by Kristopher | Jul 25, 2014 | Review
Reading can give you access to people and places once thought to be inaccessible. In the case of Julia Dahl’s debut novel, Invisible City, readers are granted entry to the fascinating world of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Borough Park, Brooklyn. Invisible...
by Kristopher | Jul 18, 2014 | Review
In her latest novel, The Competition, Marcia Clark confronts the current crisis involving school shootings head-on. While touching on all the most controversial aspects of these investigations, Clark still manages to avoid any sensationalism. The Competition is an...
by Kristopher | Jul 11, 2014 | Review
Everyone knows that writing a novel is not easy, but every time I read historical fiction, I am always amazed at the level of research that is required. With a non-historical book, the author can typically alter things to fit the needs of the story. However, when...
by Kristopher | Jul 2, 2014 | Review
Someone Else’s Skin by Sarah Hilary is a debut novel, but you would never know it from the reading experience. When picking up a book by an unknown author, there really is no way to know if you are going to enjoy it. Certainly, you can read reviews, get...
by Kristopher | Jun 27, 2014 | Review
Alafair Burke is the type of writer who knows how to tap into the collective societal psyche and pluck out just the right hot-button topic around which to build a thrilling crime procedural. She has done it time and time again and things are no different with her...
by Kristopher | Jun 20, 2014 | Review
The Oxford dictionary definition of bittersweet is “arousing pleasure tinged with sadness or pain.” This would also be an apt description of one’s experience reading Miranda Beverly-Whittemore‘s Bittersweet. Of course, I mean that in only the best possible sense....
