This book was reviewed via Netgalley The Scariest Stories Ever Told is a collection of eerie, and ghostly tales akin to the chronicles penned by Alan Schwartz in the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series. Man, I had all of those books as a kid. I would have loved to add this […]
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Book Review- Yetunde: An Ode to My Mother by Segilola Salami
Yetunde: An Ode to My Mother is the second of Salami’s Yetunde books. This short, beautiful read is told from the perspective of Yetunde, a mere babe, who’s own ma has passed away. Yetunde narrates for us as her ma engages in a Yoruba tradition of praise poetry, reciting one for her own mother. Yetunde […]
Book Review: The Complete Tor by Anthony Morgan-Clark
This book was reviewed for Reader’s Favourite The Complete Tor by Anthony Morgan-Clark is a collection of all three Tor novels, plus two short stories. Suicide, homicide, accidental death. The Tor doesn’t care the means, so long as blood toll is paid. /‘Ware the raven’s midnight call, ‘Ware […]
Book Review- Animal Planet: Sharks! by Lori Stein
This book was reviewed via Netgalley Full of colourful pictures, Animal Planet: Sharks! by Lori Stein is a great teaching tool for young kids. Sharks are among the most mysterious, exciting, and oft misunderstood denizens of the deep. There are hundreds of shark species, and not all are what comes to mind when […]
Book Review: Motions and Moments by Michael Pronko
This book was reviewed for the Online Book Club Moments and Motions is a collection of essays by Michael Pronko, a Western transplant to Tokyo, where he teaches at university, and writes essays on life in the techno-sprawl that is Japan’s capital city. The book is broken into several sections, each with a […]
Book Review: In All Things by Marta Curti
This book was reviewed for Online Book Club *Click here to visit the OnlineBookClub page for this book. Curti’s In All Things is a beautiful testament to the interconnectedness of life, and how the vagaries of life are not as random as we think. The narrative jumps between three different perspectives, in […]
Spotlight: Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova
Labyrinth Lost By Zoraida Córdova Released September 6, 2016; Hardcover, ISBN 9781492620945 Praise for Labyrinth Lost “This work is a magical journey from start to finish… A compelling must-have for teens” –School Library Journal, STARRED review “Córdova’s (the Vicious Deep series) magic-infused, delightfully dark story introduces readers to an engrossing, Latin American–inspired fantasy setting […]
Book Review: Skeleton Keys by John Klann
This book was reviewed via Netgalley Do the dead still walk amongst us, sharing their old homes, or jobs, with coworkers. John Klann has set about to explore that very question. Skeleton Keys is a collection of terrifying, true tales of workplace hauntings. Most are recounted from the person to whom they happened. […]
Book Review: Animal Planet’s Dinosaurs! by Lori Stein
Animal Planet’s Dinosaurs! by Lori Stein is a great way to teach kids all about dinosaurs, not that you really need too. Kids often know more about the titanic dragons of yester-millenia better than adults. Sadly, a love for dinosaurs seems to lose its lustre as we grow older. Not me, thankfully, and I’ve […]
Book Review: Blood Transparencies by Randy White
This book was reviewed for San Francisco Book Review Blood Transparencies, an autobiographical poetry collection by Randy White, is an eloquent and poignant look at a life via verbal snapshots. These precious pearls shaped in words are beautiful, drawing forth emotion and resonant memory from the reader. There were several times I had […]