Title: Transition Keeper Author: Ali Blank Publisher: Self-published Publication date: August 10, 2020 Genre: Science Fiction One Sentence Summary: The AI New Babylon is going through an update and has transferred all it’s knowledge into a human, a human numerous people and groups are now out to uncover. I’m not a big fan of science fiction because science is not my forte and most of it tends to go over my head. But I can’t stop the intrigue I feel whenever I’m face-to-face with a sci-fi novel. I guess I enjoy torturing myself. Anyways, Transition Keeper is one of those sci-fis that just went right over my head. I wanted to read it because I was…
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Book Review: The Mermaids Melt at Dawn by Grendolyn Peach Soleil
Title: The Mermaids Melt at Dawn Author: Grendolyn Peach Soleil Publisher: Self-published Publication date: July 19, 2020 Genre: Fairy Tales, Folklore, Mythology, Fantasy One Sentence Summary: Deep in the bayou, Rok is a rowdy Cajun boy who was raised on the stories of the mermaids of Barbiche Island, who hold their own terrible stories. While dragons will always be my favorite mythological creature, mermaids come in at a very close second. From beautiful and sweet to ugly and terrible, the stories about them kind of run the gamut. As soon as I saw the title of this one, I couldn’t resist. Add in mythology and folklore and Poseidon and I was hooked. I was actually…
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Book Review: Nousopolis by Mack J. Lou
Title: Nousopolis Author: Mack J. Lou Publisher: Self-published Publication date: July 11, 2020 Genre: Science Fiction One Sentence Summary: When the network allowing people to thought-stream each other remotely is abruptly shut off, a group of 4 scientists race to figure out why and how to solve the problem before Nousopolis is destroyed. I was hooked when the description mentioned people can communicate through thought. And then to have that shut down? I was intrigued and needed to know what was going to happen next. I was also sold on the fact that one of the main characters is a mom of two as I am as well, and that some of the characters are scientists.…
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Book Review: Someone Else’s Life by Kevin J. Simington
Title: Someone Else’s Life Author: Kevin J. Simington Publisher: Self-published Publication date: July 11, 2020 Genre: Mystery and Thriller One Line Summary: How far would you go it you were a PI and your daughter was in danger? Honestly, I’ve been trying to cut down on the mystery and thriller reading. They’re just a little too real right now. But, when Mr. Simington contacted me for a review, there was just something about the blurb that excited me. Maybe it had to do with his description mentioning “character-driven” and “fascinating characters”. Sometimes I find authors’ descriptions of their novels to be a bit overblown, but, in this case, I’m glad I went with my instincts because…
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Book Review: Strand: The Silver Radio by Justin Attas
Title: Strand: The Silver Radio Author: Justin Attas Publisher: Self-published Publication date: February 14, 2019 Genre: Science Fiction, Dystopian, YA One Sentence Summary: Quincy doesn’t fit in in the great tower called Strand no matter what he tries, but, when he’s forced into the Nether Layer, he finds adventure, danger, and purpose. I have a love-hate relationship with dystopian sci-fi novels. On one hand, there’s something that’s just appealing about them. I love when authors take our world, push it far into the future, and re-imagine what life might be like if there had been some major catastrophe. On the other hand, most dystopian sci-fi novels have let me down. They tend to follow the same…
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Book Review: The Angel of Bishopsgate by Eloise Reuben
Title: The Angel of Bishopsgate (Book 1 in the Darker Cities Trilogy) Author: Eloise Reuben Publisher: Self-published Publication date: February 19, 2019 Genre: Thriller, Historical Fiction One Sentence Summary: When Tessie is targeted by the villainous Angel of Bishopsgate because of the mother she is estranged from, and torn away from her husband Finn, the young couple will do everything in their power to be reunited, and stay alive. I’m not a big fan of historical fiction, but something about this one drew me in. It sounded really interesting and the excerpt Amazon provides really drew me in. I was really interested in how things would turn out knowing Tessie and Finn would be torn…
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Just a Whole Lot of Self-Published Fantasy
So, I’ve been reading a lot about something called Self-Published Fantasy Month, which occurs in September. It’s all about reading self-published fantasy books during the month of September. I remember reading about it last year, but was too busy to fit it in. Since I love supporting self-published authors, I made a mental note to remember for this year. Of course, I forgot. Mental notes don’t work for me anymore, but I’m unwilling to give up the fact that my memory is pristine (it kind of resembled Swiss cheese right now, but I won’t admit it). Anyways, I have a set reading list based on when I have book review…
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Book Review: Awkward by Gurpreet Kaur
Title: Awkward Author: Gurpreet Kaur Publisher: Self-published Publication date: June 13, 2020 Genre: YA, Fiction Summary: Awkward is just a normal teen in India. Except she’s really awkward. And makes every situation she’s in awkward. I’m not really a YA reader, but, when the author contacted me for a review and mentioned it was a comedy with plenty of awkwardness, I was intrigued. After looking into it, it looked really cute and I could already see awkward pieces of myself in Awkward, so I was more than happy to read this quick book! The Characters: Cute and Awkward The main character is Awkward, a seventeen-year-old student in India. She has the uncanny ability to make…
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Book Review: The Unfettered Child by Michael C. Sahd (An Updated Review)
Title: The Unfettered Child Author: Michael C. Sahd Publisher: Self-published Publication date: August 28, 2019 Genre: Fantasy Summary: Samara is a very special little girl, but she doesn’t know it. When elves capture many of the women from her tribe, a terrible power awakens, and a disembodied voice takes her as his apprentice to teach her how to harness her unexpected powers. With her tribe destroyed, she sets off to reunite with her mother, who was captured, and her father, who set off earlier on to find his wife, but the voice in her head isn’t completely honest. I previously reviewed this book at the time of publication at the request of the author. Unfortunately, I…
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Book Review: Still Death by Shauna Bickley
Title: Still Death Author: Shauna Bickley Publisher: Self-published Publication date: November 8, 2014 Genre: Mystery and Thriller Summary: Lexie is quickly realizing being a full-time mother to three young girls is harder than working a demanding job, but her husband Nathan’s job has moved them from London to the small town Nettleford once she was restructured out of a job. With my mind challenged only by small children, she quickly finds friendship with an elderly lady whose son was possibly involved with the murder of his girlfriend. Until he ends up dead, as well. Lexie, with nothing but time on her hands, sets out to not only find out why he and his girlfriend were killed,…
