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Book Review: Tristan/Yseault, Harry Bonelle Poetry: Tristan/Yseault, Harry Bonelle Blog Tour February 20, 2024 The story of Tristan and Yseault (or Isolde) dates back to at least the 12th Century C.E. In the traditional telling of the story, Yseault from Ireland is meant to marry King Mark from Cornwall. Tristan is sent to fetch […]
Book Review: The Descent, Paul Hardisty Thriller: : The Descent, Paul Hardisty Blog Tour: February 14, 2024 Last February we reviewed The Forcing by Paul Hardisty. It was a chilling climate fiction about a world with out of control global warming and the desperate political steps taken to try to deal with the destruction. […]
Book Review: A Deadly Promise: DI Kay Hunter Book 13, Rachel Amphlett Mystery: A Deadly Promise: DI Kay Hunter Book 13, Rachel Amphlett Imagine this. You are returning to England after a relaxing driving vacation through the south of France. You have rented an executive counterpart to AirBnb, paying a hefty sum for the […]
Book Review: Hurt Runs Within, Zoltan Vincze Thriller: Hurt Runs Within, Zoltan Vincze Mackay Connolly’s life changed when the truck he was driving hit two IEDs. His two companions were killed instantly. He should have been as well. His rib cage was completely and irreparably shattered. […]
Book Review: The Guests, Agnes Ravatn, translated by Rosie Hedger Fiction: The Guests, Agnes Ravatn, translated by Rosie Hedger Karin and Kai live a reasonable, middle-class life. Kai is a joiner (carpenter), Karin is a lawyer. They have two sons. To the world, they seem like […]
Zero Kill, M.K. Hill Paperback publication celebration January 18, 2023 We will be reviewing this book later. Just a few chapters in it is very intense and fast paced. Definitely a thriller in enjoying. For now, though, congratulations on the release of the paperback edition. Buy it!
Book Review: Black Water Sister, Zen Cho Fantasy/Mystery: Black Water Sister, Zen Cho “The first thing the ghost said to Jess was: Does your mother know you’re a pengkid?” That is the first line of Black Water Sister by Zen Cho, a genre shredding book that is a mystery wrapped in a fantasy […]
Book Review: Idolatry, Aditya Sudarshan Book Review: Idolatry, Aditya Sudarshan Sometimes I wonder whether I should give up reading American and European authors in order to make time for the extraordinary voices coming from other parts of the world. I won’t actually do that, but when a book like Idolatry comes to my attention, […]
Book Review: Halfway House, Helen Fitzgerald Fiction: Halfway House, Helen Fitzgerald Lou is ready to start over. Coming off of a relationship with an older married man, she is leaving Australia and moving in with her cousin in Edinburgh, Scotland. That’s just what the doctor ordered: a new city, a new part of the […]
Book Review: Yule Island, Johana Gustawsson, trans. by David Warriner Mystery: Yule Island, Johana Gustawsson, trans. by David Warriner Blog Tour December 20, 2023 Emma Lindahl is an art expert for a prestigious auction house in Stockholm. After working for Christie’s in NYC, she has returned home to live in the country she loves, […]