Synopsis: There are great deserts in space… So began The Voided Man. Prisoner Number One has survived in the void. He has even thrived there. But the question remains, can he ever leave there? If so, by what possible method? And at what risk to himself and others? Return to the void, and learn if it offers […]
Grimwell by Michael Belanger Genre: Fantasy / Humor ISBN: 9781960456090 Print Length: 314 pages Publisher: Woodhall Press Buy from Amazon Buy from Bookshop Reviewed by Samantha Hui A book-lover’s fantasy, replete with humor, creativity, and an appreciation for the power of storytelling “To be a character in a book—let alone in your own life—you had […]
13 Kids’ Books to Get Your Children Excited About Reading by Toni Woodruff, Joe Walters, and Jaylynn Korrell Kids’ books are like windows to a new world. These little people are just trying to figure out this life on earth thing. They know only what they know, and we see why they know what they […]
A Passion in the Desert by Honoré De Balzac was published in 1830 and is one of the Scenes from Military Life of La Comédie Humaine. This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. A Passion in the Desert by Honoré De Balzac A Passion in […]
Synopsis: It’s 1957. Marion works for a Memphis record company, roaming the South in search of great songs from Black bands. He buys their songs to be re-recorded by White artists up north. Marion has two families, a White family in Meridian, MS, wife Christine and sons Lloyd and Linden and a Black family in […]
A Wagner Matinee by Willa Cather was first published in Everybody’s Magazine in February 1904. In 1906, it appeared in Cather’s first published collection of short stories, The Troll Garden. A Wagner Matinee by Willa Cather A Wagner Matinee by Willa Cather I received one morning a letter, written in pale ink on glassy, blue-lined […]
Infrequent Frequencies, Rare Resonance by G.E. Poole Genre: Science / Spirituality ISBN: 9781923156562 Print Length: 488 pages Buy from Amazon Buy from Bookshop Reviewed by Kathy L. Brown Discover your role in the cosmos with this fascinating intersection of science and faith. Infrequent Frequencies, Rare Resonance takes on the biggest of topics: life and death, […]
The Ascenditure by Robyn Dabney Genre: Fantasy / Feminist ISBN: 9781646034758 Print Length: 324 pages Publisher: Fitzroy Books Buy from Amazon Buy from Bookshop Reviewed by Lindsay Crandall A stunning feminist mountaineering fantasy Klarke Ascher will have to pass a near-impossible test if she wants to earn herself a spot as an Ascenditure—to join an elite […]
Synopsis: DON’T MISS YOUR SECOND CHANCE. It’s not often that we get to try again, cuz life very seldom deals a second chance.Most people don’t even notice when they get one dropped in their lap like a miracle.But I noticed. I’ve lost Cassidy once, and come hell or high water, I won’t make the same […]
The Hate Game by Gary Trew Genre: Memoir ISBN: 9781738245413 Print Length: 288 pages Buy from Amazon Buy from Bookshop Reviewed by Elizabeth Zender A moving memoir about a young man learning what it means to be himself In 1972, eleven-year-old Gary Trew began school at The Knoll School for Boys, nicknamed “Knollditz”by its pupils. […]