Second Reflections – a Muster of Mini-Reviews dealing with Robots, Detectives, Dragons, Roses, Orphans, Cats, and Telepaths!

Ahoy there me mateys!  Today I bring ye a muster of mini-reviews.  What be a muster? Well the Oxford English Dictionary defines it as: assemble (troops) especially for inspection or for battle; collect or assemble (a number or amount); or a group of peacocks. Here I take a second look at previously enjoyed novels from …

Second Reflections – a Muster of Mini-Reviews of a Fantasy, a YA Fantasy, and a Classic

Ahoy there me mateys!  Today I bring ye a muster of mini-reviews.  What be a muster? Well the Oxford English Dictionary defines it as: assemble (troops) especially for inspection or for battle; collect or assemble (a number or amount); or a group of peacocks. Here I take a second look at previously enjoyed novels from …

Second Reflections with Tidings from the Crew – neverwhere (Neil Gaiman)

Ahoy there mateys!  Though the first mate and I have very different reading tastes, occasionally we do recommend books to each other.  Here I take a second look at a previously enjoyed novel and give me crew me second reflections, as it were, upon visitin’ it again. The first mate and I talked about the …

Second Reflections – a Muster of Mini-Reviews of Sci-Fi Books – It’s Sci-Fi Month!!

Ahoy there me mateys!   today I bring ye a muster of mini-reviews.  What be a muster? Well the Oxford English Dictionary defines it as: assemble (troops) especially for inspection or for battle; collect or assemble (a number or amount); or a group of peacocks. Here I take a second look at previously enjoyed novels from …

Second Reflections On the Horizon – certain dark things (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)

Ahoy there me mateys!  I received this reissue of an awesome vampire book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.  Here I take a second look at a previously enjoyed novel from me younger days and give me crew me second reflections, as it were, upon visitin’ it again . . . Title: certain …

Second Reflections – a Muster of Mini-Reviews of YA Books

Ahoy there me mateys!   today I bring ye a muster of mini-reviews.  What be a muster? Well the Oxford English Dictionary defines it as: assemble (troops) especially for inspection or for battle; collect or assemble (a number or amount); or a group of peacocks. Here I take a second look at previously enjoyed novels from …

Second Reflections – the goblin emperor (Katherine Addison) & the sieve (C.A. Caskabel)

Ahoy there mateys!  I tend to get focused on the new shiny treasure.  But part of what I love about readin’ is re-visitin’ old friends.  So I created me new category where I take a second look at a previously enjoyed novel and give me crew me second reflections, as it were, upon visitin’ it …

Second Reflections – the steerswoman & the outskirter’s secret (Rosemary Kirstein)

Ahoy there mateys!  A long while back in 2017, Matey Sarah @ brainfluff reminded me that these books existed.  I had read them and owned them in an omnibus form.  I have no idea where I got this omnibus but both books were five stars reads.  What I never knew was that there were two …

Second Reflections with Tidings from the Crew – moby dick (Herman Melville)

Ahoy there mateys!  Though the first mate and I have very different reading tastes, occasionally we do recommend books to each other.  Books the first mate introduced to me included xom-b, holes, and the perks of being a wallflower.  Here I take a second look at a previously enjoyed novel and give me crew me …

Second Reflections – have spacesuit – will travel (Robert A. Heinlein)

Ahoy there mateys!  Not so long ago I read Heinlein's stranger in a strange land.  It was me first "adult" Heinlein novel and it made me rant and get grumpy.  I wasn't sure I ever wanted to read a Heinlein again.  But back in the day, I had read his "juveniles" and had fuzzy memories …