I told myself I was done with The Mortal Instruments books after the third one…. but then my friends and I were discussing how corny the movie was, and some things about the next few books were mentioned and well, my curiosity got the better of me (I’m weak, okay?). Considering how I already had the whole series up to this point already acquired on my reading device, I saw no problem in just taking a gander at what happened next to these characters I’ve already spent […]
A tale of magical immigrants
A captivating, complex tale spun from the classic stories of Jewish Kabbala mysticism and Arabian mythology. Two immigrants struggle to make a life for themselves in turn of the century New York City. A classic tale, but with the twist that one immigrant is a Jinni from Syria and the other a Golem from Central Europe. The Golem has been created from clay by a Kabbalist/sorcerer to be the perfect wife to a lonely man. Unfortunately, enroute to America, her husband dies shortly after […]
Our Gifts for Our Nation
Breach Zone is the conclusion of Myke Cole’s Special Ops trilogy and it is fantastic. I enjoyed the first book, Control Point, and really liked the second, Fortress Frontier. Each book in the series marked a dramatic improvement in character development, plot progression, and overall narrative. All in all, they got better, much better, and Breach Zone shines as the pinnacle of the series. Breach Zone begins a few months after the conclusion of Fortress Frontier. There is a great deal of civil and political […]
Shambling Along
Full disclosure – I listened to the Audible version of this book whilst painting my daughter’s bedroom. It was a good light read for that sort of thing. (I did claim that my last book review would be the last one about zombies – and it was. While this book does have zombies, they are side characters and it’s not creepy…) Cute book – as cute as the cover. Spunky out of work magazine writer Zoe Norris (oops …she had an affair with […]