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 […]
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Book Review: Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn
This book was reviewed for Netgalley ‘They’re battery operated and remote controlled by Satan.’ ~Elvis, on June bugs Humour books are not usually my forte. I prefer fantasy, hist-fic, and archaeology for the most part. Every once in a while a book of humour will snag my attention, though, and this was one […]
Book Review: Amanda Lester and the Pink Sugar Conspiracy by Paula Berinstein
This book was reviewed for Lola’s Blog Tours. Bernstein’s Amanda Lester and the Pink Sugar Conspiracy is the first in a new middle-grade detective series a lá Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, and The Three Investigators. This is a world where the great literary detectives are real people. .Amanda is a young aspiring film […]
Excerpt- The Summer that Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel
1 Of Man’s first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought death into the World —MILTON, PARADISE LOST 1:1–3 THE HEAT CAME with the devil. It was the summer of 1984, and while the devil had been invited, the heat had not. It should’ve been expected, though. Heat is, after […]
Book Review: Ivy in Bloom by Vanita Oelschlager
This book was reviewed for Netgalley Oelschlager’s Ivy in Bloom is a charming introduction to poetry for younger children. Through adorable illustrations, we follow Ivy, who just can’t wait for spring to arrive. It’s a patchwork of poetry, culled from some of the greatest poets history has to offer, stitched together by Oelschlager. […]
Book Review: Effortless Mastery by Kenny Werner
I received this book as a gift with no expectation of a review Werner’s Effortless Mastery was just the book I needed. I am a baby violinist, having taken it up at the advanced age of 38. I had inherited a violin, and decided this was the perfect thing to help keep my neural […]
Book Review: Soil-Man by Oz Monroe
This book was reviewed for Reader’s Favourite ‘His dream of going to highschool next year with his big brother had been excised with the blade of a knife.’ Oz Monroe’s Soil-Man is a story quite like any other; a dark song to draw you under, revealing a hidden world few can imagine. […]
Book Review- Red Rising by Pierce Brown
I purchased this book for my own pleasure, with no expectation of a review ‘Arum Nostrum Non Est Aurum Vulgi: Our gold is not common gold.’ ~ Alchemist saying Brown’s Red Rising is a thrill ride from start to finish! We bear witness to a series of amazing, brutal alchemic transformations that create […]
Book Review- The Marriage of Mary Russell c/o Laurie R King
I purchased a copy of this book for my own personal enjoyment with no expectation of a review This short follows the eccentric pair of Sherlock Holmes and Mary Russell as they endeavor to plan their wedding. We know they got married at the end of A Monstrous Regiment of Women. This story […]
Slang of a Bygone Era- Mediaeval
Slang, colloquialisms, idioms. These are the myriad vagaries of language, accenting and highlighting culture and subculture. These are the things that make word-play fun, and enhance your writing. Below are 13 slang words from Mediaeval times for your enjoyment! Try using some in your own works! Example sentences courtesy of the Jericho crew. 1. Basta […]