Commentary and book review blog
From the monthly archives:
JMC asked why Kushiel’s Justice by Jacqueline Carey was the only book released in ebook format despite the fact that it’s apart of a trilogy. Yeah. I run across that a lot. Here is my laundry list of complaints to add to that one:
Delayed Street Date: Hardcover released earlier than the ebook. Why?
Lack of Visibility: New ebooks […]
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Crown Duel and Court Duel: Book 1 by Sherwood Smith, publisher is Puffin, copyright 2002 (reprint edition), 480 pages, YA fantasy. Crown Duel is narrated by the Young Countess Meliara who is a heroine more comfortable in riding gear than a dress. In the Prologue, the narrator explains why she and her older brother, Branaric […]
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A 3,000 year-old romance. The Professor’s Daughter is written by Joann Sfar and illustrated by Emmanuel Guibert, copyright 2007, published by First Second, 80 pages. This cute fable features the love between a Egyptian Pharaoh and a high society lady in Victorian London. Imhotep IV, King of Egypt is taken out of his sarcophagus and […]
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A Third Party by Chris Tanglen, Ellora’s Cave, Short Novel or Category, ebook format only, no print copy seems to be available. Are you in the mood for some romantic comedy? A Third Party by Chris Tanglen delivers the goods. The plot is a simple one: Theresa’s fiancé Dale is open to the idea of making […]
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No Chance is a co-authored novel, Oct. 2007, 320 pages (what a tome!). Apparently, Janet Evanovich has teamed up with mystery novelist, Stephen Cannell to brainstorm a slew of new adventures together. Yet another author collaborative effort and another series (just what we needed). I quit reading Evanovich (no therapy needed nor intervention was necessary) when her series […]
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Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz, #1 book in the Odd Series, copyright 2003, 399 pages. Koontz is a writer whose work is often hard to classify sometimes. Some of his work he writes are straight up horror stories and some are not. Odd Thomas is a story in between where you have a blend of paranormal aspects mixed with suspense. The story […]
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Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs is the first book in new and exciting series, featuring characters first introduced in the anthology, On the Prowl. The series is set in the same universe as the Mercy Thompson books (Moon Called). 
