This was the finale in the Spider-Man team up trilogy by Mike Maihack. In this one Spider-Man now finds himself in space. He has to return the Silver Surfer’s surfboard, and then he has to team up with the Guardians, and find more amulets and get him home. Of course, others are going for the amulets too because if someone gets all of them they will have amazingly large cosmic power. He also manages to solve some things in very friendly ways too. Heh…
Oh, and, Mark the pigeon is totally awesome in this book too. Sad to see the end of the series, but, it was a really fun one.
You may like this book If you Liked:The Invisible Destroyer by Art Baltazar, or Evil Comes in Pairs by Kate Egan
I was surprised that I hadn’t seen this movie before. And, I gave it a try mostly because Morgan Freeman was in it. He and Brad Pitt are partnered to go after a serial killer who seems to be killing based on the seven deadly sins. It was interesting, and the look of it was amazing, but, I do have to say that I was surprised by how intense it was. On occasion I had to give the movie a pause and take a bit of a break. I’m glad I watched it, but, phew… maybe won’t be giving it a second watch any time soon.
They had me at police robot. FBI Special Agent Lara Keegan is paired with a new police robot (TAMS, Tactical Autonomous Mobility System) after a bombing of Union Station in Washington DC is narrowly stopped. And, the bad guy is no joke. Using cyberattacks and even drones to attack people in DC.
According to the PR, the authors of the book consider this ‘useful fiction’. I’m not sure that I’d call it that exactly, but, it definitely hit close to home when it came to where we may go when it comes to policing as well as criminals. It was thrilling, and, I thought that for the most part the tech that is woven very tightly throughout the novel was done well. If you looked technothriller in the dictionary, this would definitely be one of the covers next to the definition.
You may like this book If you Liked:Quantum by Patricia Cornwell, Zer0es by Chuck Wendig, or Breakpoint by Richard A. Clarke
I mean, I had to give this a try when it’s a story about a Chinese immortal, Elle a descendant of the Chinese god of medicine, and a French half-elf, Luc. She’s a calligrapher, he’s in security. And, neither of them are without strings attaching them to other things, family, boss, etc. But, they find one another and start falling in love, as well as, of course, getting involved in things that could easily bring them closer together or break them apart.
I loved all the parts of this novel that I hadn’t know about. I love mythology of all kinds, and, so, reading about yet more was so much fun.
You may like this book If you Liked:A Game of Gods by Scarlett St. Clair, The Emperor and the Endless Palace by Justinian Huang, or Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
No April Fools Jokes today from us. Instead this was a really serious book about what we think of as such a happy go lucky and non-serious thing, the Circus. Also, my bad, but, I didn’t realize that Barnum, Bailey, and Ringling were all starting those circuses at the same basic time in the early 20th century. Whoops…
So, needless to say, this book had a ton of new information for me. They were all such interesting characters, and then, add in their rivalry, and it was a book that kept my attention just as well as any thriller or mystery that I’ve read recently. Totally awesome.
You may like this book If you Liked:Barnum by Robert Wilson, From Barnum & Bailey to Feld by Ernest J. Albrecht, or Buffalo Bill’s America by Louis S. Warren
I keep finding new-to-me Peter Swanson thrillers? Gonna be honest, it’s sorta freaking me out. I should probably go on a Book List site and see all the books he’s actually written in one place huh. Or not, and just keep being surprised when I find a new one I guess.
Abigail is getting married to millionaire Bruce. But, the night before the wedding she has a one night stand with a random guy who won’t give her his name. But, she gets married, and puts the random guy out of her mind. Except. When she and Bruce are on their honeymoon, the random guy appears and seems to be trying to win her away from her husband. And then, stuff starts happening that no one else believes is happening.
This book had a bit of set up in the beginning, but, then, whew, it flew right along, I could not put it down. I also loved that the honeymoon was on a Maine island, very cool. A really fun read.
You may like this book If you Liked:The Guest List by Lucy Foley, A Stranger on the Beach by Michele Campbell, or Sacrifice by S.J. Bolton
Another really fun DC Comics Graphic Novel for Kids entry. It’s about Sonia, who moves into the cul de sac where Alex (not Alexis) and Duncan already live. She fits right in, helping them build a fort and playing. The only thing is that she says that she saw Superman when she lived in Metropolis, and Duncan most definitely does not believe her at all. Then, after they find a secret rock hideout she actually gets a photo (sort of) of Superman. Except… maybe he’s not totally the right Superman. But, even if he isn’t Superman, maybe he’s the ‘right’ Superman for the three friends.
It was a really fun read. It had a bit of teaching kids to be better to each other within it, but, it wasn’t overdone or pushed too much in the story. It flowed well with the action. I also really liked the ending (it definitely dates it for when it was written). An all around fun read.
You may like this book If you Liked:Katie the Catsitter by Colleen AF Venable, Secret Hero Society, Book 1: Study Hall of Justice by Derek Fridolfs, or The Last Comics on Earth by Max Brallier
What is Fandom Friday? While I love, love, love all the Star Trek Tie In Novels (and Graphic Novels, and everything else Star Trek). There are also a ton of other shows, and movies, and video games, etc. that have authors write in their universes. So, every third week I’ll recommend a different Tie in, sometimes for the same fandoms, sometimes for totally random ones (apparently Eastenders has Tie Ins, who knew, I haven’t read them yet though). Woo. More books!!
Also, just a note. Unlike with a lot of the other books I recommend, having watched or read or played the piece of media that these books tie in to isn’t always needed, but, always makes these books much more fun to read!
And, I know, I know, I’m starting with the 15th book in this “series”. But, CSI Novels are a very episodic sort of tie In novels, and this is actually one of my favorites of the CSI in Vegas tie In Novels. As with a lot of the CSI Novels this has two stories. The first has to do with a shooting on the estate of the wife of a big deal Vegas person who went missing years ago. The second is the murder of the Chairman of the Grey Rock Indian tribe. Someone who most people had a lot of opinions on, big opinions, including on opinions on blood quantum laws (the laws that help people get defined as Native Americans or not). The team is on both cases, and, while the mystery isn’t exactly revolutionarily surprising, it’s a solid mystery that kept me interested.
Other than the mystery, one of the things that really stood out to me about this particular tie in to the series is that there was much more with the lab techs and Doc Robbins. Characters who are usually woefully underused in the CSI novels. An all around really fun novel and tie in.
