Disney’s A Christmas Carol is a pleasant and new found favorite. However, regardless of the movie versions, the book itself remains a must read for the holidays. If you don’t already have a copy sitting next to the Grinch, A Christmas Story (there is a book), and the Polar Express, please do yourself a favor and get one. Continue reading
I was putting away a few new additions to my home library when I decided to read a couple of paragraphs in one of them because I’d heard so much about it. I didn’t put it back down until I finished it. It’s well written, the story engaging, the characters ones you immediately care for. Basically, its core components were everything a good book should have, and then some. Continue reading
For the few – very few – who may have never read Gaiman, I recommend this as your first read. He also has a couple of short story collections that I love, and recommend highly. Continue reading
The story leaves strong impressions that last with you long after you put down the book: that the Minotaur symbolizes much more than a creature who is half man, half beast. That perhaps, this is a redemptive tale. Or demonstrates the struggle in dealing with the duality inside ourselves. Continue reading
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
I liked this story. It had my heart going several times and that’s what it’s all about. This is a thrilling ride of a read. Continue reading
The Girl in the Green Raincoat is a perfect book for someone looking for an enjoyable weekend read. I like those. I like picking a book off my shelf that I know will allow me to sit, relax, snuggle up to the cats and a cup of cocoa and let the story take over. Continue reading
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
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
The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith ISBN13: 9780446402415 Fiction/Thriller, 440 pages Grand Central Publishing an imprint of Hachette Book Group FTC Disclaimer: Book courtesy of the publisher Book summary from publisher’s website:Soviet Union, 1956. Stalin is dead, and a … Continue reading
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë Edited with an Introduction by Pauline Nestor Preface by Lucasta Miller Fiction, 337 pages Penguin Classics, Penguin Books FTC Disclosure: Mine, all mine. Pfffft. This isn’t going to be in the usual format as I … Continue reading
The Little Giant of Aberdeen County by Tiffany Baker Fiction, 341 pages Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Book Group ISBN: 9780446194228 FTC Disclosure: Review copy courtesy of Newman Communications Instead of a summary or blurb, I offer the author’s own words … 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