Alien Romances

Aug 18, 2024 | blogarama.com | Alien Romances

"Down Under" for the purposes of this article means "Australia" and has nothing whatsoever to do with any regions of the body, nether or otherwise. Have you ever been pressed by a Doctor or dentist to write a review?

Aug 16, 2024 | blogarama.com | Karen Wiesner |Alien Romances

{Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: Minaand Blood to Blood:The Dracula StoryContinues by Marie Kiraly Marie Kiraly, the author's grandmother's name, is the pseudonym ofElaine Bergstrom. However, the sequel published in 2000, Blood to Blood, was written under her real name, which is probablywhy I never knew there was a sequel until I went to write this review. You'llfind Mina available under eitherauthor name. Mina was published in 1994.

Aug 15, 2024 | blogarama.com | Alien Romances

I've recently finished the latest Book by S. M. Stirling (best known for alternate History SF), a time-travel adventure, TO TURN THE TIDE, first volume in a new series. Partially inspired by L. Sprague DeCamp’s vintage novel LEST DARKNESS FALL (but Stirling's book is better), TO TURN THE TIDE transports a Harvard professor of history and four graduate students to central Europe in 165 A.D., era of the Roman Empire under Marcus Aurelius.

Aug 11, 2024 | blogarama.com | Alien Romances

A couple of weeks ago, a groundhog nibbled my inadequately buried cables, and I lost my landline for more than a week. I thought that there would be a silver lining, in that, with an engaged signal on the line for would-be callers, surely the scammers would give up. Not so. When my service was restored, my second call (the first was from the cable company to tell me that they'd done their work) was from a caring-sounding someone wanting to know if I can hear her.

Jul 26, 2024 | blogarama.com | Karen Wiesner |Alien Romances

{Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: HomeBefore Dark by Riley SagerWhat would it be like to bethe young child of parents who'd survived an Amityville horror-like hauntingand then went on to tell the story of their terror, living in a House inhabitedwith evil spirits? That's the scenario of HomeAfter Dark by Riley Sager, published in 2020.