Reviews

Gone is a "what if" story. What if everyone over the age of 14 suddenly disappeared? What if this phenomenon was localized, affecting a small slice on the California coast? What if there was no visible way to escape the affected area and get back to the "normal" world?

Wither is Lauren DeStefano’s promising debut novel and is the first book in The Chemical Gardner Trilogy.  In this compelling dystopian novel, DeStefano portrays our world as one that got seriously altered by human genetic engineering.

I am always on the lookout to find new hard-boiled mysteries/thrillers so I happened onto this book while browsing and decided to give it a try.  I’m glad I did.  What a fun read!  Jack Reilly is a retired cop just trying to make it through the day.  His “brudda” is in prison and complicates his life no end.  So he ends up doing a favor for his brudda’s frie

This is a blog post but not about a book.  Well, it’s sort of about a book—The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht.  A strange book that I wish I could rave about as much as the reviews I’ve read.   The story is set in the Balkans from World War II to the Bal

Celia West is a forensic accountant and seemingly average twenty something professional woman.  However, her parents are superheroes Captain Olympus and Spark.  Celia, who has no superpowers, has tried her whole life to distance herself from the adrenaline filled life her parents lead and to lead her own quiet life.  However, she has been the

Charlie Giles is an up and coming tech guru who, with his elite team, invented a digital entertainment system for automobiles.  Charlie’s company has been purchased by a larger company and Charlie, along with his team, is in charge of product development.

The Last Queen is a fictionalized autobiography of Juana of Castile, known to history as Juana la Loca, the daughter of Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain.  The third child of their Catholic Majesties is betrothed to Philip the Fair, Duke of Burgundy, grandson and heir of t

I’m a big fan of Cee Lo Green as part of the group Gnarls Barkley, with their second album The Odd Couple rating as one of my Top 50 CDs of all time, so I was delighted to listen to his new solo album.

As readers, we all understand the joy of browsing at a bookstore.  Shiny displays with the full book jacket in clear view; it’s like looking at bulk bins of candy. While browsing at a public library might not excite the same sense of wonder, I would like to suggest you give it a try.