In the days leading up to Christmas, Sherlock Holmes and John Watson are approached by a young lady on the precipice of her 21st birthday. The lady in question, Eve Allerthorpe, is set to inherit a sizable sum from her deceased Aunt’s estate if, on her 21st birthday, she is of sound mind. Up until…
A few years ago, on my 37th birthday, while we were all still caught in the seemingly neverending cycle of the COVID pandemic, I sat down and watched Almost Famous for the first time in years. Just as it had the first time I saw it, it completely mesmerised me. I think it’s pretty much…
Fiction / Horror / Mason Coile
In the not-too-distant future, three humans have been sent on a one way trip to Mars to begin colonization. Awaiting them there are three worker bots who had arrived earlier to construct their new home and research facility. However, shortly before arrival, the humans are unable to communicate with the worker bots. Fearing something has…
Alex Easton returns in T. Kingfisher’s third installment of her Sworn Soldier series, WHAT STALKS THE DEEP. This time around, Alex is off to America to answer a cry for help from Dr. Denton, a friend we met way back in WHAT MOVES THE DEAD. Denton’s cousin has gone missing after investigating a mine in…
Can I be even remotely objective in reviewing this? Not only is Auston one of the most dynamic players in the National Hockey League today, but he happens to captain my personal favorite team. I also have more than my fair share of Matthews’ jerseys sitting in my closet upstairs ready for the 2025-2026 season.…
In REPLACEABLE YOU, author Mary Roach tackles the past and current science behind replacing worn out or missing body parts as well as body augmentation, and keeping an eye on the future and what we can expect in the years to come. Roach travels within the United States and abroad to look into several topics…
As the novel begins, Darcy, a librarian recovering from a nervous breakdown caused by the untimely death of an ex-boyfriend, finds herself back at work. A chance encounter with a patron and an offended right-wing journalist threatens to send the library reeling as talk about defunding, program changes, and ultimately, book-banning takes center stage. All…
Most days are a struggle for Meg as she navigates her life with a rare autoimmune disease, so she can hardly believe it when she is approached with a potential cure for her Fayette-Gehret Syndrome. The method? Check herself into Graceview Memorial hospital for a months-long stay designed to completely destroy, and subsequently rebuild, her…
If you asked me what my dream Simpsons book would be, it would be a behind-the-scenes examination of the first ten seasons. Well, it turns out dreams do come true because Alan Siegal has written just that book! Siegal completed countless interviews with the creative team behind the show’s conception, launch and its first decade…
For Rose Dubois, and many other retirees, Autumn Springs is home. Nestled in Upstate New York, the residents are living out their golden years in comfort. That is until Rose’s close friend is found dead in her unit, believed to be felled by a slip and fall. However, the severity of the injuries leave many…
In Chuck Tingle’s LUCKY DAY, on May 23, the world experienced what became known as an LPE, a Low Probability Event. Over eight million people lost their lives in seemingly impossible and bizarre ways. They were either crushed by falling fish, hung by a soaring parade balloon, murdered by an enraged chimpanzee holding an old…
As author John Green points out in his book EVERYTHING IS TUBERCULOSIS, many people view the disease as something from the past; something that befalls characters in old movies and video games symbolized by the “blood in the rag” following a coughing fit. The sad truth is that the disease is still very much with…
In THE INDIFFERENT STARS ABOVE, author Daniel James Brown tackles the story of The Donner Party and their ill-fated journey across the United States to the promised land of California. Before reading this book, I had maybe a passing knowledge of The Donner Party in that I only knew them as “those pioneers who ate…
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