Marlene

Marlene is a librarian, ebook advocate, science fiction fan, and RPG fan who lives in Atlanta. She and her husband are owned by three cats, just ask them. She's a geek and a nerd and proud of it. She's also an avid reader of everything, including the back of the cereal box, and has been blogging since April 2011 at Reading Reality and is a reviewer at Library Journal as well as active on Goodreads.

Joint Review: The Devil You Know (McKenna Brothers #2) by Jo Goodman

Reviewed by: E, Lou, Marlene 1. Thoughts on the Hero E: I really got the impression Israel was an anti-hero. While he claimed he didn’t know or remember what happened to bring him to Willa’s attention, he knew he customarily let people down and therefore she shouldn’t trust him. Yet as the story progressed he …

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Review: Night Shift (Midnight Texas #3) by Charlaine Harris

I’m surprised to say that I’m really going to miss these people. The author has always said that the Midnight Texas series was a trilogy, and this was the third book. Also, I remember reading somewhere recently where she confirmed that Night Shift was the last book, but can’t find the site. I picked up …

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Review – Countdown to Zero Hour (Black Ops: Automatik #1) by Nico Rosso

Reviewed by: Marlene I picked this up because I usually like Nico Rosso’s work, especially his contributions to The Ether Chronicles (see review at Library Journal) and his Demon Rock series, reviewed at Reading Reality (start with Heavy Metal Heart reviewed here) However, I found Countdown to Zero Hour to be a bit slow going. …

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Joint Review – Ghost Talker (Ghost Seer #4) by Robin D. Owens

Reviewed by E and Marlene Marlene: I picked this up because I usually love Robin D. Owens’ writing, and so far, the Ghost Seer series has definitely NOT been the exception. I’ve reviewed every book in the series here at the Book Pushers, with one or more cohorts in crime, and have enjoyed every book, …

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Review – The V’Dan (First Salik War #2) by Jean Johnson

Reviewed by Marlene I grabbed The V’Dan because I love Jean Johnson’s writing. I have enjoyed all of her books, including her fanfiction, and her military SF series Theirs Not to Reason Why is one of my all-time favorites. If you like character-driven military SF, start with A Soldier’s Duty. But The V’Dan is the …

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Review – On the Naughty List by Lori Foster, Carly Phillips, Sugar Jamison and Beth Ciotta

Reviewed by: Marlene On the Naughty List, containing Christmas stories by romance writers Lori Foster, Carly Phillips, Beth Ciotta and Sugar Jamison is a lovely collection of sweet little holiday sugarplums, with just the right amount of naughtiness to give the stories the perfect bite of holiday spice. I picked this one up for the Lori …

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