While going to observe a calving of one of his prize longhorns, Jesse meets his new veterinarian, come to give him news. On the way to the calving, they pass men in hazmat suits traipsing around in his wife’s neighbor alfalfa fields. The vet enquires, but Jesse doesn’t know much about his wife’s business. […]
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Book Review: Obelisk by J L Pugh
**This book was reviewed for the Seattle Book Review* I have no words adequate to describe the beauty of this work. As the opening poem, Progeny, suggests, each of these poems are seeds, burrowing in the mind to unfurl exquisite truths. I have an ecopy of this book, but I want a hardcopy to […]
Book Review: Himself by Jess Kidd
**This book was reviewed for Port Jericho via Netgalley Kidd’s Himself tells the tale of Mahoney, an orphan come from Dublin to the provincial village of Mulderrig in search of his past and the truth of his mother’s apparent abandonment of him. Mulderrig is a quiet town, harbouring hidden secrets, secrets ready to burst forth […]
Book Review: Lockwood & Co: The Creeping Shadow by Jonathan Stroud
This book was reviewed for the Manhattan Book Review I am sad to admit that Lockwood and Co: The Creeping Shadow was my first foray into Stroud’s Lockwood books. I absolutely adore his Bartimaeus series. Stroud has a true gift for weaving tales of gritty magic, and stringent societies, complete with strong females, and […]
Book Review: The Far Shore by Paul T Scheuring
This book was reviewed for the San Francisco Book Review **Warning: graphic description of war situations, including torture. With The Far Shore, Scheuring has woven a tale that traverses time itself. It is the slow stitching together of a person’s life, quilted from memories of the distant past, giving shape, form, substance to […]
Book Review: Hungry Ghosts by Stephen Blackmoore
This book was reviewed via Netgalley Hungry Ghosts is third in S Blackmoore’s Eric Carter series. Our opening finds Eric cutting a swath through Mexico, looking for Tabitha, erstwhile ally & sometimes foe. A zigzag of connect the dots puts him back in Mexico City, in the heart of Santa Muerte worship. From […]
Book Review: The New Book by Allie Cresswell
Cresswell’s The New Book is a veritable potpourri of personal musings. There are book reviews, short stories, journal entries. This is a fantastic example of writing shorts of any kind. Each was equally engaging and entertaining. I learned a new word from this! Several times a variation of the phrase ‘go crocodile’ was used. […]
Book Review: Prospect for Murder by Jean Burrows-Johnson
This book was reviewed for San Francisco Book Review Burrows-Johnson’s cozy mystery Prospect for Murder is set in the Hawai’ian Islands, proving that even Paradise has its dark side. We begin with the odd occurrence of our protagonist having a psychic vision. Both she and her brother have unique gifts, different yet complementary. Sadly, […]
Book Review- The Elixir of Freedom by MR Neer
This book was reviewed for Reader’s Favourite Neer’s Elixir of Freedom is a journey of discovery for young Ravi. His brother is kidnapped and forced to work for the Mine Master, digging coal. Following the guidance of old legends, Ravi sets out to find the ‘Heart of the Sun’, and free his brother from […]
Book Review- Smurfs: Village Behind the Wall by Peyo
This book was reviewed via Netgalley I’m in nostalgia heaven! I grew up with the Smurfs. With the new movies, and now graphic novels, I can share my childhood passion with my cubs. Some of them get it. Others think ma is a little off her rocker, but that’s okay, cause Smurfs! I was […]