Category Archives: Book Review

The Last House on Needless Street (Catriona Ward) – Review

Posted on July 18, 2021 by John

The Last House on Needless Street Catriona Ward Macmillan-Tor/Forge Tor Nightfire SYNOPSIS: In a boarded-up house on a dead-end street at the edge of the wild Washington woods lives a family of three. A teenage girl who isn’t allowed outside, … Continue reading →

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Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir) – Review

Posted on July 18, 2021 by John

Project Hail Mary Andy Weir Ballantine Books: (May 4, 2021) ISBN-10 ? : ? 0593135202 ISBN-13 ? : ? 978-0593135204 SYNOPSIS: Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself … Continue reading →

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The Twin Paradox (Charles Wachter) – Review

Posted on June 14, 2021 by John

The Twin Paradox Charles Wachter Trevaney Bay (August 23, 2020) ISBN-10 : 1735361224 ISBN-13 : 978-1735361222 SYNOPSIS: With ten years passing for every three minutes on a remote stretch of Texas coast, planes fall out of the sky, evolved species … Continue reading →

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The Bone Witch (Rin Chupeco) – Review

Posted on July 17, 2017 by John

The Bone Witch Rin Chupeco Sourcebooks Fire Sci Fi & Fantasy, Teens & YA SYNOPSIS: When Tea accidentally resurrects her brother from the dead, she learns she is different from the other witches in her family. Her gift for necromancy … Continue reading →

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Counterpart (Machinations Book Two) by Hayley Stone – Review

Posted on January 4, 2017 by John

Counterpart (Machinations Book Two) by Hayley Stone Publisher: Hydra (Random House LLC) Now Available From the Description: The high-intensity sci-fi thriller series that began with Machinations continues as reincarnated insurgent Rhona Long faces off against the one enemy she can’t … Continue reading →

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The Hatching (Advance Reader Copy Review)

Posted on August 15, 2016 by John

The Hatching: A Novel (The Hatching Series) Ezekiel Boone Atria Books Atria/Emily Bestler Books Synopsis: An astonishingly inventive and terrifying debut novel about the emergence of an ancient species, dormant for over the thousand years, and now on the march. … Continue reading →

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Machinations by Hayley Stone (Review)

Posted on July 18, 2016 by John

Machinations Hayley Stone Print Length: 343 pages Publisher: Hydra (Random House LLC) Publication Date: July 26, 2016   My Review: Hayley Stone’s MACHINATIONS begins after the Robot/Artificial-Intelligence apocalypse has nearly wiped humanity from the planet. And shortly after the story … Continue reading →

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WRITTEN IN FIRE (Brilliance Trilogy #3) Review

Posted on March 21, 2016 by John

WRITTEN IN FIRE (Brilliance Trilogy #3) Publisher Synopsis: For thirty years humanity struggled to cope with the brilliants, the one percent of people born with remarkable gifts. For thirty years we tried to avoid a devastating civil war. We failed. … Continue reading →

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ALIVE (Scott Sigler)

Posted on September 17, 2015 by John

SYNOPSIS: For fans of The Hunger Games, Divergent, and Red Rising comes a gripping sci-fi adventure in which a group of teenagers wake up in a mysterious corridor with no knowledge of who they are or how they got trapped. … Continue reading →

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