Rating: WORTHY! This review is from an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. I already reviewed the print novel of Gr...

Rating: WARTY! This was this author's self-published debut from 2012, and as such it's not awfully bad, but I could not get al...

Rating: WORTHY! From an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. This is a new translation of Beowulf - arguably the mos...

Rating: WORTHY! From an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. It's a little early for a Christmas story, but I li...

Rating: WARTY! This is a prequel to the author's Lords of Rainbow which I shall never read because this effort completely turned ...

Rating: WARTY! Read indifferently by Leanne Yau, this audiobook started out quite engagingly, but proved to be such a plodding story a...

Rating: WORTHY! From an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. Argentine author Palomera has delivered a colorful, inv...

Rating: WORTHY! This was an enjoyable story, albeit with some issues. I decided to read it because it reminded me in some small ways ...

Rating: WARTY! "DS Jamie Brooke enlists the help of clairvoyant Blake Daniel to follow a macabre trail of murder, grave robbery, ...

Rating: WARTY! "A fresh reboot...of the Dragonriders of Pern series from Anne McCaffrey's daughter!" Seriously? In wha...

Rating: WORTHY! From an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. The description has it that this is Nimona meets Paper...

Rating: WARTY! I began enjoying this story although the premise is a bit lacking in credibility - a lush tropical island off the coast...

Rating: WARTY! The idiot librarians at Goodreads, who are useless in my experience, have this author listed under two names - one of w...

Rating: WARTY! This was an audiobook - evidently the first of a series although I did not realize that going into it, which annoyed th...

Rating: WARTY! The problem with this story is that it was too improbable for me to get into at all, so I never made it beyond the firs...

Rating: WARTY! This is based on the Little Mermaid, but it's more like a Disney-esque version than a Hans Christian Anderson versi...

Rating: WARTY! This is the second of this author's books I've tried to read and now I'm quite satisfied that she's not...

Rating: WORTHY! This novel is about Dawn Uxbridge who, it turns out, is an elemental and a protector of the environment. Yes, Dawn cl...

Rating: WARTY! For my very last review of 2020 before I take a well-earned break after fifteen straight months of 33 reviews a month, ...

Rating: WARTY! Written by Swan, and illustrated by Wills, this picture book aimed at young children was a serious disappointment. I g...