How would you feel as a reader about the direction of a series when the author introduces a brand new character? This is the question that Kristine Kathryn Rusch presents in the third book of the Anniversary Day Saga of the Retrieval Artist Series. I have read and...
Book Review 71: Blowback by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Blowback is Book 2 of the Anniversary Day Saga by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. This novel continues into the exploration of the Moon's Anniversary Day attacks that happened in Book 1 of the saga. As a result of the attacks, Moon's Chief Security Officer Noelle DeRicci is...
Book Review 69: Anniversary Day by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
I'm coming up on seventy posted reviews for this website and I've written many other reviews on various book social websites like Goodreads, Booklikes, and such. I have noticed there are some books you read and review because of their importance to the literary...
Book Review 67: A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg
What is the strength or conviction of someone's beliefs unless they are tested by temptation? The Nebula Award winning novel A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg attempts to answer the aforementioned question. Prince Kinnall from the planet Velada Borthan tells his...
Book Review 66: Oracle Night by Paul Auster
Paul Auster is one of the most interesting authors we have in contemporary fiction. I have read Leviathan and the groundbreaking New York Trilogy over the years. When I saw Oracle Night at the used bookstore recently, I decided to read and review it. Oracle Night is...
Book Review 65: The Sportswriter by Richard Ford
The Sportswriter by Richard Ford chronicles an Easter Weekend in the life of Frank Bascombe, a failed novelist turned sportswriter. Ford's breakout third novel grapples with the themes of grief, a failed career, and unhealthy relationships. Bascombe's story is told...
Book Review 62: Duplicate Effort by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
There is always consequences when you try to take down the Moon's most powerful law firm. This is the dilemma that Retrieval Artist Miles Flint faces in Duplicate Effort: Book 7 of the Retrieval Artist Series by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Being a retrieval artist...
Book Review 61: Recovery Man by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
What if you found out that your child you thought was dead....might not be? And your ex-wife may have hidden this information from you? Those two questions creates the theme in Recovery Man (Book 6 of the Retrieval Artist Series) by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. For the...
Book Review 59: The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
Can a marriage be saved even if you are doing God's will and serving him to the best of your ability? That is the main question I took from reading The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber. It's an interesting question that the novel tries to answer. I'm glad...
Book Review 57: Paloma by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
How well do you know someone? If you find out some damaging information about someone you admired and respected would that change your view of that person? Is justice a zero-sum game? These questions get answered in a surprising fashion from Paloma: Book 5 of the...