The Dying Detective by Leif G.W. Persson
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A Bird In The Hand by Ann Cleeves
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

The Consuming Fire by John Scalzi
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Close to the Bone by Kendra Elliot
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Dull.

Someone Like Me by M.R. Carey
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Alternities go bump in the night

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book for review.

This is the story of what happens when alternate realities bump into each other and take up residence, one with a young girl and the other in a grown woman.

Machine City by Scott J. Holliday
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

29 Chapters of confused

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book for review.

I spent the first 29 chapters of the book totally confused. I could not understand how characters knew what they knew when they couldn't have known the things they knew or, more accurately, thought they knew. I also couldn't quite figure out what any of that had to do with finding a missing girl which is what the story was supposed to be about. But chapter 30 turned on the light and the book made sense. In this book's case, the end justified the means.

In Harm's Way by Viveca Sten
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Knew who dunnit

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book for review.

What I like most about Sten's books is they are not as dark and dreary as most of the male Nordic writers' police procedurals. Her characters are good and bad, likable and unlikable. This book is ultimately about hate and power, and what people will do to preserve and further both. Although I realized who the murderer was when an event in the victim's past was commented on, it did not spoil the book for me.

Evil is a Matter of Perspective: An Anthology of Antagonists by Adrian Collins
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2018 by C.C. Finlay
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

The Warlock in Spite of Himself by Christopher Stasheff
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I Am Watching You by Teresa Driscoll
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The Honest Spy by Andreas Kollender
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson


Could not finish the book. Just not anything I am in the mood to read at the moment.

Wild Fire by Ann Cleeves
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Exit Strategy by Martha Wells
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Lethal White by Robert Galbraith
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Engineering Infinity by Jonathan Strahan
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Heresy by Melissa Lenhardt
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Wildflowers and epic views at #Wyoming’s Carter Mountain pic.twitter.com/8lVfpRAl51

— US Department of the Interior (@Interior) August 29, 2018

The Night of the Moths by Riccardo Bruni
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2018 by C.C. Finlay
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Pretty Girls Dancing by Kylie Brant
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Guilty Thing Surprised by Ruth Rendell
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Melmoth by Sarah Perry


Discalimer: I received a copy of this book for review.

Could not finish it. Life is too short to be bound to something so unutterably unremittingly overwhelmingly dull. The author appears to be in love with the sound of her own words but not particularly concerned with telling a story.

The Abyss Beyond Dreams by Peter F. Hamilton
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

One of Us by Craig DiLouie
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A sign of the times

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book for review.

This book was a difficult read for me. It is about hate and intolerance and fear and using god as an excuse to perpetuate and justify everything that is vile in human nature. Unfortunately, it is a grim reminder of the ills the U.S. is suffering under the current regime.

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The book is about the single-minded pursuit of power to achieve the personal ambition of revenge.

Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Cold Earth by Ann Cleeves
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

NASA Spotted a Vast, Glowing 'Hydrogen Wall' at the Edge of Our Solar System https://t.co/nV4GeeUOFs pic.twitter.com/TpD8XduHNS

— SPACE.com (@SPACEdotcom) August 10, 2018

Top Shot: Make A Wish https://t.co/uGD2oOMapb #YourShot pic.twitter.com/Gc28gqNfhC

— Nat Geo Photography (@NatGeoPhotos) August 6, 2018

Top Shot: Under Protection https://t.co/qMzyLIXeuX #YourShot pic.twitter.com/ePGImSKUz1

— Nat Geo Photography (@NatGeoPhotos) August 10, 2018

Annex by Rich Larson
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

A mite farfetched

Disclaimer: I received a copy for review.

Precocious abused children save the world with the help of alien tech implanted in their bodies by the aliens who want to destroy the world.

Thin Air by Ann Cleeves
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Witchmark by C.L. Polk
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Dead Water by Ann Cleeves
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson


Could not finish. Not my cup of tea.

Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Blue Lightning by Ann Cleeves
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Red Bones by Ann Cleeves
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

White Nights by Ann Cleeves
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Raven Black by Ann Cleeves
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The Element of Fire by Martha Wells
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The Henchmen's Book Club by Danny King
My rating: 2 of 5 stars