My plan to read less in 2021 is coming along nicely. Normally, by the end of May, I’d have put down a hundred or so books. Last time I “noticed” the number of books I’ve read this year, it was 50-something. This noticing was incidental, by the way. A part of my desire to reduceContinue reading “Reporting from Mount TBR (May Edition)”
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Review: 14 by Peter Clines
Mysteries of the ages! Apocalypses! Steampunk doomsday devices! Tentacles! 14 is definitely my favourite of Peter Clines’s books—and I almost didn’t read it. I found a copy at the library sale a couple of years ago, shortly after I read The Junkie Quatrain. I’d liked Clines’ take on zombies and had enjoyed his characters. TheyContinue reading “Review: 14 by Peter Clines”
Review: East of West Volume 3: There is No Us
East Of West Volume 3: There Is No Us’ collects issues 11-15 of the comic ‘East Of West’. It’s tempting to babble senselessly about how good this comic is, urge you to go out and buy all available issues right away, but I wouldn’t be much of a reviewer if I didn’t explain my fascination.Continue reading “Review: East of West Volume 3: There is No Us”
Review: Defenders by Will McIntosh
A few of my reviewing friends had very good things to say about Love Minus Eighty by Will McIntosh. So when Orbit dropped the price of McIntosh’s newest release, ‘Defenders’, to $1.99 (ebook only, courtesy of the Orbital Drop newsletter), I figured it was a good time to take the author for a test drive.Continue reading “Review: Defenders by Will McIntosh”
Review: East of West Vol. 2: We Are All One
“There’s Horsemen on the plains, the sky’s red as blood, and only the blind can see a better end.” Fate was always going to put ‘East Of West’ in my path. I devour post-apocalyptic stories with unholy glee and have done since I discovered the ‘Book Of Revelation’, which is probably why I enjoy ‘EastContinue reading “Review: East of West Vol. 2: We Are All One”
Kelly Jensen 