Rick Riordan’s five-part series of half-blood Olympian offspring harassed by transplanted Greek monsters where Mount Olympus has moved to 600 stories above the Empire State Building. Fast-paced, solid, middle-grade fantasy.
Lisa Cron’s non-fiction writer’s guide on the brain science of hooking readers. Best writing book I’ve read for explaining what reader’s need to keep them hooked.
Jason Matthews top-notch spy thriller of Russian and American operatives recruiting each other under the watchful eyes of their KGB and CIA bosses. The damaged Russian ballerina of the title was particularly well drawn as the main protagonist.
Jeff Johnson’s wonderfully different werewolf tale. More a mystery/adventure than a horror story, Jeff uses the werewolf strength and sense of smell like super powers in sleuthing out the truth or to manipulate those who are after him.
Book one of N. K. Jemison’s Broken Earth series chronicling seasons of volcanic upheaval caused in part by Guardians with the power to move the earth.
Kim Stanley Robinson’s sci.fi. novel collecting stories with climate impact as a common thread and unheeded urgency as its warning.
Brandon Sanderson’s fantasy of Joel, a Rithmatist wanna-be who discovers the power to control wild chalklings, magical creatures praying on his fellow students.
Historical search for wild west fossils by two rival groups of archeologists. The weakest of many enjoyable Michael Crichton reads.
Fantastic futurist romp leveraging a mystery adventure based on video gaming’s past. Totally entertaining.
Brandon Sanderson’s concluding book in his excellent Mistborn fantasy trilogy.