I received a copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review Earthbound by Mari Collier is the first of the Maca books. Set in America’s Old West, it is certainly not my typical fare, and I’ll admit to being more than a little sceptical at first. Even though […]
Month: October 2016
Book Review: The Empty Room by Sarah Clemens
This book was reviewed for Xpresso Book Tours The Empty Room is Sarah Clemens’ debut novel about a pair of newlyweds who move to the sleepy town of Eastbrook, Maine to get away from the drudgery and rat-race of their former jobs with different advertising agencies. Dean and Elizabeth purchase a Victorian […]
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Book Review: A Time for Dragonflies and Angels by JM Erikson
I received a copy of this book in exchange for a fair and impartial review A Time for Dragonflies and Angels by JM Erikson is a compilation of five short stories whose main focus deals with the notion of parallel universes. Recount Our Dreams: This is the story of a man participating in […]
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Marie Benedict’s Top 6 Historical People to Meet
As a writer of historical fiction, somedays I feel like an archaeologist, cobbling together an understanding of a past person or place from an amalgam of letters and artifacts and abandoned spaces. Using my own mixture of logic and fiction, I fill in the blanks between the signposts left by history. But, of course, sometimes […]
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Book Review: The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict
This book was reviewed for the Manhattan and Seattle Book Reviews, and Netgalley The Other Einstein, by Marie Benedict, is a look at lost dreams, failing hopes, and ‘what ifs’. What if Mileva, little known first wife of Albert Einstein, had never forsaken her path, and graduated with a physics degree as she had […]
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Book Review: Which Way is Up? by Cameron Hendricks
This book was reviewed for Reader’s Favourite Hendricks’ Which Way is Up is a collection of poems focusing on the balance between the darker things in life with the lighter ones. I love the quote at the beginning of the first section that reminds us that you need darkness and sadness in order for […]
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Book Review: Poetry for the Soul by Bhunga Enoch Noyila
This book was reviewed for Reader’s Favourite Noyila’s Poetry for the Soul is a beautiful collection of poetry following a range topics. Favourites include: ‘A Good Book’, because it is so true to my own feelings. Truly good books captivate. They are the keys to places your soul can dwell. I can’t […]
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Book Review: A Criminal Magic by Lee Kelly
This book was reviewed via Netgalley Kelly’s A Criminal Magic is the story of an alter-Earth in which magic exists, and to which sorcerers were subject to a magical prohibition during the time of (our) America’s Prohibition on alcohol. It is a bewitching tale spun around two individuals whose families have been ripped asunder […]
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Spotlight: A Criminal Magic by Lee Kelly
A Criminal Magic by Lee Kelly Publication date: February 2nd 2016 Genres: Fantasy, Historical, Young Adult Synopsis THE NIGHT CIRCUS meets THE PEAKY BLINDERS in Lee Kelly’s new crossover fantasy novel. Magic is powerful, dangerous and addictive – and after passage of the 18th Amendment, it is finally illegal. It’s 1926 in Washington, DC, […]
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Book Review: Shifting in the Realms by Theresa Snyder
This book was reviewed for Online Book Club Find the book’s Online Bookclub page here. Snyder’s Shifting in the Realms is one of the Twin Cities Series, a collection of novellas written by different authors. This one focuses on Cody, a wolf shifter who fled to the Realms after dying, and who has […]
