There are very few authors from whom I will pre-order a book with nothing more than the title to go on. There are even fewer I’ll consider buying twice: once for the initial speedy Kindle read and once to own the book as a physical object. Jim C. Hines is on that list. And with his latest release, Terminal Alliance, he’s cemented his place there. The basic premise of the book can be boiled down to: What if human sanitation workers were the only ones […]
Finding Repentance
This is book three in the Sins of the City series, and it wraps up the thread of mystery that has been running through the previous books. I’m not sure if I can avoid revealing some spoilers from the first two books, and you really need to read the whole series to get full understanding of what is going on. In fact, this one backtracks somewhat to start with, to reveal some of the details from the end of book two. An investigation has been […]
I totally judged this book by its cover, and I’m so glad I did.
Over the summer, I kept seeing this book on display in bookstores. And it pulled me in like a magnet. The cheery orange cover. The close up of the smiling girl whose face was slightly off center. The henna tattoos. The iced coffee. All of it just spoke to me. And then, like most things in my life, I got busy and forgot about it. But…then I saw it at my library last week and knew I had to read it RIGHT NOW. Dimple has […]
That’s just cold
Here I am, and here’s another cozy. But the break made a difference. Or maybe this is just better than the last few I read.