Book Review: Toys by James Patterson & Neil McMahon
Toys James Patterson & Neil McMahon Little, Brown and Company, March 2011 ISBN No. 978-0-316-09736-9 Hardcover Toys moves the reader forward to the year 2061 where humans are referred to as skunks and the Elites are in charge. Hays Baker is an Elite. Although every Elite has special powers, Hays Baker seems to have received [...]
May 9, 2011
Tags: Little Brown, mystery, science fiction, thriller Posted in: Full Reviews 
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Book Review: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins Scholastic Press, 2010 ISBN 0439023521 Trade Paperback Note: This reviewer read a non-US edition. Katniss Everdeen is a survivor. A reluctant heroine in a terrifying, post-war former North America, Katniss is 16 years old and has taken responsibility for her family after her father died. Every day she risks her [...]
February 10, 2011
Tags: mystery, Scholastic Press, science fiction, thriller, young adult Posted in: Full Reviews One Comment
Book Review: Ghost Country by Patrick Lee
Ghost Country Patrick Lee Harper, January 2011 ISBN 0061584444 Mass Market Paperback (ARC) Paige Campbell has just left the White House when she and her Tangent colleagues are attacked and everyone is killed, everyone except Paige. She has been kidnapped but, before being taken, she manages to make a desperate call to Bethany Stewart, another [...]
December 29, 2010
Tags: Harper, mystery, science fiction, suspense, thriller Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews 2 Comments
Book Review: Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold
Cryoburn Lois McMaster Bujold Baen Books, November 2010 ISBN 9781439133941 Hardcover “Within the last few months,” [Miles went on,] “as the flagship facility we saw in Wing’s vid was nearing completion, WhiteChrys began collecting contracts on future customers. Not unnaturally, they targeted Solstice upper-class elderly women’s clubs. At the same time, another sales team made [...]
November 18, 2010
Tags: Baen, mystery, science fiction, space opera Posted in: Contests/Giveaways, Full Reviews 24 Comments
Book Review: Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Mockingjay Suzanne Collins Scholastic Press, August 2010 ISBN 9780439023511 Hardcover At seventeen, Katniss has survived the arena twice and has become the reluctant rallying point of rebellion. Now living in District 13 since the Capitol destroyed her District 12 homeland, she acknowledges the refuge but can’t be entirely grateful. Her best friend, Gale, and [...]
August 25, 2010
Tags: mystery, Scholastic Press, science fiction, thriller, young adult Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews One Comment
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 [...]
May 31, 2010
Tags: audio, Hachette, science fiction, young adult Posted in: Full Reviews, 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 [...]
May 10, 2010
Tags: chapbook, humor, science fiction, Subterranean Press Posted in: Full Reviews 4 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: mystery, science fiction, steampunk, Tor, Victorian London Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: The Breach by Patrick Lee
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 [...]
March 3, 2010
Tags: Harper, science fiction, suspense, thriller Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews One Comment
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. [...]
January 9, 2010
Tags: adult, children's, fantasy, graphic novel, horror, mystery, science fiction, young adult Posted in: Tales of a Bookseller 2 Comments
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