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Nonfiction: Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find – and Keep – Love, by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller Despite its subtitle, Attached is in many ways a book about the “old art” of love rather than the “new science” of adult attachment. It is an easy to read self-help […]
Book Review: Dread Wood, Jennifer Killick Book Review: Dread Wood, Jennifer Killick Blog Tour April 6, 2022 If The Breakfast Club were ever combined with Tremors, you might have the movie version of Dread Wood. On a fine Saturday, four students at Dread Wood (High School) have gotten detention for their roles in an […]
Book Review: The Retreat, Detective Elin Warner Book 2, Sarah Pearse Mystery/Thriller: The Retreat, Detective Elin Warner Book 2, Sarah Pearse Blog Tour July 22, 2022 Elin Warner has been on reduced duty since returning from Switzerland. Despite her eagerness to return to her position […]
Book Review: The Two Lives of Sara, Catherine Adel West Historical Fiction: The Two Lives of Sara, Catherine Adel West Blog Tour November 28, 2022 I have written and erased my first sentence several times. It’s funny how books that make the most of words can leave me speechless. Sara King has […]
Book Review: The Fall Is All There Is, Four of Mercies Book 1, C.M. Caplan SCFI: The Fall Is All There Is, Four of Mercies Book 1, C.M. Caplan Blog Tour November 23, 2022 Writing advice often includes the saying, “Write what you know.” That may be why I don’t write a lot […]
Book Review: 28 Days, The Reluctant Doorkeeper Book 1, Sue Parritt Book Review: 28 Days, The Reluctant Doorkeeper Book 1, Sue Parritt Blog Tour August 30, 2021 Emma Cartwright did not expect to find herself in this situation. At 70 years old, she should be preparing for the last 10 years of her career, since Australia […]
Book Review: The Second Death of Goodluck Tinubu, Detective Kubu Book 2, Michael Stanley Book Review: The Second Death of Goodluck Tinubu, Detective Kubu Book 2, Michael Stanley When a guest is found murdered at a Botswana tourist lodge, the police are greatly concerned about the effect on tourism. A major part of […]
Book Review: My Name Is Ten, Colleen MacMahon Book Review: My Name Is Ten, Colleen MacMahon Blog Tour August 5, 2022 Do yourself a favor. Put the name, “Colleen MacMahon” somewhere you won’t forget. Then again, I suspect she may become an author you are unlikely to forget. Regardless, put it somewhere on your […]
Saturday, July 16, 2022, 10am-4pm The very first “road trip” we took after starting Scintilla in 2018 was not a very long trip for us at all. As part of our community’s Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, the BookFest held at our local Schlow Library drew writers and readers from around the region. The […]
Historical Fiction: Dust Child, Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai Blog Tour, May 5, 2023 Dust Child is an absolutely exquisite, breathtaking work. With soaring prose and searing words, author Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai takes the agonies of war and the struggles of those damaged by the war and turns them into a psalm of release. Reading […]
Book Review: Dreyer’s English, Benjamin Dreyer Nonfiction: Dreyer’s English, Benjamin Dreyer This is a delightful, funny, and soon-to-become indispensable guide to writing in American English. Benjamin Dreyer has been a copy editor for Random House for more than 20 years. He has worked with numerous authors during that time, authors who appreciate both his attention […]
Book Review: Nobody’s Agent, Ronin Nash Thrillers Book One, Stuart Field Thriller: Nobody’s Agent, Ronin Nash Thrillers Book One, Stuart Field Blog Tour, July 8, 2022 Before I get into the review, I have a question. Is there some database somewhere that thriller writers consult to find names for their protagonists? There seem to be […]
Book Review: Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find – and Keep – Love, Levine & Heller Nonfiction: Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find – and Keep – Love, by Amir Levine and Rachel Heller Despite its subtitle, Attached is in […]