Category: Book Reviews

In a world where a single  racist recording of Mel Gibson can ruin his career and celebrity bad behavior is reported on at a moment’s notice by TMZ, it can be hard to imagine our …

Dana Fredsti’s Plague World comes on faster than a flu outbreak. Our heroine, Ashley Parker, has been through hell on earth in two previous books (Plague Town and Plague Nation). After discovering she is a …

Thanks to the Biography series, Icons, Edgar Allan Poe is getting a whole new look. The shadowy figure of Edgar Allan Poe has floated back and forth between fact and fiction since his tragic death. Author …

  Editor’s Note: This Editorial is loaded with Spoilers and personal opinion. You have been warned.        On December 25th, 2013 I wrote a breakup letter to Doctor Who following ‘The Time of …

“Julia’s house came to town and settled by the sea,” so begins Julia’s House for Lost Creatures, Ben Hatke’s tale of how a too-quiet house became one full of lost creatures including a mermaid, a …

Resistance by Samit Basu is the follow up novel to last year’s Turbulence.  The book begins 11 years after a group of strangers developed superpowers after a flight to India. Some have used their powers for …

The Extraordinary Book of Doors is a pleasure to read. It begins when Chen Connelly, who has just moved to a new town, finds an old book under the park bench. When he examines it, …

Bizarre London: Discover the Capital’s Secrets & Surprises offers a quick tour of London’s oddities. David Long fills chapters such as “Gruesome London,” “Ghostly London,” “Eccentric’s London,” and “Illegal London” with concise entries on various …

Joss Whedon is one of the most beloved writers and directors of the era. Whedon is well known as the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly, as well as his role as the …

Dreamwood by Heather Mackey is a quest and a tale of discovery. Lucy Darrington is stuck in a strict boarding school when she gets a letter from her father saying he is on the edge …