This book was reviewed via Netgalley Landon’s Anna and the King of Siam is a beautiful and moving work of historical fiction based on the true story of the life of Anna Leonowens during one remarkable period in her life. Interspersed throughout the narrative are sketches, courtesy of Margaret Ayers. This novel was […]
Month: September 2016
Book Review- Yetunde: An Ode to My Mother by Segilola Salami
This book was reviewed for the Manhattan and Seattle Book Reviews Yetunde: An Ode to My Mother is the second of Salami’s Yetunde books. This short, beautiful read is told from the perspective of Yetunde, a mere babe, who’s own ma has passed away. Yetunde narrates for us as her ma engages in a […]
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Book Review: The Complete Tor by Anthony Morgan-Clark
This book was reviewed for Reader’s Favourite The Complete Tor by Anthony Morgan-Clark is a collection of all three Tor novels, plus two short stories. Suicide, homicide, accidental death. The Tor doesn’t care the means, so long as blood toll is paid. /‘Ware the raven’s midnight call, ‘Ware […]
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Book Review- Animal Planet: Sharks! by Lori Stein
This book was reviewed via Netgalley Full of colourful pictures, Animal Planet: Sharks! by Lori Stein is a great teaching tool for young kids. Sharks are among the most mysterious, exciting, and oft misunderstood denizens of the deep. There are hundreds of shark species, and not all are what comes to mind when […]
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Book Review: Motions and Moments by Michael Pronko
This book was reviewed for the Online Book Club Moments and Motions is a collection of essays by Michael Pronko, a Western transplant to Tokyo, where he teaches at university, and writes essays on life in the techno-sprawl that is Japan’s capital city. The book is broken into several sections, each with a […]
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Book Review: In All Things by Marta Curti
This book was reviewed for Online Book Club *Click here to visit the OnlineBookClub page for this book. Curti’s In All Things is a beautiful testament to the interconnectedness of life, and how the vagaries of life are not as random as we think. The narrative jumps between three different perspectives, in […]
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First Look: Red Winter Excerpt
Excerpt for RED WINTER (Red Winter Trilogy Book 1) The yokai didn’t move, just held her in place with a strength she couldn’t fight. She tipped her head back to see his face, to gauge his intent. His gaze traveled across her room, intent and analyzing. Then his eyes flicked down and he appeared almost […]
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First Look: Red Winter by Annette Marie
A New Series from Amazon Best-Selling Author Annette Marie, RED WINTER is coming… “Her entire life had been forged by a terrible lie, and there was nothing she could do to change her fate.” In the enchanting new fantasy RED WINTER by Annette Marie, Emi Kimura has been preparing her entire life to become […]
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First Look: Red Winter Author Bio
Annette Marie is the author of the Amazon best-selling YA urban fantasy series Steel & Stone, which includes the 2015 Goodreads Choice Award nominee Yield the Night. Her first love is fantasy, a limitless realm of creativity where she can break all the boring rules of real life, but fast-paced urban fantasy, bold heroines, and tantalizing […]
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Spotlight: Labyrinth Lost Exerpt
1 Follow our voices, sister. Tell us the secret of your death. —-Resurrection Canto, Book of Cantos T he second time I saw my dead aunt Rosaria, she was dancing. Earlier that day, my mom had warned me, pressing a long, red fingernail on the tip of my nose, “Alejandra, don’t go downstairs when the […]
