People who spend time in the humor section of the bookstore will like this book. Zombie enthusiasts should like the tack Cook takes with the story. But diehard Alice fans? I’m not so sure. From what I’ve seen around the web, not all were thrilled with Cook’s efforts. 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
Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho Translated from the Portuguese by Jull Costa Fiction, 191 pages Harper Collins Publishers Inspired by personal experience, Coelho brings us this novella which explores the perceptions of those with mental illness and those … Continue reading
Amigoland by Oscar Casares (2009) Scheduled publication date 08/10/2009 Fiction, 368 pages Little, Brown and Company Review copy courtesy of Hachette Book Group Elderly brothers, Don Fidencio and Don Celestino are stubborn and independent. However, for the older … Continue reading
The Glass of Time by Michael Cox (October 2008) Historical Fiction, 544 pages W. W. Norton, ARC Edition (2008) Courtesy of LibraryThing’s Early Reviewers This is a sequel to a book I have not read, however it stood on its … Continue reading