Review: A Quiet Life in the Country

A Quiet Life in the Country by T E Kinsey
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Rating: A bit too cozy for me.

It was okay, but awfully hard to will myself to buy into the back story. Not to mention to accept the CID rolling over and letting a woman, in 1905 become a major player in an investigation. Otherwise, okay. I'm sure cozy readers would be far more interested in this than I.

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Review: Cards of Grief

Cards of Grief by Jane Yolen
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Ratiing: Not sure how I feel about this one.

Strange, thought-provoking. How doe we influence other societies, other worlds? Is it a good thing or a bad thing, or … Sort of like Schrodinger's Cat, only for anthropologists.

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Review: The Pale Horseman

The Pale Horseman by Bernard Cornwell
My rating: 0 of 5 stars

Difficult to read because of the grim reality of the time, especially for women and children. Otherwise, a well written historical novel of Alfred the Great (?) attempting to save Wessex from the Vikings.

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Review: Stiletto

Stiletto by Daniel O'Malley
My rating: 0 of 5 stars

Rating: As much fun as the first of the series.

Unusual for a sequel to live up to the original, but I think in this case it most certainly does. Lots of funny and at the same time terrifying events occur when the Chequy meet with their long time rivals from the continent and attempt to forge of peace accord. Naturally, things don't go smoothly. Not even at Ascot.

And anyway, how can you not love a series that features a heroine named Myfawny.

Great female characters and definitely passes the Bechdel test.

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Review: The Man in the Queue

The Man in the Queue by Josephine Tey
My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Rating: Interesting and quite different from modern mysteries.

I enjoyed this quite a bit, and found the ending refreshing. The detective, although dedicated and quite likable, isn't infallible, and knows it. He's not driven, miserable, or depressed, other than when he's quite sure he's wrong, and can't figure out why.

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Review: Updraft

Updraft by Fran Wilde
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Imaginative complex worldbuilding, with characters well drawn. The plot swirled through the ups and downs of a city and people weighed down by secret even as they needed to soar on the winds.

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Review: TimeRiders

TimeRiders by Alex Scarrow
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I had issues. Plotting left much to be desired.

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Review: Theft of Swords

Theft of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

What a fun series. Hits all the notes I love about sword and sorcery. Snarky, funny, twisty.

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Review: The Last Judgement

The Last Judgement by Iain Pears
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A bit darker than previous books in the series, yet the flashes of humor throughout are lovely.

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