The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking #1) by Patrick Ness [Audio]
Wherein I start exploring this very popular series via audio book, wrestle with the accents, language and style, but ultimately persevere and like it enough to ...
Tag: young adult fiction
Death (The Mercian Trilogy #3) by K.J. Wignall
Overall, the series was interesting but in the end just not my genre or style. I thought the plot dragged quite a bit in places. It really only seemed to pick u...
Bird by Rita Murphy
I enjoyed the writing, the way the author set a mood and created an atmosphere, and the quirkiness and ambivalence worked for me. But if you like clear explanat...
Girl on a Wire by Gwenda Bond
The mystery builds its tension nicely and there are a couple of plot twists to add excitement. Jules is a strong female protagonist with personality and charac...
Authors we have lost and other collected, er, miscellany
I break my recent blog silence with some news and notes about authors who have passed and some with new books. Trying to balance things out; Yin and Yang, etc.
Nickel Plated by Aric Davis
One of those experiments that works well for some, not at all for others, but can be appreciated by many. You may or may not buy the premise, but the unique st...