Synopsis: The Long Way HomeHiding under halo-cloaks at her crash site in Wyoming, refugee Livia Uriah of Teramar wisely spends countless hours studying local customs and the levers of capitalism. After making her presence known to the Americans, a deal gets inked where Livia offers her cache of Teramarian tech to the White House in […]
The Source of Storms by Angelina Kelly Genre: Fantasy / Romance ISBN: 9781069275806 Print Length: 368 pages Amazon Bookshop Reviewed by Alexandria Ducksworth Welcome to a thrilling world with ancient magical creatures and age-old rivalries bound to fight once more. Being part fae is not all it’s cracked up to be. In Halja’s tiny seaside […]
Emotional Intelligence Insights for Self Mastery by J. Finn Genre: Self-Help / Spirituality ISBN: 9798992378306 Print Length: 198 pages Amazon Bookshop Reviewed by Jadidsa Perez Resuscitative and revitalizing—with wisdom on every page J. Finn’s Emotional Intelligence Insights for Self Mastery offers a fresh perspective on the heart, mind, and commonalities of human experience. It tackles […]
In Saara El-Arifi’s newest fantasy series opener, Faebound, readers are thrust into a richly imagined world where elves wage an eternal war over magical resources, fae are believed to be extinct, and ancient prophecies simmer beneath the surface waiting to boil over. Following the success of her Ending Fire trilogy, El-Arifi ventures into new territory […]
In Sohn Won-Pyung’s sophomore novel, “Counterattacks at Thirty,” we meet Kim Jihye, a thirty-year-old woman with perhaps the most ordinary Korean name possible—so ordinary that throughout her life, she’s been distinguished from other Kim Jihyes merely by letters or numbers. This theme of indistinguishable ordinariness colors the entire narrative as Jihye navigates the soul-crushing corporate […]
In Character Limit, New York Times reporters Kate Conger and Ryan Mac deliver a masterclass in narrative nonfiction, dissecting Elon Musk’s dramatic $44 billion takeover of Twitter—a platform that once claimed to be the world’s digital town square and ultimately became one man’s personal echo chamber. With gripping detail, deep sourcing, and a cinematic narrative […]
Unplugged by David Schulze Genre: Literary Fiction / Dystopia ISBN: 9798992057409 Print Length: 224 pages Amazon Bookshop Reviewed by Chelsey Tucker | Content warnings: attempted suicide A provocative and peculiar story that examines technological dependency in a powerful near future Quentin Wagner is raised offline, an oddity compared to the lives of his fellow Gen […]
Hoplite Ridge by Sean Patrick Sayers Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy / Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic ISBN: 9798350986471 Print Length: 532 pages Amazon Bookshop Reviewed by Joelene Pynnonen An epic post-apocalyptic fantasy that pits man against gods in an age-old battle for the survival of humanity’s very soul When Commander Ares Augustus discovers that a technologically devastating […]
In the enchanting and eerie conclusion to Victoria Schwab’s Cassidy Blake trilogy, Bridge of Souls takes readers on a supernatural journey through the jazz-filled, haunted streets of New Orleans. After traversing the spectral landscapes of Edinburgh in City of Ghosts and Paris in Tunnel of Bones, young ghost-hunter Cassidy Blake faces her most formidable adversary […]
My Old Man by Ernest Hemingway was first published in his 1923 book Three Stories and Ten Poems. The story was later included in his collection of stories, In Our Time, published in 1925 . This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. My Old Man […]