Book Review: ‘Heavenly Khan’ by Victor Cunrui Xiong
Heavenly Khan by Victor Cunrui Xiong is a historical fiction novel about the rise and reign of the first two emperors of the Tang Dynasty – Li Yuan, and his son Li Shimin, in the 7th Century (using the...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper’ by Phaedra Patrick
In her debut novel, The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper, Phaedra Patrick delivers a touching story of how love and life can be rediscovered amid the devastating feeling of sadness and loss. Sixty-nine...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘The Secret Language of Stones’ by M.J. Rose
Book cover image: Atria Books- Simon & Schuster, Inc The follow up novel to her previous “Daughters of La Lune” instalment The Witch of Painted Sorrows, M.J. Rose’s new novel The Secret Language of...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Scapegoats: How Islamophobia Helps Our Enemies and Threatens...
Given the horrible rhetoric we’ve been hearing from various sources during this election year (2016) in the United States, Scapegoats: How Islamophobia Helps Our Enemies and Threatens Our Freedoms, a...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘The Versions of Us’ by Laura Barnett
In The Versions of Us by Laura Barnett, Jim and Eva accidentally meet in 1958 Cambridge. This is the story of that meeting, or rather three different versions of it. In what first seems a typical “boy...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘The Matchmaker’s Playbook,’ A Wingmen Inc. Novel, by Rachel Van...
When injuries occur to potential professional athletes, their career choices must change. In The Matchmaker’s Playbook, A Wingmen Inc. Novel by Rachel Van Dyken, we meet Ian Hunter, a former NFL...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘The Thing Is,’ A Novel by Kathleen Gerard
Animals have a reputation for helping with depression and anxiety. In The Thing Is by Kathleen Gerard, we meet an animal that is more than the norm, much more. Meredith Macuso is very depressed. She...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘A Fine Imitation’ by Amber Brock
Readers who enjoy Gilded Age and War Era fiction authors like Beatriz Williams and Kate Morton, will certainly be drawn to Amber Brock’s A Fine Imitation. Set in the middle of Prohibition-era New York...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘We Are The Ants’ by Shaun David Hutchinson – An Absolute Gem
Have you ever read a book that was so beautifully written that you practically drank the words from the pages? A book with such beautiful prose that it stopped you in your tracks, causing you to...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘A Search for Family’ by Murray Lee Eiland, Jr.
A Search for Family is the second book in “The Bart Northcote Series” by Murray Lee Eiland, Jr. Mark Martin is an aging Hollywood star, best known for his Western movies. Though surrounded by three of...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘The Summer Before the War’ by Helen Simonson
In the style of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson reflects the local minutia of a small country village in Sussex right before the outbreak of World War I....
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Three Martini Lunch’ by Suzanne Rindell
Suzanne Rindell’s new novel Three Martini Lunch is a tale of love, betrayal and well guarded secrets in 1958 Greenwich Village, New York. The Village. New York City, 1958. A place for poets, writers...
View ArticleBook review: ‘Happy Family’ by Tracy Barone
In an astounding debut, Tracy Barone’s first novel Happy Family, portrays a collage of familial relationships that are anything but happy. The year is 1962: the place, Trenton, New Jersey. A young...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Britt-Marie Was Here’ by Fredrick Backman
We all know someone like Britt-Marie, the main character in Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrick Backman, or at least an approximation of her. Cutlery must be stored in a certain and logical pattern:...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Vanished Sisters’ by Rachel Poe
In Vanished Sisters by Rachel Poe Mark Goodman, a forensic professor, has never forgotten the magical place of his childhood that he thinks of as Camelot. The North Carolina mountain community where he...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Magic In Islam’ by Michael Muhammad Knight
Don’t be fooled by the title of Michael Muhammad Knight’s newest book. Magic In Islam, published by Penguin/Random House, does not have him doing for magic what his first novel, The Taqwacores did for...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Golden: Heart of Dread, Book 3’, The Exciting Conclusion by...
In Golden: Heart of Dread, Book 3 by Melissa De La Cruz and Michael Johnston, we find ourselves back in the darkened world of Nat and Wes. In the conclusion of the “Heart of Dread” trilogy, we find a...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘At the Edge of Summer’ by Jessica Brockmole
It is 1911 when fifteen-year-old Claire Ross arrives from Scotland to the Crepet’s home in the French countryside. A refugee of sorts, Claire’s father has died abruptly, leaving her an orphan pining...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Just Fall’ by Nina Sadowsky
How much do we really know about the one we love? Do we really see beyond the surface, or do we purposely blind ourselves to cover up our own secrets? In Nina Sadowsky’s debut novel Just Fall, a young...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘The Ramblers’ by Aidan Donnelley Rowley
Three people living their own personal dramas, while basking in the found glory of successful careers and considerable wealth is the main story behind Aidan Donnelley Rowley’s The Ramblers. The title...
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