Review of The Dream of the Iron Dragon by Robert Kroese
In many ways, this book has it all: space, aliens, time travel, and medieval Vikings. Robert Kroese’s book tells a story that is a lot of…
Science Fiction and Fantasy Mini-Reviews
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis I’ve been wanting to read something by Connie Willis for a while now. In April I went…
All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai
I found this to be a thoughtful and entertaining take on the time travel story. Time travel stories have plenty of tropes, and it seems like…
Weighing Shadows by Lisa Goldstein
This is a book with an interesting concept but there were a few things that didn’t work for me at all. Ann Decker is working in…
Time and Again by Jack Finney
This novel was a gift from my mother, after we both read Stephen King’s 11/22/63. King said this was his favorite time travel novel, and that…
Landline by Rainbow Rowell
I’ve read four of Rainbow Rowell’s books and enjoyed every one of them. It’s hard to compare them, so I won’t. Rowell’s previous books have all…
Getting all gushy about Diana Gabaldon and the latest Outlander book…
This is not a review exactly, since I don’t like to write reviews mid-series. Instead I’m just going to gush. Diana Gabaldon’s books are amazing. They…
Kindred by Octavia Butler
There are books that stay with you, and this is one of them. I always hear raves about Octavia Butler, yet her books aren’t exactly mainstream…
Review of 11/22/63 by Stephen King
Note: The Book Stop is officially on vacation. I wrote this ahead of time so I may not respond to your comments (but please comment). Enjoy!…
Back in time to WWII: a review of The Mine by John Heldt
The Mine is a novel by first-time novelist John Heldt. It’s a time-travel story in the vein of Back to the Future – only this time…
Review: The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack by Mark Hodder
Spring-Heeled Jack is pretty much what you’d expect it to be – it’s good, fun steampunk set in an alternate version of Victorian England. The “twist”…
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Normally, if I don’t understand a book I’m not going to enjoy it. I also don’t like writing that’s weird for the sake of being weird. …
