Book Series Review: Legends of Marithia
Reposted from https://susanstradiotto.com To date, I have completed two of the three books in the trilogy, and the hook at the end of book 2 will likely push me to continue through the third. Although…there is a bit of a…
Titan Takedown
Damien Miller has taken advantage of many hungry entrepreneurs with a scheme that leaves them struggling to make ends meet. He doesn’t see the Carrows coming. Watching the scheme unfold takes the reader on a luxurious and humorous ride that…
Woman at Point Zero
by Nawal El Saadawi Book Review by Susan Stradiotto I picked up this book as a part of my worldbuilding research and as an input to my post last week: Politics, Power, and Women Protagonists. I blew through it. There…
Sweet, Gently Unfolding, & Poignant
Book Review of The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey I’ve sat on this book review for about a week after finishing. I listened to the book, and it was a great production. But when I finished, I wasn’t truly certain…
Lost and Found
It’s hard [for me] to argue with any book that has an adorable dog on the front cover. When my book club selected Lost & Found by Jacqueline Sheehan, I was all in. My first choice in reads is fantasy,…
Oh, the turns of her phrases!
The imagery that begins this novel and presses through to the end gripped me and just pulled me along. She makes the heat of the desert magical in these lines, and though there is some magic within these pages, the…
Who Fears Death
In addition to writing book reviews, I am also a writer of Social Science Fantasy. It’s not an official genre, but in my humble opinion, it should be. It blends sociology, science fiction, and fantasy, and it is what I…
A pedicure and fantasy!
The hook for me was at the end of chapter 5 and al of chapter 6. While many fantasy readers look for the sword and sorcery or the action sequences as a hook, I look for the more social impacts…
The Martian by Andy Weir
What an optimistic voice and perspective! Book: The Martian* Series: Stand-Alone Author: Andy Weir Rating: Age Rating: PG-13 Age Rating Comments: Language My original review for this book on Goodreads was simple and to the point: Entertaining and humorous.…
July-August Fantasy and Science Fiction
New and exciting novels coming soon! So many stories, so little time… I was looking forward to upcoming novel releases, and found a number that I’d like to share. As I have an afinity for worldbuilding, deep, rich, and original…
