Change Agent by Daniel Suarez (Near-Future Techno-Thriller, 2017). In this high-stakes and high-tech thriller Daniel Suarez peers not quite 30 years into the future. He foresees 2045 as a world where a combination of global warming, ubiquitous 3D printing technology, ultra-cheap robotic mechanization and in particular a revolution in genetic manipulation has radically restructured the human […]
Read more "REVIEWED: Change Agent"Watership Down by Richard Adams (Anthropomorphic Fantasy Novel, 1972). I’ve been reading (and reviewing) a wide range of mostly recent books of late and will continue to do so. But I felt the itch to tackle a recognized classic and got hold of this famous, wonderful book. I’m happy to report that this much-honored fantasy adventure proved […]
Read more "REVIEWED: Watership Down"Nevertheless: A Memoir by Alec Baldwin. (Memoir, 2017). While never quite rising to the level of a “bankable” movie superstar, Alec Baldwin has had an enviable career. He’s won multiple Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Actor’s Guild Awards, along with being nominated for the Oscar and Tony Awards. And his previous nonfiction book, A Promise to […]
Read more "REVIEWED: Nevertheless: A Memoir"Before the War by Fay Weldon (Historical Novel, 2016/2017). This bitingly satirical romp of a novel details a wildly dysfunctional English family’s misadventures from 1922 up to the day in the autumn of 1939 when the slow simmering background tensions in Europe finally boil over in open war with Hitler’s Germany. There’s plenty of fine period […]
Read more "REVIEWED: Before the War"My guest review of Joe Hill’s extraordinary horror novel The Fireman at writer D. M. Draper’s site has gone live today. If anybody wants to read my comments on this huge (750-plus-page) and thrilling novel, visit https://www.dmdraper.com/fireman-joe-hill/. And while I’m at it, kudos and thanks to Draper for very prompt payment for my work!
Read more "My Guest Review Live!"Island of Glass by Nora Roberts (Fantasy Novel, 2016). It’s hard to keep up with the enormously prolific and overwhelmingly popular Nora Roberts. This one is the concluding book in The Guardians Trilogy. I missed the first two volumes while sampling several of other books (including the crime stories she writes as JD Robb). But as […]
Read more "REVIEWED: Island of Glass"Dead and Breakfast by Kate Kingsbury (cozy mystery novel, 2017). For once, I pick up the FIRST in a new series of mystery novels! Kingsbury, of course, is a veteran and highly successful writer with a bunch of popular series to her credit. But this one is the initial offering set in the Merry Ghost Inn. […]
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