Book Review: Maximum Ride #1: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson

Maximum Ride #1: The Angel Experiment
James Patterson
Read by Evan Rachel Wood
Hachette Audio, 2008
ISBN 160024226X
Abridged Audio Book
The Flock is a group of six kids who were an experiment from before birth, genetically engineered to have wings.  Led by Max, a fourteen-year-old girl, the six have escaped but are being pursued by another group of kids whose [...]

May 31, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: My Reviews  No Comments

Chapbook Review: Judge Sn Goes Golfing by John Scalzi

Judge Sn Goes Golfing
John Scalzi
Subterranean Press, 2009
ISBN 1596062983
Chapbook
Plot Synopsis
Judge Sn does not discriminate. He is equally unpleasant to all sentient beings that make up the universe in this follow up to The Android’s Dream.
Judge Sn is obsessed with the game of golf. He is also truly, monumentally, and historically bad [...]

May 10, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  3 Comments

Book Review: The Affinity Bridge: A Newbury & Hobbes Investigation by George Mann

The Affinity Bridge: A Newbury & Hobbes Investigation
George Mann
Tor Books, 2009
ISBN 0765323206
Hardcover
The Affinity Bridge is a mystery set in a steampunk version of Victorian London.  Airships, steam-driven cabs, and clockwork automatons are transforming society.  Queen Victoria is kept alive on a primitive life-support system.  London is experiencing a plague that [...]

April 28, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Review: The Breach

The Breach
Patrick Lee
Harper, January 2010
ISBN 9780061584459
Mass Market Paperback
Travis Chase has a past, a prison sentence served for deeds that deserved the conviction, although some might say he had justification for his behavior at the end.  Whatever the case, he has come to the Alaskan wilderness for the solitude that may help him make some decisions [...]

March 3, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: My Reviews  No Comments

2009 Top 40 at Creatures ‘n Crooks

This time, the Top 40 is a bit weird since we closed the shop at the end of September and sales then dropped off dramatically.  Here it is, though, in all its glory—
1.    The Merlot Murders—Ellen Crosby
2.    Pride and Prejudice and Zombies—Seth Grahame-Smith
3.    Lament—Maggie Stiefvater
4.    The Clockwork Teddy—John J. Lamb
5.    The Chardonnay Charade—Ellen Crosby
6.    The [...]

January 9, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Tales of a Bookseller  2 Comments

Review: One Second After

One Second After
William R. Forstchen
Blackstone Audiobooks, March 2009
ISBN 1433256991
Unabridged Audio Book
Read by Joe Barrett
All is well in the small community of Black Mountain, NC, and retired army colonel John Matherson, now a history professor at the local college, is raising his two daughters alone after the death of his wife several years earlier.   Living in [...]

December 17, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: My Reviews  No Comments

Upcoming Fantasy, Science Fiction, & Horror Hardcovers

Below is the list of some of the upcoming science fiction, fantasy & horror hardcover titles as well as a few that have been recently released.   This list will be added to as more titles and dates are announced. If you would like to order anything from us, please send an e-mail to cncbooks3@gmail.com or [...]

November 10, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Upcoming List  One Comment

Upcoming Paperbacks

Below is the list of some of the upcoming mystery,  science fiction, fantasy & horror paperback titles as well as a few that have been recently released.   This list will be added to as more titles and dates are announced. If you would like to order anything from us, please send an e-mail to [...]

November 10, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Upcoming List  One Comment