Category: Review

Children of Dust: A Memoir of Pakistan by Ali Eteraz

  Normally during November I don’t ready anything written by anyone else.  I’m afraid I will unconsciously pick up a scene, a phrase or a style that will influence my NaNoWriMo project.  One book I’ve been reading this month is Children of Dust: A Memoir of Pakistan by Ali Eteraz. From the book jacket: Ali Eteraz’s Children… Continue reading Children of Dust: A Memoir of Pakistan by Ali Eteraz

Green Books Campaign – Review of The Cardinal Divide by Stephen Legault

This review is part of the Green Books campaign. Today 100 bloggers are reviewing 100 great books printed in an environmentally friendly way. Our goal is to encourage publishers to get greener and readers to take the environment into consideration when purchasing books. This campaign is organized by Eco-Libris, a  a green company working to green up the book industry by… Continue reading Green Books Campaign – Review of The Cardinal Divide by Stephen Legault

A Field Guide to Burying Your Parents by Liza Palmer

With one parent dead another in the hospital from a stroke, Grace Hawkes wishes she had a field guide to burying her parents.  That would make her present situation easy and she hasn’t had easy in her life for a long time.  She walked away from her siblings and boyfriend five years ago after her… Continue reading A Field Guide to Burying Your Parents by Liza Palmer

Once Dead, Twice Shy by Kim Harrison

   In Once Dead, Twice Shy, Kim Harrison introduces the reader to Madison Avery shortly after her 17th birthday.  It’s an understatement to say her birthday isn’t the best day of her life.  The all important high school ritual of prom is the same day, her date is the son of her father’s friend who… Continue reading Once Dead, Twice Shy by Kim Harrison

A Change in Altitude by Anita Shreve

My body was sitting on the beach at Topsail Island, North Carolina but my mind was transported to the dusty streets of Nairobi before the seasonal rains while reading A Change of Altitude.  It was not surprising to learn Anita Shreve once lived in Kenya.  Only someone who lived there could capture the moral questions that… Continue reading A Change in Altitude by Anita Shreve

A Spell for the Revolution by C.C. Finlay

  After making early gains on the battlefields, General Washington’s struggling young armies are being relentlessly pressed back by British troops and Hessian mercenaries. Among the enemy’s ranks is a mysterious force from the Covenant, a secret society of evil witches that for centuries has been pulling the strings of European history: a Hessian necromancer… Continue reading A Spell for the Revolution by C.C. Finlay

The Book of Unholy Mischief by Elle Newmark

In 1498 Venice, Luciano is caught stealing a pomegranate in the market by the doge’s chef.  Chef Ferrero brings the homeless boy to the kitchen to begin life as his apprentice.  Luciano is provided with room and board in return for emptying and refilling the cistern and running the prepared food from the kitchen to… Continue reading The Book of Unholy Mischief by Elle Newmark

The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts by Tom Farley, Jr., and Tanner Colby

 The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts is a remembrance of Chris Farley as a person and a comic.  Comprised of interviews, the book is a surprisingly fast read.  The interviews come from his brothers, kids he grew up with, and people from the comedy world.  It was surprising to find out Chris… Continue reading The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts by Tom Farley, Jr., and Tanner Colby

Dead Men’s Boots by Mike Carey

All book reviews this week have come courtesy of Miriam at Hachette Book Group.  Thank you, Miriam, for making sure I received these books. Mike Carey’s Dead Men’s Boots was released last week and is the third book featuring Felix Castor aka Fix to his close friends.  He’s a man who specializes in spiritual services. … Continue reading Dead Men’s Boots by Mike Carey

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