****This book was reviewed for the San Francisco Book Review**** “You are not a murderer. The curious fact had been served to me that morning like cold fish on a platter, to be digested as I took my daily run.” ~Ash and Dust, Carol Berg With this masterful opening, we are introduced […]
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Book Review- Divergent and Philosophy: The Factions of Life edited by Courtland Lewis
This book was reviewed for the San Francisco Book Review I absolutely love the pop culture and philosophy books! I find them a great way to make philosophic concepts far more accessible to the everyday person, and to open minds to different ways of thinking. This book, focusing on Veronica Roth’s haunting dystopic […]
Book Review- Unsung Heroes by Ian Rupe
Honesty- this is another book that I almost stopped during the first two chapters. I’m really glad I didn’t. Rupe’s Unsung Heroes really drew me in once I reached the dialogue. It was the cover that first caught my attention. A real oooh, shiny! moment. Prologue first chapter aside, the story begins with a mysterious […]
Book Review- The Murder of Sherlock Holmes by David Fable
This book was reviewed for Readers’ Favourite. I am a big Sherlock fan (no, not because of the BBC Sherlock, though I do love that incarnation as well. Sherlock Holmes is one of the few characters I can think of who have become archetypal figures in their own right, and in doing so, pulled […]
Book Review- Get Lost (Never Say Neverland 1) by Xavier Neal
Neal’s Get Lost is the beginning of a new take on the story of Peter Pan and the Lost Boys. Here, Peter is not the carefree boy you may remember from the eponymous tale penned by JM Barrie. No, here Peter is a sullen teenager, bitter over things he’s lost. He forces each newly minted […]
Book Review- Minotaur by Phillip W. Simpson
Legends and myths contain nuggets of truth, oft buried beneath the detritus of time. Layer upon layer added until sometimes what is has become a distorted reflection of what was. With Minotaur, Simpson has given us just such a story of what might have been. Not the chimeric creature of legend, half human and half […]
Book Review- The Bleeding Door by Todd Cook
I received a copy of this book via Word Slinger Publicity in exchange for an honest, unbiased review. The Bleeding Door by Todd Cook spans a broad swath of time, looking at the history of two families, and the region they live in, from a time just before the Civil War all the […]
Book Review- he & She by Wayne Clark
This book was reviewed for Readers’ Favourite. Wayne Clark’s he & She is a wonderfully introspective novel. Kit Cayman is a middle-aged man whose life has fallen into a soul numbing rut. He is a man going through andropause, the masculine equivalent of menopause. A translator by day, and […]
Book Review- Broken Hearts by Ioana Visan
This book was reviewed for Readers’ Favourite. Visan’s Broken Hearts is the sequel to the novel Broken People. In Hearts, we follow the continuing adventures of Dale, Aurore, and the members of the Nightingale Circus. Dale has been ‘contracted’ to protect Aurore, and now travels with her on business abroad. The Circus […]
Book Review- Fossilized Gods by J Simon
This book was reviewed for Readers’ Favourite. Fossilised Gods by J Simon has got to be one of the funniest books I’ve read in quite a while! It’s a unique brand of humour full of hidden wisdom and thought-provoking questions, such as- what happens when the worship of a god stops and how are […]