Posted by: fshk on: August 6, 2009
Title: The Phoenix Author(s): Ruth Sims Publisher: Lethe Press, 2008 Genre: Victorian Epic Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Warning: There are some spoilers in this review, mostly because the part of the book I liked the least was the last quarter of it, and I don’t think this would be an adequate review without [...]
Posted by: fshk on: July 18, 2009
I’ve been thinking for a while that I wanted to do more reviewing on this here blog, but haven’t really followed through with that. So, here’s my attempt to establish some kind of book review format. Let’s do the basics up top: Title: Cut and Run Author(s): Madeleine Urban and Abigail Roux Publisher: Dreamspinner Press, [...]
Posted by: fshk on: May 21, 2009
Piggybacking off of my previous post, here’s a trilogy of Regency romance novels. The series features three friends who fought in the army together, all three of them with somewhat unsavory pasts, and all three now resorting to illegal activity for some greater good. It’s a trope I think of as “the noble criminal.” Two [...]
Posted by: fshk on: April 7, 2009
I’ve been too busy to get a recap up, but I figured we could throw some other stuff at the blog. I read a fair amount of romance anyway, and as that seems to be my area of expertise for this blog, I’ll review as many of them as possible. Might as well put my [...]
Posted by: fshk on: July 29, 2008
Dear Author has a new “If you like ____, you’ll like ____” series, and they’re featuring Suzanne Brockmann. The timing is interesting for two reasons: 1) Brockmann has a new book out, 13 in her Troubleshooters series about Navy SEAL Team 16/the FBI counterterrorism unit/the Troubleshooters security firm, and 2) I’ve been devouring the Troubleshooters [...]
Posted by: fshk on: July 28, 2008
Some of the behind-the-scenes folks and I have been talking about doing something with the Stephanie Plum series on this blog, so I figured I’d review the new book. I will state up front that on the whole Ranger vs. Morelli question, I come down very strongly in favor of Morelli, and this may bias [...]
