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Review: The Galaxy Pirates – Hunt for the Pyxis
The Galaxy Pirates by Zoe Ferraris Genre: Fantasy/Children’s Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers Date: August 4, 2015 Emma Garton has a pretty normal life. Her dad travels for business. Her mom is a typical homemaker. No big deal. But her BFF, Herbie, is convinced that something hinky is up with her parents. Namely, her father. He keep trying to tell Emma that her dad is a spy or a secret agent or something. Every time he tells her that, she laughs. That’s until the night that people break into her home, she gets shoved into a secret hidden place in her dad’s study and her parents are kidnapped. Then…
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Review: Through Waters Deep by Sarah Sundin
Through Waters Deep by Sarah Sundin Reviewed by Lori Twichell Genre : Historical Publisher: Revell Date: August 4, 2015 Mary Stirling is beautiful, smart, and captivating. She also avoids the spotlight any chance she can get/ Her work at the Boston Naval yards just as the U.S. is gearing up to head into WWII keeps her busy. So when handsome Naval officer Jim Avery shows up, Mary is content to show the most popular boy from her high school class around, but she’s certainly not interested in anything more. And that’s okay because Jim, following in his family’s footsteps to join the military, isn’t interested in a girlfriend or anything…
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Review: Devoted in Death by J.D. Robb
Devoted in Death by J.D. Robb Genre: Mystery/Sci Fi Publisher: G. P. Putnam’s Sons Date: September 15th, 2015 Eve Dallas had a great vacation. Who wouldn’t when you get to spend it on a private island with your incredibly hot husband? But it doesn’t take long for her to get back into the swing of things when a dead body crops up on her watch. And this time it’s an accomplished and well loved musician who had nothing in his life that should bring him to such a gruesome and nasty death. This was a wrong place at the wrong time sort of murder. And for Eve Dallas, when it…
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Review: All The Difference by Leah Ferguson
Will she or won’t she? Every time someone proposes, you can practically hear the tension in the air wondering if this is going to be the moment that makes or breaks his (or her) life. The bigger question to me is what would happen either way. If she says yes, will her life turn out perfect? Or if she says no – is she better off? These are the questions that are examined in All the Difference by Leah Ferguson. Molly knows that she has some major decisions in front of her. The little pink line on the pregnancy test has proven to her that a lot of her future…
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Review: Black Widow: Forever Red by Margaret Stohl
Black Widow: Forever Red by Margaret Stohl Genre: YA Publisher: Marvel Press Date: Will release October 13, 2015 Natasha Romanoff is the living, breathing definition of lethal. Raised in a program designed to turn children into weapons, she has never known family or understood a normal child’s life. Ivan made her that way. Years later, as an Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., she uses her exceptional skills to make the world a better, safer place. Removing Ivan from the equation is a mission she has no intention of failing. What she didn’t expect, was to find another young red-headed girl being trained by Ivan. From that moment on, nothing goes the way…
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Review: The Cinder Spires: The Aeronaut’s Windlass by Jim Butcher
The Cinder Spires: The Aeronaut’s Windlass by Jim Butcher Genre: Sci Fi Publisher: Roc Date: September 29, 2015 Captain Grimm is well known throughout the Spires. He’s a man whose name speaks for itself. Unfortunately, it doesn’t speak the truth. A battle seasoned veteran, Grimm is a man who nearly always does what is right, but an unfortunate turn of events in the past has tarnished his reputation nearly beyond repair. When his airship, Predator, comes under fire and becomes nearly irreparably damaged, he’s not sure what he’s going to do. But then an offer from the Spirearch of Albion allows him the opportunity to join a small, handpicked team…
