Book Recs dinosaur with book logo
  • 4 stars out of 5

Dreamer’s Pool by Juliet Marillier

Blackthorn is the epitome of a strong, independent woman. Unfortunately, she is being unduly imprisoned under the ruler Mathuin of Laios for a crime she did not commit. After a...

Posted by on November 11, 2018

  • 4 stars out of 5

The Woman Left Behind

It was sheer madness for Jina Modell, who shouldered her pack and used her compass to “find” her team leader Levi in the wilderness. She kept telling herself that the...

Posted by on November 10, 2018

  • 5 stars out of 5

Wake of Vultures by Lila Bowen

Nettie Lonesome has had a hard childhood. She was found abandoned in the desert by Mam and Pap, the two residents of Gloomy Bluebird that took her in. She is...

Posted by on November 6, 2018

  • 3 stars out of 5

Season of Storms by Andrzej Sapkowski

Though worth reading, A Season of Storms would have benefited by being made a short story collection, rather than a standalone novel. That said, this book is an excellent jumping...

Posted by on November 3, 2018

  • 4 stars out of 5

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

Dr. James Shepard had an unusual day. It began with the suicide of Mrs. Farrows, a patient of his whom he suspects murdered her husband a year prior, and ended with...

Posted by on October 29, 2018

  • 5 stars out of 5

NPCs by Drew Hayes by Drew Hayes

While playing video games or role playing games, how much thought have you put toward the NPCs, non-player characters? Drew Hayes addresses this group of individuals in this series called...

Posted by on October 23, 2018

  • 4 stars out of 5

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lynne Ramsay

Told in bits and pieces of flashbacks and the present, We Need to Talk About Kevin is a moody, creepy film about tragedy and its aftermath.

Posted by on October 20, 2018

  • 3 stars out of 5

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

Travel journalist Lo Blacklock leaves for the assignment of a lifetime: a one week luxury cruise with only ten cabins. What she hoped would be a week of relaxation, turns...

Posted by on October 15, 2018

  • 4 stars out of 5

Jughead: The Hunger, Vol. 1 by Frank Tieri

 What should truly be celebrated here are the blood soaked, gore spattered pages of what have always been slice of apple pie, Americana comic books about teenagers and their problems....

Posted by on October 15, 2018

  • 3 stars out of 5

Dare to Be Wild by Vivienne De Courcy

While Mary Reynolds admits that filmmakers took artistic liberties with her story, she feels that the movie gets all the important parts right and is very happy with the result.

Posted by on September 26, 2018

  • 5 stars out of 5

Black Hammer Vol. 2: The Event by Jeff Lemire

Marooned in a small country farm town, Abraham Slam and his family of strange heroes cannot leave. Their adventures in Spiral City woking as unlikely heroes seem like another life...

Posted by on August 28, 2018

  • 2 stars out of 5

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

Amidst the rising tensions of the Civil War, President Lincoln is dealing with more than the state of the country; his son Willie caught something akin to typhoid fever and...

Posted by on August 25, 2018

  • 5 stars out of 5

Neuromancer by William Gibson

Neuromancer is the cyberpunk novel.  Published in 1984, it both popularized the genre and is the genre’s most essential work.  It tells the story of a cyberspace cowboy named Case,...

Posted by on August 21, 2018

  • 4 stars out of 5

Giada’s Italy: My Recipes for La Dolce Vita

Celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis is familiar to many from her appearances on The Today Show and Food Network’s Giada at Home. Her new cookbook, Giada’s Italy: My Recipes for...

Posted by on August 18, 2018

  • 4 stars out of 5

Learning to Drive by Isabel Coixet

Learning to Drive is a leisurely, character-driven movie billed as a "comedy drama" but its overall tone is more hopeful and reflective than hilarious.

Book Recs