This collection of sixteen stories surprised me. Not the quality so much as the diversity. If anyone has ever wondered, or perhaps doubted the power of the short story form, Joe Hill at times masters it, and then makes it jump through flaming hoops. Continue reading
For some like Purvis, Martha, and Andrew, they search not only to escape this sense of being lost, but to find a place where they truly belong. However as Ron Cooper shows us, ultimately it is not about belonging and finding peace, it is the journey that helps us discover many things, the most frightening of which is that this journey can be dark and ugly and may not end in a way you expect. Continue reading
Oh a whim, I downloaded this from the library for my eReader. I’d heard great things about the book, and I wasn’t disappointed. I only wish I’d know it’s the first book in a planned trilogy. It would have made the ending a bit easier to take. And I would’ve waited to read it. Continue reading
Usually, I pay no attention to what’s written on a book jacket. But the reader, my husband, says this is nearly dead on. Especially the “unbelievable” part. In fact, many times while reading this story I heard him mutter, “How can these guys still by alive?” Continue reading
This story is a lot stuffed into a small package. Don’t let the page count fool you, this book will make you think – and feel, like you’ve read a substantial tome. Continue reading
There is a lot of angst in this book. Much of it related to relationships both personal and familial as well as toward gender and identity. Pretty powerful stuff. Let me tell you, this is not a light read. But I enjoyed it. Even though I struggled a bit to understand the depth of the father-son relationship, which is what this story is primarily about. Continue reading
There are some who don’t care for Virginia Woolf’s books. Especially her stream-of-conscious narratives such as The Waves. However, besides writing novels, she was a prolific critic and essay writer. One of her most famous is A Room of One’s Own. It is this essay, and many others, that make me wonder why they aren’t more highly regarded outside of academia. Continue reading
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick Science Fiction, 244 pages A Del Rey Book FTC Disclosure: Purchased from This is nothing like the movie “Blade Runner”, which is loosely based on the novel. Not that this … Continue reading
The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin Science Fiction, 400 pp (Mass Market) Eos, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers FTC Disclosure: Library Book. The last line: “His hands were empty, as they ahd always been.” In this case, empty is not … Continue reading
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick Hugo Award Winner 1963 Science Fiction, 259 pages Vintage Books, a division of Random House FTC Disclosure: Library Book . Do you truly believe that time is linear? What if … Continue reading
Skin Trade by Anita Blake Book 17 in the Vampire Hunter series Occult Fiction, 496 pages Berkley Publishing Group an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) I try to be open minded when it comes to reading books of … Continue reading
Guardian of the Flame by T.L. Higley Historical Fiction/Christian Fiction, 381 pages B & H Publishing Group Courtesy of LibraryThing’s Early Reviewer Program Sophia, a woman hurt by past loss, guards the famous lighthouse of Alexandria, Egypt, … Continue reading