On the Relevance of The Handmaid’s Tale — A Book Published More Than Three Decades Ago!

The Prose Books set in post-apocalyptic settings usually have an ominous feeling about them. You will start to get that vibe from the very first line. The Handmaid’s Tale (THT) wasn’t different in that regard. Consider the following lines and you will see what I mean: “We slept in what had once been the gymnasium….

Light on Steampunk and Heavy on Darkness — A Review of the Books Released So Far in the Series, Steampunk Chronicles

The Strange Case of Finley Jayne This novella combined the best of two worlds for me: steampunk and Frankenstein albeit being light on the former! Our introduction to Finley Jayne takes place when she starts working for a new employer. Word about her strength gets out to a mother who is worried her future son-in-law…

The Last Two Books from the Immortals Series by Tamora Pierce Lead Us Away from Tortall

I had issues with these last two books. You can read my review of the previous book here. Anyway, I’ll start with Emperor Mage. My first problem was that they took all my favorite characters out of Tortall to a completely new place. I didn’t like Carthak at all, which may have been kind of…

Terrier, the First Book in Beka Cooper Series, Gives Us Our First Real Glimpse at the Common Folk of the Tortall Universe

I review the first book in a new series by Tamora Pierec.

Reviewing Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines Quartet #1) by Philip Reeve — Interesting Premise But Boring Protags

I’ll begin with what I liked about this book. The whole concept of Municipal Darwinism — based on survival of fittest but one where big cities literally swallowed the smaller ones — was interesting. Something about it reminded me of a favorite series, Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld. Secondly, the book didn’t have any love triangles…

May 2019 — A Wrap-Up

This was a really cute book with pictures on cats of various ages high on catnip. All of them looked cute and so so high. I finished the book in no time since there wasn’t any text that went along with the photographs, except for the cats’ names and ages. It is said that about…

April 2019 — A Wrap-Up

The series remains one of my darlings even though its author does have the habit of solving a huge problem that extends across the whole plot at the end quite easily. But this being the fifth book that I am reading means that I’m now used to it. Just as the reasons that irritate me…

March 2019 — A Wrap-Up

I have read reviews by other readers of Reaper’s Gale. Many of them would have rated this book 2 or 3 stars, had it not been for the last 20% of the story. Sure, the book focuses mostly on new characters. We don’t know them and it takes readers time to come to care for…

February 2019 — A Wrap-Up

So, the series came to an end. I was sorry to say goodbye to the idiots — by which I mean Percy and Grover because Annabeth is too smart. But I am also glad that it ended on the right note. The source of all the trouble on Earth and the reason why the Titans…

January 2019 — A Wrap-Up

I review all the books I read this January in this post.

Treats: Health in a Box Is So Much More than Just Healthy!

I review Treat and HomeChef’s weekly lunches.

December 2018 — A Wrap-Up

After I had done the yearly overview, I realized I had yet to review the books I read in December. Granted, not much reading was done, but here they are: These comics aren’t anything out of the ordinary but I do love the colorful graphics in them. Plus, people are being taken over by plants,…

Looking Back at 2018

Another year has come to an end. If you ask me, there is NO way that 2018 had 365 days. At least, that’s not how I felt! Even though time passed quickly, I did manage to read more than twice the books I had planned reading. Okay, so this is how this review is going…