A Gracious Neighbor by Chris Cander My rating: 4 of 5 stars The style and voice of this novel are very well done. We’ve got an excellent Deep POV here—something enjoyable for readers and a great learning tool for authors to study. We have an unusual form of unreliable narrator who considers herself, for example, […]
Historical fiction author Margaret Pinard has taken the Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag and turned it into an authortube-style tag! Margaret, JC Carpenter, and I did this live, discussing our books, author goals, characters, writing tools, and more. We had a great time! Check out the panel’s books
David M. Kelly and I took over Lurking for Legends for our interview with Mack Little! She was fabulous to talk to, and if you think her books are “just” historical romance and horror, think again. There’s something for everyone in her novels, both of which are series starters. Her next books should be coming […]
Watch Lurking for Legends co-hosts Richard H. Stephens, David M. Kelly, and me read (more like act!) live excerpts from historical fantasy authors Anita Stewart, Lindsey Pogue, and…me! This was a highly entertaining episode in which show hosts Richard and David may have finally completed their quest of making me laugh! What’s historical fantasy anyway? […]
Chronicles of the Undead by A.F. StewartMy rating: 5 of 5 stars Told wholly via journal entries, Chronicles of the Undead takes us through three people’s journals, all from the same family. Their perspectives on the same subjects are different, but the obsession with vampires is insidious. Stewart manages to keep the dark feel throughout […]
Broken Faith: Inside the Word of Faith Fellowship, One of America’s Most Dangerous Cults by Mitch Weiss My rating: 5 of 5 stars An absolutely incredible and necessary expose on one of the worst church cults ever, author Mitch Weiss did such thorough research to bring Word of Faith Fellowship’s abuse and illegal activities to […]
We are the Kings by Ariane Torres My rating: 3 of 5 stars At times incredibly insightful and deep while at others overly detailed in irrelevance, We Are the Kings looks at life through the lens of someone who has just lost their grandmother, a woman whose life it turns out she only partially knew. […]
This late 19th century image is meant to be satirical, a role reversal of men and women of the time. The woman is “wearing the pants” (not literally allowed in real life yet though, that was still off limits), wearing a masculine hat, and worst of all, reading a newspaper. ::shock horror!:: In Victorian times, […]
St. Patrick’s Day has become synonymous with drinking in modern days, but do you know what kinds of celebrations they had in the 1850s? The Pilot, an Irish-American newspaper in Boston, dedicated the whole of page 2 of their April 10, 1858 issue to the many celebrations in different areas of the States and world. […]
Family Money by Chad ZunkerMy rating: 3 of 5 stars This suspense book lacked real suspense a lot of the time. The overwhelming source of tension throughout most of it was whether Alex’s wife would find out he’s lying to her since that’s something she can’t abide. That’s not enough for a suspense/thriller book. That’s […]