Category: Book Reviews

I’ve always had a fascination with childhood prodigies, in particular what happens to them after I’ve passed the “prodigy” stage and grown up into the adult version of themselves, and how that particular genius can change and even …

Ree Reyes is a bartender, a Geekomancer, the writer of the soon to be biggest television show of the season, and has just learned that being a celebrity is actually a legitimate magic power. Actress …

Sherlock Holmes: Gods of War by James Lovegrove begins with an elder Watson and Holmes combo. Having retired to the countryside, Sherlock Holmes has resdiscovered his bitterest enemy; boredom. John Watson comes to visit, his …

This is the best-organized book on companion planting I’ve read yet. Good Companions: The Mix & Match Guide to Companion Planting is not a good source for in-depth information on what companion planting is or …

With the popularity of Game of Thrones, a love for the fantasy genre is reaching new levels. It is this backdrop of fantasy-hungry readers that makes  Joe Abercrombie’s Half a King a great new addition to …

In her recent book, The Phantom of Fifth Avenue, writer Meryl Gordon focuses on the life behind the doors of a famous Fifth Avenue apartment.  Huguette Clark (pronounced ‘you-get’), the heiress and daughter of William …

What would happen if every geek reference you made or every comic you read gave you the power to fight otherworldly creatures? Geekomancy, by Michael Underwood, combines the answer to that question with a heroine …

All Those Vanished Engines by Paul Park weaves in and out of history and story telling like the interwoven gold and animal hair bracelet discussed over and over again throughout the book. Set just after …

What does it mean to be a fan? When do you become more than a fan, and what does being a member of fandom really mean? Fan Phenomena wants to lay the foundation for discussion …

The Girls of Atomic City is good on several levels. Denise Kiernan writes the history of the women of Oak Ridge, Tennessee who worked to enrich the uranium used for the first atomic bombs in …