Rituals Rhapsody in Blood Vol. One
Rituals is the first of four volumes in a modern odyssey by Roz Kaveney. Along with Neil Gaiman and Mary Gentle, Kaveney was one of the
Rituals is the first of four volumes in a modern odyssey by Roz Kaveney. Along with Neil Gaiman and Mary Gentle, Kaveney was one of the
The Girl Before The first mystery to be solved: who is JP Delaney? Before writing any book review, I generally check online to see what
THE OTHER WOMAN Emblazoned across the cover of Sandie Jones’ novel, The Other Woman, are words foreshadowing its amazing plot: “fiendishly clever with a twist
Missing American, African mystery untangled by Ghanian private detective Emma Djan If I were to summarize The Missing American in a single couplet, I would
A SECRET SISTERHOOD Almost every page of Emily Midorikawa and Emma Claire Sweeney’s book, A Secret Sisterhood, inversely took me back to my college studies.
Reading Journal 8 – Words Gone Astray Sometimes what makes a book important to me, or even remarkable, is not only the story told, or
MOSTLY WHITE DEPENDING ON WHO’S ASKING I picked up Mostly White at a trade show, choosing it solely because its publisher is Torrey House Press,
ASTRAY Emma Donoghue has concocted a collection of short stories that consider a single innovative theme. Astray features a diverse set of characters who have
REBEL CINDERELLA Adam Hochschild renews my faith in biographers and the art of biography. Rebel Cinderella models the very best of this sort of intellectual
How to Be a Good Wife, Emma Chapman’s chillingly captivating debut novel, begins with a statement by narrator Marta Bjornstad: “Today, somehow, I am a smoker.”
MOSTLY WHITE, UNLESS ALSO BLACK AND NATIVE AMERICAN I continue to be impressed by the quality of the books published by Torrey House Press. Each
One Glorious Ambition: The Compassionate Crusade of Dorothea Dix An author of biographical fiction makes a number of critical decisions. The more that is known
The Invention of Nature – Alexander von Humboldt’s New World Territorial Nevadans in the 19th century considered naming their new state-to-be Humboldt. Instead, the famous
ANTHEM FOR A BURNISHED LAND: WHAT WE LEAVE IN THIS DESERT OF WORK AND WORDS Sitting alongside the Little Walker River last weekend, contemplating Nevada’s
Frog Music – Emma Donoghue, Monday, April 10, 2017, 7:00 p.m. Clayton Community Library
VINCENT AND THEO: THE VAN GOGH BROTHERS Deborah Heiligman has written an extraordinarily creative biography. Not only does Vincent and Theo portray the van Gogh
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