Book reviews for genres: Fantasy, Children's Fiction, Sci Fi, Mystery, Thrillers, and YA
By Vanita Oelschlager
Illustrated by Mike Desantis
Published on: May 1, 2014
If you’ve been wondering about what a dangling particle is or need a refresher course then this is the book for you. Plus, unlike college textbooks, this one teaches you how not to dangle those participles in fun and colorful ways.
Continue reading “Don’t Dangle Your Participle”Hostage of Empire Book 1 by S.C. Emmett
Published on: October 15, 2019
I absolutely loved this rich, complex story, which is filled with what feels like a multitude of characters that each have their own motives and purpose within the story. The Throne of the Five Winds is simply beautifully written and one I whole-heartedly recommend.
Continue reading “The Throne of Five Winds – Book Review”by David Cole
Published on: October 7, 2019
I have a young nephew who doesn’t like to read. In fact, he runs away from me when I say the word ‘book.’ The other day I had the Netgalley site open when he peered over and saw this book. He quickly looked at what it was about and said it looked interesting and told me I needed to read it and tell him if it was good. So, I did and I am very thankful that I can tell him that it was good.
Continue reading “[ARC Review] The Math Kids: An Unusual Pattern”Book One of the Old Wounds Trilogy by Peter Buckmaster
Published on: January 16, 2018
Ragnekai Winds is the first book in a fantasy trilogy where kingdoms and characters make their play for more land and more power.
Continue reading “Ragnekai Winds – Book Review”by Kristin Maher
Illustrated by: Robert Dunn
Published on: August 22, 2019
A picture book that focuses on how to help children address and respond to those negative thoughts that float through the brain when we feel like we’ve done something wrong or don’t live up to our own expectations.
Continue reading “The Awfulizer – Picture Book Review”The Scarred Earth Saga Book 1 by G.A. Aiken
Published on: August 27, 2019
In this new fantasy book series, we get to see the rise of a new queen, who happens to be a blacksmith. However, the rise to the throne isn’t always easy, and along the way we get to meet centaurs, dwarves, elves, barbarians, dragons, and more.
Continue reading “[ARC Review] – The Blacksmith Queen”by Lisa Pelto
Illustrated by: Paula Wallace
Published on: July 10, 2019 (2nd edition)
Meet Me at the Farmers Market is a delightful picture book about a little girl named Sophia who loves going to the Farmers Market every week. While there we meet her 3 friends who all love coming too. She tells us about all the people she sees and musicians as well as all the vendors and what they sell at their tables. We even get to hear Sophia’s mom make an egg joke that the leads to the vendor replying himself with his own egg joke. After telling us about the vegetables, Sophia also tells us about other things that are at the farmers market too, such as honey, lemonade, and popsicles.
Continue reading “Meet Me at the Farmers Market – Picture Book Review”by John Birmingham
Published on: August 20, 2019
To me, space opera’s are just so much fun. An adventure across an entire galaxy is just so entertaining because it allows you to imagine bigger than what reality is. But while I enjoyed this story, it did have a bumpy beginning for me.
Continue reading “[ARC Review] – The Cruel Stars”Fallen God’s War Book 1 by Troy Carrol Bucher
Published on: August 20, 2019
In this new epic fantasy series a world has been created full of enemies that have opposed each other for hundreds of years. The Draegora and Esharii drew sides against each other long ago, but even amongst themselves they have competing factions vying for power.
A Merriweather and Royston Mystery by Vivian Conroy
Published on: August 13, 2019
Death Comes to Dartmoor is the 2nd book in the Merriweather and Royston Mystery Series by Vivian Conroy. The story centers around the mysterious murder of a girl, whom the villagers immediately believe was killed by Merula’s and Raven’s current host, Oaks. Oaks is known for his house full of zoological specimens and its existence stirs fears, gossip, and rumors in the nearby village. Merula and Raven wish to help their host out and find the real culprit, so they use their knowledge, power and deduction to help find clues and whittle down the list of suspects.
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A Garden of Books 