Tag Archives: Netgalley
The Last Spirits of Manhattan by John A. McDermott
Read May-June 2025 Recommended for fans of Connie Willis’ Blackout ★ ★ ★ Excitement, immersion, waning interest, finally resulting in abandonment. Billed as a mystery set in Manhattan (love it), initially told by a young woman chafing at societal and … Continue reading
Stone & Sky by Ben Aaronovitch
Read April 2025 Recommended for series fans ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 It’s been a long, long time since I read an Aaronovitch before listening to it. Something about how Kobna Holdbrook-Smith reads has just worked so much better for … Continue reading
When We Were Real by Daryl Gregory
Read April 2025 Recommended for people ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 I’ve been thinking that it was time for a Gregory when I heard about his upcoming release. He’s on my shortlist of favorite authors, but the interesting thing … Continue reading
Them Bones by David Housewright
Read March 2025 Recommended for fans of mysteries ★ ★ ★ More than anything, this book reminded me of Vance’s J.P. Beaumont series.Both McKenzie and Beaumont are former law enforcement that became PIs after they were bestowed with massive amounts … Continue reading
The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles by Malka Older
Read April 2025 Recommended for fans of light sci-fi, lady detectives ★ ★ ★ 1/2 The first book of a series is always going to leave world-building questions (unless you are Brandon Sanderson), and subsequent books are when the author … Continue reading
A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett
Read December 2024 Recommended for fans of Bennett ★ ★ ★ 1/2 The first book in this series, The Tainted Cup, was a favorite in 2024, so to say that I was looking forward to this book was an … Continue reading
Sea Castle by Andrew Mayne, or Sea Change
Read November 2022 Recommended for thriller fans ★ ★ ★ Not enough cowbell underwater. For every thriller/mystery series, there is a style and a place, and that’s part of the attraction. Conversations go like this with my mom: “Do you want me … Continue reading
Wicked Problems by Max Gladstone
Read February 2024 Recommended for fans of the series ★ ★ ★ Everything I loved in Dead Country, book one of the new Craft trilogy has been lost. Actually, to be specific, it has been jumped up … Continue reading
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
Read November 2023 Recommended for fans of mysteries ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Anything I finish reading and want to read all over again deserves five stars, right? Having patiently waited for RJB to finish up … Continue reading
Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo
Read August 2022 Recommended for fans of folk tales ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I liked this so much I’m going to go read again. Brb. The third installment in a series of novellas that loosely … Continue reading
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