Book Review: Angie Kim’s successful debut novel Miracle Creek is an emotional look at parenting and coming-of-age wrapped up in a whodunit
This book review first appeared on www.bookclubbabble.com. Angie Kim’s debut novel Miracle Creek stays with the reader long after you’ve finished. At times touching and uplifting, and at times sad, Miracle Creek is always emotionally moving. Miracle Creek has been a wildly successful debut novel. Time has called it a “gripping… page-turner.” The Washington Post has called it “a stunning debut about parents, children and […]
E A Aymar’s latest thriller probes the depths of the human psyche
The Unrepentant: A Thriller by E.A. Aymar is a fiction novel that is not for the faint of heart. It deals with sex trafficking and paints what is likely a realistic picture of how women who find themselves in bad personal situations get drawn into that terrible predicament. In addition to relaying the story of Charlotte, a […]
Book Review: The Adventures of Frank and Diesel: Frank’s First Christmas
Another book in The Adventures of Frank and Diesel series, Frank’s First Christmas is a heartwarming dog-centered tale involving five-year-old Saint Bernard Diesel and one-year-old pug Frank. Written by Melanie Slack and illustrated by Katie Green, this book is for beginning readers and follows the exploits of real-life Frank and Diesel (who are part of […]
The Artist: Can Love Save a Man from Himself?
*This review first appeared on bookclubbabble.com. The Artist is a compelling, richly written novel created by an author with the heart of a true artist. Lyra Shanti is a novelist, poet, playwright, and songwriter. She is the author of the science fiction Shiva series, which has won several awards, including the first place 2017 […]
Not Safe for the Bank(er): another winning humoricide from recovering attorney Una Tiers
I am thrilled to introduce my friend, Una Tiers, a Chicago author and recovering attorney. Una, who uses a nom de plume, is an avid reader and independent author in the Chicago area. Her early reading enthusiasm exhausted her grammar school library and she was introduced to the magnificence of the downtown Chicago Public Library. […]
A Long Thaw raises central themes about life and relationships
A Long Thaw free for you… Katie O’Rourke is an author of literary fiction that raises central themes about life and relationships. A Long Thaw is a compelling, multigenerational tale centered around two cousins. Abby and Juliet were close growing up. After Juliet’s parents divorced, the girls’ lives went in different directions. Abby was an only child […]
Book Review: The Gaia Effect, a peek inside a not-so-far-off dystopian future
Photo credit: Will Fuller, unsplash.com The Gaia Effect by Claire Buss is an entertaining, fast-paced read set in a world, which frankly, may not be as far-fetched as was once thought. Imagine a world where everyone is infertile and when you are ready to have children, you sign up for “Collection,” and are handed a synthetically […]
All the Ever Afters: A Powerful Rendition of the Stepmother’s Side of the Cinderella Story
This post was originally published on www.bookclubbabble.com April 13, 2018 – There are always at least two sides to every story. Perspective is everything and Danielle Teller’s novel has definitely delivered a different angle. Teller’s novel is a powerfully written rendition of the Cinderella story, from the point of view of the stepmother. It is […]
The Big Sheep: A delightfully humorous dystopian novel
Originally posted on www.bookclubbabble.com Robert Kroese’s The Big Sheep is a fun, genre-bending ride. Kroese is largely an author of humorous, deeply sarcastic science fiction, although he writes (and writes very well) in multiple genres. Indeed, I don’t think enough work has been done in the humorous sci-fi genre. Fans of Kroese’s Mercury series, which pokes tongue-in-cheek […]
Book Review: Patricia Cornwell Investigates Jack the Ripper
April 19, 2017 (Note: this review originally appeared on www.bookclubbabble.com.) I had never read any of Cornwell’s novels when I picked up a copy of Portrait of a Killer, her 2002 nonfiction investigative work on the Jack the Ripper murders. In Cornwell’s own words (as indicated in Sickert), she felt that she was called upon […]