paperback, published DAW, September 2013. Reviewed by Steve Johnson. I was introduced to Tanya Huffs books about twenty years back by Lyn, who’s been buying them a lot longer than that and had almost all of them to date. I liked them and began to buy the new ones while looking for the older ones …
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CHALICE by Robin McKinley.
Paperback published ACE December 2009. (Not crazy about the quality of the actual book. The paper of the spine started peeling back right after I received it and before I’d even started to read the book. That really isn’t good…) But the book is great, another of McKinley’s wonderful fantasies. I find that I either …
Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance by Lois Mcmaster Bujold.
Baen softcover, published September 2013. I pounced on this as soon as it arrived. I’ve always loved the Vorkosigan books and didn’t expect this to be any exception. The books and short stories cover a very wide range of plot. Some have been extremely dark with ethical dilemmas involved, others have been light and frothy …
Cold Days by Jim Butcher. (Spoiler Alert! )
Softcover (I think, larger than usual pb, smaller than ususal SC.) Roc. Sept.2013. The whole tone of The Dresden Files books changed around three books back in the series. Harry found a daughter he didn’t know existed, was murdered, came back as Winter’s Knight, and found that he now faced an enemy that was greater …
Fire Season by David Weber and Jane Linskold.
Softcover published BAEN August 2013. Reviewed by Steve Johnson. Second in what may be a trilogy, or possibly a longer series ultimately. This goes back to the founder of Honor Harrington’s House and tells the story of Stephanie Harrington, first to bond with a Treecat. Lionheart saves her life, she saves his, and that’s it, …
Bastion by Mercedes Lackey.
Softcover Titan Books, October 2013. Fifth in the Collegium Chronicles. A Valdemar novel and good as always. With the one proviso that you really need to read this series from book one to know what’s going on, and that applies to this book more then even the previous ones in the series. Mags has managed …
Steampunk Trails issue 1, Ed. J.A.Campbell.
Very large softcover, September 2013. Publisher David B. Riley. Reviewed Steve Johnson. Not usually keen on Steampunk, but there’s some very good stories in this issue. Fade of the Innocent by O.M. Grey deals with a killer for hire who has his own rules and sticks to them, and in doing so finds he has …
STRANGE LUCKY HALLOWEEN ed. Jean M. Goldstrom, asst.ed. Sandi Reed-Chan
softcover, published Whortleberry PressSeptember 2013. 16 stories.                    reviewed by Steve Johnson. Another interesting anthology from Whortleberry. I grabbed this the day after it arrived and read it yesterday, writing this review while Glen took her turn at reading it. This bunch of stories adds up the same way as an increasing number of Whortleberry …
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party by Alexander McCall Smith.
An excellent read as ever and I’ve ordered the next. In this book Precious Ramotswe is approached by a farmer who complains that two of his cattle have been horribly slaughtered and he wants to know who and why. And while Precious never quite discovers who did the deed she does succeed in stopping further …
KNOCK DOWN by Sarah Graves.
Bantam paperback. Published January 2012. 15th in the Home Repair is Homicide series. I started reading this series back in 2001 when I was staying with Andre Norton and she recommended it very strongly. I went right to the nearest bookstore and bought the first three that were out in the series, read them, and …