Tag: Book Review

  • Burton & Swinburne in “The Strange Affair of the Spring-heeled jack” by Mark Hodder

    Burton & Swinburne in “The Strange Affair of the Spring-heeled jack” by Mark Hodder

    The post discusses a re-read of a steampunk novel featuring historical figure Richard Burton, tasked with investigating strange occurrences in London. The narrative intertwines three mysteries and showcases a diverse Victorian setting filled with unique inventions. The story delivers engaging twists and entertaining, controlled chaos.

  • Gulp, by Mary Roach

    Gulp, by Mary Roach

    This is a new direction for my reading this year. I don’t typically read much science. Science Fiction? Sure. But straight up science? Not so much. I have an English Degree. The closest I’ve come to real science is the BIO-101 course I took as junior, and the cadaver still shows up in my nightmares…

  • Central Station, by Lavie Tidhar

    Central Station, by Lavie Tidhar

    This past week, at a writers’ accountability meeting, a friend of mine recommended that I give this a read. I was asking about a concept that (for some reason) I struggle to describe in a succinct way: A book series with a set world but different casts of characters. Picture Middle Earth, but instead of…