Book Review: The X-Files and Philosophy, edited by Robert Arp

This book was reviewed for the San Francisco Book Review   Aah, but this show, one of the first big serial paranormal dramas, shaped a large chunk of my teenage years. I’ve always loved the unknown, the unexplained, the unusual. There’s a great deal of philosophy embedded in the X-Files, to be sure. The X-Files […]

Book Review: Are We Happy Yet? by Lisa Cypers Kamen

  This egalley was reviewed for Dragon Gypsy Publishing via Netgalley   Happiness is an elusive beastie, that responds better to gentleness than brute force. In Are We Happy Yet?, Kamen will teach you how to tame that shy, skittish creature we call happiness, and aid you in cultivating a permanent relationship with it. Kamen […]

Book Reviews: Moana, adapted by Suzanne Francis

  This book was purchased for my niece.   This is the story of Moana, a young woman who braves the ocean beyond the reefs that surround her island home. The land is dying and the fish are gone. Legend says that if the Heart of Te Fiti is restored to its proper place, then […]

Book Review: The Wisdom of Not Knowing by Estelle Frankel

This book was reviewed for the Manhattan Book Review   Using lessons garnered from such diverse sources as Jewish mysticism, Buddhism, psychology, mythic studies, and spiritual alchemy, Frankel offers a new way of looking at the unknown, and embracing the chaos of uncertainty. As we age, we lose the wonder of the child, for whom […]

Book Review: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by JK Rowling

I purchased this book for my own reading pleasure, with no expectations of a review   Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is the first book in Rowling’s phenomenal Harry Potter series. This is the British version of the book, with the stone Flamel created properly called the Philosopher’s Stone. Why the American release had […]

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 […]

Book Review: Mudman by James Hunter

  This book was reviewed via Netgalley   Hunter’s Mudman is a timeless tale of striving against evil. Levi is a mudman- a golem- who was created in the death camps of Nazi Germany, infused with the desire to kill those who torment and torture the innocent. Sixty years on, Levi still lives, continuing to […]

Book Review- The Summer that Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel

This book was reviewed via Netgalley   The Summer that Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel is a philosophical gem reminiscent of Stephen King. This is the story of the summer of 1984, a summer of shattered illusions and innocence lost. It is the story of two young boys brought together through the most unlikely of […]

Book Review- The Book of SHE by Sara Avant Stover

  This book was reviewed for the San Francisco Book Review   Stover’s Book of SHE was an amazing journey of self-discovery. I had not intended to get as drawn into it as I did. I felt compelled to stop and carry out the appropriate tasks, which slowed my reading.   Stover details an alchemic […]

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