I have a bone to pick with Kevin J. Anderson. I signed up for his Dan Shamble Kickstarter and one of the stretch rewards was Two Short Novels from Saga of the Seven Suns. As a fan of the series I read them. And now, I am in the middle of re-reading the seven book …
I believe T. Thorn Coyle recommended a book called Firefly Magic, which I just got to in my To Be Read Pile. I could have started it sooner but I doubted I would have gotten as much out of it earlier in my healing process. Spoiler Alert: I was right. It’s marketing for highly sensitive …
I don’t do as many book reviews as I could considering that I hit my reading goal of 104 books back in September and that didn’t count two or three beta reads I did for author friends. I’m just a reading machine, particularly this year. I do use affiliate links when I link to books …
The Warmest December by Bernice L. McFadden isn’t a happy read but it’s an important one. Beautifully written, this tale takes you through a young woman’s last months with her father. Her earlier life is told in flashbacks, each one slightly worse than the last. The emotional conflict she feels over losing this man is …
To Raise a Clenched Fist to the Sky is the first in a series of books by T. Thorn Coyle. You won’t have read anything else like it. This is one of those rare alternative history novels that has young Black woman as it’s protagonist. In fact, the entire book is centered around the Black …
Salt Houses by Hala Alyan is an evocative family story set in the Middle East. The family is Palestinian and various wars and marriages move the daughters of the family throughout the region offering glimpses of what it is to be part of that fabric of the world. The story for me was just okay …