Felicity is a young sparrow who loves to read! Of course, who doesn’t? She can always be found with her beak in a book, reliving daring adventures from the safety of her tree. Felicity has never before left her tree to visit the woods across the two-legs’ road. She probably never would have, but for […]
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Book Review: Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop
This book was reviewed for the San Francisco Book Review Fourth, and most recent in Bishop’s The Others series, Marked in Flesh continues to follow Meg Corbyn, cassandra sangue for the Lakeside Courtyard. She and the other females of the human pack have discovered more to aid the other people caring for the rescued […]
Book Review: Gone by Min Kym
This book was reviewed via Netgalley Kym’s Gone is a story of love, loss, and rebirth. It is the story of a young violin prodigy, of the finding, and losing of one’s other half, and of recovery from traumatic loss. At a very young age Min-jin, a Korean transplant to England, is introduced […]
Book Review: Age of Myths and Legends: Monsters by Terrell Hill
I received a copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review Hill’s The Age of Myths and Legends: Monsters is first in a series that looks at the myths of the First Americans. Myths are categorised into different types, such as those dealing with forest or water dwellers, night hunters, […]
Book Review: David Bowie & Philosophy edited by Theodore Ammon
This book was reviewed for the San Francisco and Seattle Book Reviews Rebel, Rebel is another great addition to the pop culture and philosophy series, this time focusing on music legend David Bowie. I grew up listening to Bowie’s music of the 70s, which my parents enjoyed. Then, of course, there was Labyrinth, which ranks […]
Book Review: Lila and the Crow by Gabrielle Grimard
This book was reviewed for Netgalley Lila and the Crow is a charming tale of embracing the now, of claiming all of who you are. As Tyrion Lannister (Game of Thrones, GRR Martin) said: “Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor, and it can […]
Book Review: America,’s Most Haunted Hotels by Jaime Davis Whitmer
This book was reviewed via Netgalley Whitmer’s America’s Most Haunted Hotels takes a look at ten of the country’s many haunted hotels. From the Copper Queen to Farnsworth House to Myrtles Plantation, White visits each hotel in turn, taking offered ghost tours as well as doing some of her own investigating. Each chapter focuses solely […]
Book Review: Associates of Sherlock Holmes edited by George Mann
This book was reviewed for San Francisco and Seattle Book Reviews Associates of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of stories by myriad authors about various people associated with Holmes to some degree or another. Some, such as Barker, show up in only one story. Others such as Lestrade feature more often, though even […]
Book Review: The Want Monsters by Chelo ManchegoManchego
This book was reviewed via Netgalley Manchego’s The Want Monsters is a neat little picture book designed to help teach kids how to manage their wants that threaten to go out of hand. Our narrator is a young boy that has a ‘ginormous’ want monster named Oskar, who makes him want to eat […]
Book Review: The Toltec Secret by Sergio Magana
I purchased a copy of this book for my own enjoyment I feel very strongly drawn to the Toltec teachings. I have all of Ruiz’s Toltec wisdom books, and when I stumbled upon The Toltec Secret by Sergio Magana, I was very excited. This book focused on the shamanic aspects, learning to travel […]