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 […]
I’m going to be Author of the Day in the Global Girls Online Bookclub on March 6! That means I’ll be doing giveaways and sharing lots of cool stuff about myself, my writing, my characters, and my published books. I’ll answer questions too! Join the group and join me on March 6! I’ll be around […]
On February 27 in 1869, The Pilot, an Irish-American newspaper, printed a disturbing letter from a Catholic priest that led me to do a bit of true crime investigation. The priest was writing on behalf of a girl named Margaret Nolan, 19. Ten or eleven years prior, she had been kidnapped while playing in the […]
Ever heard of Keokuk, Iowa? Some interesting history on an unusual location…. FOUNDING A NEWSPAPER Iowa was admitted to the Union in December of 1846, and its population was about 500. Around that time, a writer named Robert B. Ogden and his brother decided to head over to Iowa to open up a newspaper. Traveling […]
Myst: The Book of Atrus by Rand Miller My rating: 4 of 5 stars If you’ve ever enjoyed the Myst games, you will appreciate this book, which tells the background of how the Myst island came to be. The authors go very in-depth as to how world writing works, the mistakes that can be made, […]