In a Country With No Name by Ron Morris Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Travel ISBN: 9781939270153 Print Length: 222 pages Amazon Reviewed by Melissa Suggitt Catch Me If You Can meets The Quiet American—a spy thriller filtered through a backpacker’s sunburn and a shot of Red Bull Bert Mars is a sharp-tongued English […]
Stopping to Feel by S.L. Collins Genre: Memoir ISBN: 9798988975786 Print Length: 280 pages Amazon Bookshop Reviewed by Samantha Hui | Content warnings: cancer A vital memoir about the dangers of inheriting silence S. L. Collins’ Stopping to Feel is an intimate memoir that explores the long-casted shadow of generational trauma, the complex ways we […]
Powerful by Lauren Roberts on April 30, 2024 Genres: Young Adult Fiction / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories, Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy / Dark Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy / Romance, Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Class Differences Pages: 256 Format: Hardcover Buy on Amazon Goodreads “See you in the […]
One of Twins by Ambrose Bierce was first published in The San Francisco Examiner on October 28, 1888 and was included in Bierce’s 1893 collection of supernatural tales Can Such Things Be? This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. One of Twins by Ambrose Bierce […]
The Kingdom That Never Existed by Alicia Stonecastle Genre: Children’s Picture Book ISBN: 9798310494886 Print Length: 34 pages Amazon Reviewed by Jaylynn Korrell A surprising story about friendship, an evil frog, and the last mosquito on earth The Kingdom That Never Existed is a classic princess-on-a-mission story with an unusual twist. Supercharged with fun rhymes, […]
Shelley Read’s debut novel Go as a River emerges like morning mist over the Colorado landscape—ethereal, haunting, and impossible to forget. This sweeping historical fiction weaves together the intimate story of Victoria Nash with the broader tapestry of mid-20th century America, creating a narrative that flows with the inexorable power of the river that serves […]
The Other Book by Alexey L. Kovalev Genre: Fantasy / Experimental ISBN: 979-8891325500 Print Length: 210 pages Publisher: Atmosphere Press Amazon Bookshop Reviewed by Joelene Pynnonen A convention-breaking novel that explores the intricacies of human experience During the COVID-19 pandemic, Paul, a young doctor working in an intensive care unit, discovers a piece of writing […]
Saint Catherine of Secaucus by Ann King Genre: Literary Fiction ISBN: 9798891325395 Print Length: 280 pages Publisher: Atmosphere Press Amazon Bookshop Reviewed by Timothy Thomas A thoughtful narrative contemplating the impact of loss & abandonment on faith and the possibility of redemption in its death Saint Catherine of Secaucus is a moving work of literary […]
The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark on June 3, 2025 Genres: Fiction / Thrillers / Psychological, Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense, Fiction / Women Pages: 368 Format: ARC Buy on Amazon Goodreads Julie Clark’s The Ghostwriter is a haunting, slow-burn mystery that sinks its hooks in gradually—and then refuses to let go. Told through dual POVs […]
Synopsis: Never turn your back on the ocean… 2023. Another person has disappeared at Dead Man’s Cove in coastal Washington. Jaded from her job at the historic Irving Hotel, Zarya wanders to the scene of the tragedy. She has heard her Russian mother’s tales of rusalki—vengeful spirits that have died unclean deaths near a body of water—and […]