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Thunder of Time

Dinosaurs in Space Author: James F. David I’ve been relieving my childhood dinosaur obsession since Jurassic World Rebirth. I have replaced my bathroom toilet paper holder with a T-Rex (because I’m classy like that), bought (and worn!) three different sets of dinosaur themed pajamas, re-watched every Jurassic Park movie (some multiple times), made a Jurassic Park themed cake (with the T-Rex attacking the car from the first movie), and, of course, hit up ever dinosaur themed book in my library. When I came to Footprints of Thunder, I enjoyed the nod to a traditional Michael Crichton book and the look at [...]

Frances Carden2026-07-03T17:58:54-07:00July 3rd, 2026|Tags: book review, dinosaurs, fiction, James F. David, read, reading, science fiction, Thunder of Time, time travel|

Last Storm, The

"The world was nothing like it had been yesterday." Author: Tim Lebbon There is one family with the power to make rain. It used to be a gentle gift, a good gift. They would build their machines, stick the needles into their arms, and go to another place, a shoreline, and from this alien world call rain into ours. But for every generation the shoreline has morphed, becoming more ominous. Then Jesse used his power to call down rain in a stunted field and accidentally brought death and disaster. Jesse never made rain again, but he couldn’t let go of his [...]

Frances Carden2026-06-28T11:51:25-07:00June 28th, 2026|Tags: book review, horror, post-apocalyptic, read, reading, The Last Storm, Tim Lebbon, western|

Night Wars

“If you can dream it, you can do it.” Author: Graham Masterton When you are born, you know everything. The meaning of the universe. How it was made. Your place and purpose in it. But then, in your first infant dream, you slowly forget, and spend the rest of your life looking for that which was once revealed. And that’s why evil forces are seeking to invade the dreams of infants, to garner the meaning of life and to unravel the universe from within the mind of an innocent child. They keep trying, and they keep missing. They get into the [...]

Frances Carden2026-06-21T14:37:04-07:00June 21st, 2026|Tags: book review, fantasy, Graham Masterton, horror, read, reading|