14 by Peter Clines Amazon/Kobo/Goodreads Published by: Permuted Press Review by: Dani Hoots Padlocked doors. Strange light fixtures. Mutant cockroaches. There are some odd things about Nate’s new apartment. Of course, he has other things on his mind. He hates his job. He has no money in the bank. No girlfriend. No plans for the…
Tag: sciencefiction
Dani Hoots’ Review of Regina Shen: Resilience by Lance Erlick
Regina Shen: Resilience by Lance Erlick Amazon/Barnes&Noble/Goodreads Published by: Finlee Augare Books Review by: Dani Hoots REGINA SHEN SERIES DESCRIPTION This series takes place 400 years in the future after abrupt climate change has melted the ice caps, flooded the coasts, and expanded deserts. Civilization collapsed and was replaced by a World Federation with its notorious…
Dani Hoots’ Review of The Sky Drifter by Paris Singer
The Sky Drifter by Paris Singer Amazon/Barnes & Noble Published by Booktrope Editions Review by Dani Hoots Wandering in the vastness of space, is the Sky Drifter; an academy reserved for the best students in the known universe. Seven is just such a student. Gifted in strategy and Sphere, he lives happily on-board with his friends…
Review of The Einstein Prophecy, by Robert Masello
Indiebound/Barnes & Nobles/Amazon/Amazon Publishing Synopsis (Product Description Taken from Indiebound): As war rages in 1944, young army lieutenant Lucas Athan recovers a sarcophagus excavated from an Egyptian tomb. Shipped to Princeton University for study, the box contains mysteries that only Lucas, aided by brilliant archaeologist Simone Rashid, can unlock. These mysteries may, in fact, defy…
Hear Me Roar Publishing Presents Dani Hoot’s “The Quest” Blog Tour: Review &Literary Tea Recommendation
HEAR ME ROAR PUBLISHING PRESENTS… The Quest By Dani Hoots Amazon (Kindle Edition)/ Amazon (Paperback Edition)/Goodreads/LuLu Publisher: Hear Me Roar Publishing Published: 12 May 2015 Genre: YA Space Opera Blurb: Eleven years ago, my life was ripped away from me. My father, my brother, my humanity. Everything. I was thrown into the Kamps, created…
Review of “The Whirlwind in the Thorn Tree” by S.A. Hunt/Literary Tea Feature
INDIE AUTHOR APPRECIATION MONTH! Be sure to check out details on how to win a complimentary tea prize, courtesy of Mighty Leaf Tea Author’s Website/Amazon/Screwpulp/Goodreads Cautiously, I never deem a book with the superlative “this is the best thing I’ve ever read,” just like I resent putting an arbitrary star-rating on a book,which I…
Review of Curse of the Chupacabra by Michael Hebler
Amazon/Barnes and Nobles/Books-A-Million/Goodreads Curse of the Chupacabra by Michael Hebler Publish by Michael Hebler Review by Christina R. Olivo As October, and Halloween draw near it is around this time that we as humans look towards the very things that frighten us for entertainment. For some reason we have a strange obsession over what scares…
Review A Vision of Fire, by: Gillian Anderson & Jeff Rovin
Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/Books-A-Million/Goodreads Facilely, a competent or solidly good novel is defined purely by whether or not it accomplished the feat of grabbing the reader’s attention almost immediately, making them flip the pages while in the thralls of a deep spell not easily broken by the distracting or cacophonous of the noises around you. On…
Review of Octavia E. Butler’s “Dawn: Book One of the Xenogenesis Trilogy” & Tea Recipe
Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/ Books-A-Million/Goodreads Be sure to check out the special literary tea recipe below, inspired by Octavia Butler’s “Lilith’s Brood” series! Inadvertently, I was introduced to this gem of a science fiction novel, all due to lead woman Charlotte Wessels, from Dutch metal act Delain, citing this series as the main source of inspiration for…
Pills and Starships by Lydia Millet- a review by Jessica Curtis
Pills and Starships, written by: Lydia Millet Review Written by: Jessica Curtis Publisher: Akashic Books Release Date: May 19,2014 Amazon (Kindle Edition)/Barnes and Nobles (Nook Edition)/Kobo If you could dream or really have a nightmare of a future where the population is controlled by the government you would be dreaming of the world portrayed in Lydia Millet’s…
Dani Hoots’ Review of The Martian: A Novel by Andy Weir
The Martian: A Novel by Andy Weir Amazon (Kindle Edition)/ Barnes and Nobles (Nook Edition)/Kobo Book Published by Random House Review Written by: Dani Hoots The Martian: A Novel by Andy Weir follows a man by the name of Mark Watney who has been abandoned on Mars and tries all that he can…
A Bibliophile's Reverie 