This was reviewed for San Francisco Book Review Béla’s Letters, by Jeff Ingber, is a hauntingly beautiful tour through history, leading us through the lives of one family via the precious artifact of letters, one of the historian’s best friends. They are stitched together with narrative from Béla’s point of view, the author’s conjecture […]
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Book Review- Dark Fey: The Reviled by Cynthia Morgan
I received a copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review Morgan’s The Reviled, first in the Dark Fey series, tells the story of Ayla, a Fey of the Light, and Gairynzvl, a Dark Fey. Ayla is not just any fey, either. She has unique gifts and is trained to […]
The Daydreamer Detective Braves the Winter, Excerpts
Excerpt #1: “Bye, Chef-san!” The men and women who worked in the kitchen filed out the door, waving and calling goodbye, and walking through the empty restaurant. I caught a glimpse of Ana buttoning her coat to go outside before the door swung closed. Yasahiro waved to them and turned back to me. He sighed, […]
Daydreamer Detective, Excerpts
Excerpt #1: Every time I went into the barn during harvesting, I avoided the loft, but at the end of the week, I was finally ready to climb up there and inspect the remains of my past. The stairs creaked as I ascended into the dusty space above the tractor we used in the spring. […]
Book Review: The Daydreamer Detective by SJ Pajonas
This book was reviewed for Lola’s Blog Tours The Daydreamer Detective, by SJ Pajonas, is the first in the Miso Cozy Mystery Series. This was a great read! Much as I love mystery fiction a lá Sherlock Holmes, the appeal of cozy mysteries oft escapes me. Not so with this little gem! Mei, […]
Book Review: The Spiritglass Charade by Colleen Gleason
I purchased a copy of this book for my own enjoyment, and with no expectation of a review. The Spiritglass Charade is the second book of Colleen Gleason’s Stoker and Holmes series, featuring the daughter of Mycroft Holmes, and the sister of Bram Stoker. This adventure has the duo looking into a case of […]
Book Review- Axtelera Ray Preview by MJ Gallagher
I received a copy of this preview in exchange for a fair and honest review. Axtelera Ray, written by MJ Gallagher and created by Alroy Jovi Prateek, grabs your attention right from the start, and doesn’t let go. Such a tease, too, since it’s just a preview. I want the whole book! It is the […]
Book Review- Sunborn Rising by Aaron Safronoff
This book was reviewed via Lola’s Blog Tours. Safronoff’s Sunborn Rising is a richly tailored, beautifully woven tale of the bond between friends, the spirit of adventure, and the love of family. It is a coming of age for one young Listlespur, and her two companions as they are drawn into a journey unlike […]
Book Review- Risuko by David Kudler
This book was reviewed via Netgalley Kudler’s Risuko is an enthralling tale of feudal Japan. Kano Murasaki, known as Risuko, has been sold into a half-slavery to Lady Chiyome, who runs Mochizuki, training shrine maidens called miko. But miko aren’t the only things she trains. No, Chiyome trains kunoichi, or ‘very special women’. It’ll […]
Book Review- Playful Song Called Beautiful
This book was reviewed for University of Iowa Press via Netgalley Blair’s Playful Song Called Beautiful is certainly one of the more unusual poetry collections I’ve read. This collection was the winner of the Iowa Poetry Contest. These poems are rich with unique symbolism. That sometimes backfires though, when symbolism is so unique to […]