Alien in the Family is the third book in this bizarre comic-book style science fiction series that I continue to read for reasons beyond understanding. It’s like when you’re watching a really bad movie or TV series, and you know it’s bad, but it’s bad in a specific way, and you can’t take your eyes […]
Category Archives: Book Reviews
If I’m reading it, I’ll write about it here — scifi, fantasy, romance, mystery, non-fiction, or whatever my book club makes me read.
Book Review: Alien Tango
The second volume in the super-sexy alien fantasy series follows the style of the first, so if you liked it, you’ll like this one too. If you didn’t like it, you won’t like this one. If you’re like me and are not sure why you’re reading, you’ll still wonder, but you’ll probably keep reading. 🙂 […]
Book Review: Touched by an Alien
Let’s cut to the chase: This is cheesy. The “science” in the science fiction book involves a lot of hand waving and I couldn’t always follow it logically, even internally. So I tried not to think of this book as a science fiction read, instead trying to suspend disbelief for the romantic fantasy — tough […]
Book Review: The Great Escape
In this sequel to “Call Me Irresistible,” we discover what happened to Lucy after running away from her wedding to Ted. I had a lot of fun with Ted and Meg, and was looking forward to following Lucy’s adventure. Lucy and Ted weren’t right for one another. That was well established in the prequel, and […]
Book Review: Fallen
Gabriel St. John is a demon, trapped in the city of New Orleans, cursed by his own sins. Sent as an angel to help humanity, he fell under the influence of alcohol addiction, and now if he is with a woman, she becomes hopelessly addicted to him. He hasn’t touched alcohol or a woman in […]
Book Review: Lucky Penny
What a wonderful, heartwarming story. This actually had me in tears at one point, which is not at all easy to do. It has been too long since I’ve read one of Catherine Anderson’s novels. I was thrilled to see this one come along at the library, and not the least bit disappointed when I […]
Zook Country
Great books start with great characters and a strong narrative voices. The most intriguing plots in the world fall apart when the voice/writing style won’t hold your attention, and the most been-there, done-that plots in the world shine like new pennies when the right voice brings them to life. This, I think, is the gift […]
Book Review: The Age of Miracles
In this dystopian novel, we follow a young girl (12) named Julia in the months after the earth’s rotation begins to slow down. I keep seeing it referred to as a “coming of age story,” although I’m not convinced Julia made the transformation from child to adult during the course of the story. For me […]
Fifty Shades
The Series: Fifty Shades of Gray Fifty Shades Darker Fifty Shades Freed Disclaimer: I did not read  the final book in this series, Fifty Shades Frees.  I lost interest in this series for the reasons described below. I have been uncertain about whether or not to review this book for my web site, but since […]
Book Review: Overbite
Overbite takes place six months after the events in Insatiable, in which Meena Harper falls in love with the prince of darkness (Dracula’s son) and they take out some bad guys. In this book, Meena is working for the Palentine Guards, a secret organization attached to the Vatican whose mission is to destroy vampires and […]