Guest Post from Author, Rita Woods

There are many endless ways for writers to tell a story. For that group of writers, who are fascinated by the stories that comprise our past, that is doubly true. These stories that make up our history can be told by simply stating the facts, or at least stating them as perceived by the writer,…

A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership by James Comey

Interesting title, interesting read…….. **** When I review a nonfiction book, I look for how well it is written, how well the author knows their subject, and what did I learn that I did not know. Usually, this is … Continue reading →</a

A Lens Without A Face by Maddisen Alexandra

An extraordinary gifted poet….. ***** Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings…” In this sense, Maddisen Alexandra is a true poet. In this collection of 101 poems, she invokes emotion and thought in the reader in a way … Continue reading →</a

The Spinster and the Prophet: A Review

This review appeared earlier, but I am sharing it again while I am recuperating. Enjoy. The Spinster and the Prophet: H.G. Wells, Florence Deeks and the Case of the Plagiarized Text by A.B. McKillop Themes: intellectual rights, gender roles, marriage, women’s rights, suffrage, sexism, free love, Canadian history, publishing, fame Setting: Toronto and London, early 20th

Review: Fallen by Rebecca Zanetti

Synopsis: New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Zanetti delivers a pulse-pounding new read filled with her trademark edge of your seat action in the latest book in her Deep Ops series… Too quiet. A talented hacker who got caught, Brigid Banaghan is now forced to work with a secret Deep Ops unit. But she won’t…

Review: Remembrance by Rita Woods

Synopsis: Remembrance by Rita Woods is a breakout historical debut with modern resonance, perfect for the many fans of The Underground Railroad and Orphan Train. Remembrance…It’s a rumor, a whisper passed in the fields and veiled behind sheets of laundry. A hidden stop on the underground road to freedom, a safe haven protected by more…

Tears of Heaven

It’s a well written and enjoyable story and should appeal to more than just the fans of the genre.

Book review — Zen in the Art of Archery by Eugen Herrigel

I have read so many books about the practice of Zen Buddhism that it is difficult to choose a particular one that influenced me. And in fact I read Eugen Herrigel’s thin volume after I had read four or five dozen others, and after the moon of my own passion for the subject had waned.

Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Often, reading books at different times in one’s life produces different results and different interpretations. But perhaps no book makes a clearer demarcation between adolescence and adulthood than J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye. This cult classic is a litmus test for growing up. When I read this masterpiece as a teen, I thought Holden

Heroin Haikus by William Wantling, reviewed

Heroin Haikus by William Wantling / Tangerine Press / 2016 / 20 pages / 978-1-910691-18-2 William Wantling’s Heroin Haikus, out of print for fifty years, was recently published in a new edition by London’s Tangerine Press. The book’s last page features a biographical sketch of the poet. From 1958 to 1963, Wantling was incarcerated at

Book Review – Michel Leiris’ Nights as Day, Days as Night

Nights as Day, Days as Night by Michel Leiris / Spurl Editions / 196 pages / $17.50 / Translated by Richard Sieburth, with a foreword by Maurice Blanchot Spurl Editions has republished this long-out-of-print collection of Michel Leiris’ dreams. In the way that dreams can reflect and shine light upon one’s waking life, these dream

Trout Fishing in America by Richard Brautigan, reviewed by Eric D. Lehman

Richard Brautigan’s 1967 novella Trout Fishing in America is a difficult book. The opening chapter, “The Cover for Trout Fishing in America,” immediately puts the reader off balance, with a description of the actual book cover that we enter into, as if it is a magic portal. “Around five o’clock in the afternoon of my

Review: The Silenced by Heather Graham

Synopsis: Where is Lara Mayhew? Lara, a congressman’s media assistant, suddenly quits her job—and disappears on the way to her Washington, DC, apartment. Novice FBI agent Meg Murray, a childhood friend of Lara’s, gets a message from her that same night, a message that says she’s disillusioned and “going home.” To Richmond, Virginia. Meg discovers…

Review: The Fragments by Toni Jordan

Synopsis: INGA Karlson died in a fire in New York in the 1930s, leaving behind three things: a phenomenally successful first novel, the scorched fragments of a second book— and a mystery that has captivated generations of readers. Nearly fifty years later, Brisbane bookseller Caddie Walker is waiting in line to see a Karlson exhibition…

You’d Be Mine ~ Erin Hahn

Rating: 4/5 I thoroughly enjoyed this romantic drama featuring two teen country singers. I felt as though their passion, drama, and developing interests were relatable and kept the pace of the book moving steadily along. Annie Mathers, our protagonist quickly falls for bad-boy musician Clay. The foreshadowing is heavy handed enough to see where the

Review: The Last Romantics

Synopsis: “The greatest works of poetry are the stories we tell about ourselves.” When the renowned poet Fiona Skinner is asked about the inspiration behind her iconic work, The Love Poem, she tells her audience a story about her family and a betrayal that reverberates through time. It begins in a big yellow house, with…

Bears Behaving Badly – Maryjanice Davidson

A new series by Maryjanice Davidson and it is a funny and quicky as her pervious series without seeming to just be a rerun of them, so if you enjoy a book with a lot of giggles mixed in with your romance then I highly recommend this one or really anything written by Maryjanice Davidson.

Review: Just Friends by Charity Ferrell

Synopsis: Someone should have warned me about falling in love with my best friend. Carolina Little did I know when Rex came to my locker attempting to bribe me, that he’d turn into my everything. We’d become best friends. I’d steal his heart. He’d steal mine. Nothing has changed in the years of our friendship….

2019 Reading Challenges

Each year I like to track my books in different ways. In past years, I’ve participated in Read Harder Challenge from Book Riot, or Popsugar’s reading challenge. In 2019, I tracked my books the way I have for the last several years, by tracking authors’ gender, race, and LGBT themes in books. I also challenged

Review: The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

Synopsis: The only child of a single mother, Nina has her life just as she wants it: a job in a bookstore, a kick-butt trivia team, a world-class planner and a cat named Phil. If she sometimes suspects there might be more to life than reading, she just shrugs and picks up a new book….

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