There’s something irresistibly satisfying about watching a fish out of water find their sea legs, especially when the journey is wrapped in steamy romance and genuine character growth. Tessa Bailey’s “It Happened One Summer,” the first installment in her Bellinger Sisters duology, delivers exactly this kind of emotional satisfaction, wrapped in a package of sizzling […]
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The Great Gatsby turns 100
The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway’s interactions with Jay Gatsby, the mysterious millionaire with an obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan. This post may contain affiliate […]
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Faithbreaker by Hannah Kaner
With Faithbreaker, Hannah Kaner delivers a searing and emotionally complex conclusion to the Fallen Gods trilogy, a series that has steadily carved its niche in the modern mythopoeic canon. Picking up the mantle from Godkiller and Sunbringer, this final installment is a storm of war cries, love lost and found, fractured alliances, and divine reckonings. […]
My desk faces a window looking out at an undeveloped section of parkland. In the winter I can see through the motley browns and golds to a path that winds along an embankment. In the summer, greenery fills in the empty spaces obscuring my surveillance of the trail but providing a lush backdrop for my office. I’m grateful for the view, but it used […]
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Sunbringer by Hannah Kaner
In Sunbringer, the second installment of Hannah Kaner’s Fallen Gods trilogy, the story begun in Godkiller stretches into even darker, richer territory. Kaner, who burst onto the fantasy scene with her bestselling debut, returns not merely to expand her world but to deepen it—to thrust her characters into the crucible of trauma, politics, faith, and […]
Paul Tremblay’s “A Head Full of Ghosts” is a chilling exploration of a family’s disintegration when their fourteen-year-old daughter begins displaying signs of severe mental illness—or is it demonic possession? This meticulously crafted novel weaves together elements of psychological horror, media criticism, and family trauma to create a deeply unsettling reading experience that lingers long […]
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The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus is not a book one merely reads; it is a world one falls into—like stepping through smoke into starlight. Set within the mysterious, monochromatic bounds of Le Cirque des Rêves, this novel blends fantasy, historical fiction, and a whisper of romance into a literary spell. At its core lies a […]
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Kill Switch by Penelope Douglas
Kill Switch by Penelope Douglas on March 12, 2024 Genres: Fiction / Coming of Age, Fiction / Romance / Contemporary, Fiction / Romance / New Adult Pages: 640 Format: eBook Buy on Amazon Goodreads “Because pain in the body quiets the pain in the head. It feels good, like a kill switch for your brain.” […]
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Christopher Null
Christopher Null is an award-winning journalist, editor, and novelist. Null has more than 25 years of experience working in business and technology journalism, having worked as a top editor for PC Computing, Smart Business, and New Architect magazines early in his career. He was the founding editor in chief of Mobile PC magazine in 2003, […]
The Terrible Truth About Litigation by Nik Lavrinoff Genre: Nonfiction / Law / Business ISBN: 9798989861316 Print Length: 388 pages Amazon Reviewed by Lisa Parker Hayreh Honest, pragmatic guidance from a litigation strategist for anyone in or contemplating litigation The author of The Terrible Truth About Litigation, Nik Lavrinoff, is a rare breed of consultant. […]