Books Reviews

What I’m Reading: Bitten

A good premise — what if the lone female werewolf, trying to live in the human world, was commanded to return to the Pack to help them fight for their very survival. I can see why it was a HUGE hit. Seriously. I also wonder why more males don’t read...

What I’m Reading: Lies of Locke Lamora

Okay, the Lies of Locke Lamora. First, I wish I would thought of this title. Would’ve fit perfectly for my book (okay, my character’s name isn’t Locke) but for a slightly different reason. This novel was primarily about the lies Locke told others. My...

What I’m Reading: Unshapely Things

Another jaunt into urban contemporary fantasy. Except unlike Nightlife this one was, well, good. For some reason, urban fantasy is actually like film noir (except there is no film, and there is no noir). But you have the tortured hero, the city as a character, and a...

What I’m Reading: Nightlife

I finished it a couple of weeks ago… And normally, I wouldn’t have finished this book. In fact, I wouldn’t have gotten past page 50. But, I remember being told that as a writer that I should be reading books — both good and bad. Good to see...

What I’m Reading: Rollback

I just finished Rollback. It’s a book by Robert J Sawyer (the guy who taught at Banff). The novel is hard science fiction, so not my usual subject matter. Still, I’ve read a few of his books in the past so I really should support him. First off, I’m...

What I’m Reading: The Descent

The Descent, by Jeff Long. What if hell is a very real place directly beneath us, ruled by a very real person named Satan? Such is the premise of The Descent, a 600 page military, sci-fi, horror, action-adventure novel. It is a global tale, that reminds me of such...