr old father-mentor guy and lottsa swords. A total mashup spanning the spacepunk, fantasy, scifi, and LitRPG genres, The Withered King looks to surprise you on every page. Fionn had lost his friends in the Great... Continue Reading →
Lone Ranger by Brett Matthews, Sergio Cariello, and John Cassaday
This graphic novel tells a reimagining of the Lone Ranger origin story. A character that dates back to the 30s and has been dealt with in comics and radio, as well as film and television, Matthews's version is decidedly more raw and violent than the first stories I heard on rebroadcasts while growing up. John... Continue Reading →
Defining Terms: “I liked it, but didn’t love it.”
"I liked it, but didn't love it."I'm guessing all bookbloggers have thought it, and most have written it at one time or another. But what does it mean?!?!?! For me, it means that there was some element of the book that just didn't entirely work for me. It may be the pacing, the characterization, the... Continue Reading →