Book Review: ‘The Apothecary’s Garden’ by Jeanette Lynes
In The Apothecary’s Garden, published by Harper Collins, Jeanette Lynes transports readers back in time to 1860 and the exotic locale of Eastern Ontario’s Belleville on the shores of the Bay of...
View ArticleComic Review: ‘My Perfect Life’ by Lynda Barry from Drawn+Quarterly
My Perfect Life by Lynda Barry, published by Drawn and Quarterly, collects the ongoing the story of Maybonne Mullen first seen in the comic strip Ernie Pooke’s Comeek in 1989 and 1990. Continuing from...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘A Winter’s Promise’ by Christelle Dabos
A Winter’s Promise, by Christelle Dabos, published by Europa Editions, is the first part of”The Mirror Visitor Quartet” series. It introduces readers to not only the world the series is set in, but...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘The Missing of Clairdelune’ by Christelle Dabos
People are vanishing from Clairedelune. In the second book of Christelle Dabos‘ “The Mirror Visitor Quartet”, The Missing of Clairdelune, published by Europa Editions, people are mysteriously...
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Comic Review: ‘World Record Holders’ by Guy Delisle from Drawn+Quarterly
World Record Holders by Guy Delisle and published by Drawn and Quarterly, with translation by Helge Dascher, collects many of Delisle’s early works. The anthology pulls stories from famed indie...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘The Memory of Babel’ by Christelle Dabos
The Memory of Babel, the third book in Christelle Dabos’ “The Mirror Visitor” Quartet, published by Europa, delves deeper into the secrets behind the creation of the world her characters inhabit....
View ArticleBook Review: ‘The Storm of Echoes’ by Christelle Dabos
The Storm of Echoes is the final chapter in Christelle Dabos‘ “The Mirror Visitor Quartet”. Over the course of the first three books (A Winter’s Promise, The Missing of Clairedelune, and The Memory...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Into The Broken Lands’ By Tanya Huff
Into The Broken Lands, published by Penguin/Random House, is the latest book from the imagination of esteemed fantasy and science fiction writer Tanya Huff. Set in the aftermath of the cataclysmic...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Last Night in Brighton’ by Massoud Hayoun
Last Night in Brighton by Massoud Hayoun, published by Darf, is a trip into the mind, psyche, and soul of gay Jewish American Arab, Sam Saadoun. That this, the second book in what Hayoun refers to as...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘The Silent Patient’ by Alex Michaelides
The Silent Patient Reading is supposed to be fun. In most instances, reading can help shape our thinking negatively or positively. The Silent Patient, written by Alex Michaelides, took me on a journey...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘A Darker Shade of Magic’ By V.E. Schwab
In A Darker Shade of Magic (the first book in “The Shades of Magic” series) V. E. Schwab has created a complex and intriguing world. Well, it would be probably more accurate to say worlds and to say...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Austral’ by Carlos Fonseca
Austral In his new book, Austral, Carlos Fonseca takes readers down the winding path of memory, history, and language and paints a picture of how the three interweave and interconnect. In a story...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘No One Prayed Over Their Graves’ by Khaled Khalifa
‘No One Prayed Over Their Graves’ No One Prayed Over Their Graves by Khaled Khalifa is set in a Syria unrecognizable to modern eyes. At the end of the 19th century, Syria, and the rest of the Arab...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle’ by T. L. Huchu
The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle is the third book in T.L Huchu’s “Nights of Edinburgh” series. However, instead of wandering the streets of Edinburgh and investigating...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘The Most Secret Memory of Men’ by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
The Most Secret Memory of Men The Most Secret Memory of Men, by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr is a wonderful novel about the nature of art, literature, and colonialism. While at initial glance the first two...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘The Peace’ by Laury Silvers
A Sufi Mystery Series The Peace, the fourth and final book in Laury Silvers’ “The Sufi Mystery Quartet,” returns readers to the streets of 10th-century Baghdad. Amid the dust and the noise of the...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘The Jin-bot of Shantiport’ by Samit Basu
The Jin-bot of Shantiport The Jin-bot of Shantiport by Samit Basu is a wonderful mixture of urban fantasy and myth set in a futuristic spaceport town. Save for it being a spaceport instead of a...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘The Navigating Fox’ by Christopher Rowe
The Navigating Fox by Christopher Rowe is a small slice of inspired fantasy set in a world where somehow some animals have become “knowledgable,” obtaining the power of speech and human reason. Not...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Ndima Ndima’ by Tsitsi Mapepa, from Catalyst Press
Ndima Ndima Ndima Ndima by Tsitsi Mapepa, published by Catalyst Press, shows the human condition. Its story traces the lives of Zuva and her daughter Nyeredzi through the turbulent 1990s in Zimbabwe....
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Who is Muhammad?’ By Michael Muhammad Knight
In Who Is Muhammad Michael Muhammad Knight tackles the complex, and seemingly impossible job, of describing and defining the prophet Muhammed. The problem faced by Knight, and anybody else attempting...
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