by Kristopher | Oct 11, 2013 | Review
From the Booking Desk: This week, the blog has certainly been dominated by one new title, The Preservationist. First there was the BOLO listing; then the book appeared on this reading list; then the author, Justin Kramon, stopped by for an interview; and today, we...
by Kristopher | Oct 4, 2013 | Review
On the surface, Louise Doughty’s Apple Tree Yard reads as a fairly standard story of a love affair gone wrong; but just under the surface, readers will find a complex examination of human nature and the emotions related to it. The novel highlights how the choices we...
by Kristopher | Oct 2, 2013 | Review
From The Booking Desk: I don’t often cover older books here, because by nature, this blog is designed to highlight recent releases newly available to the reading public. But, since it is my blog, I do reserve the right to make exceptions. In this case, when I...
by Kristopher | Sep 27, 2013 | Review
There is a long-standing tradition of novels that alter an existing literary canon to suit the needs of a newer story. The Young Adult literary field is rife with this type of tweaking (not twerking). The latest example of this is The Clockwork Scarab by Colleen...
by Kristopher | Sep 25, 2013 | Review
Like many books that come out every year, John Searles’ Help For the Haunted, appears to be one thing, when it fact it is really much deeper than that surface impression may imply. In this case, what appears from its description to be a paranormal story is actually...
by Kristopher | Sep 13, 2013 | Review
There is little doubt that for those of us who are crime fiction fans, there are times when our brains need a break from peering into the dark souls of depraved human beings. So, when a book comes along that still has those mystery elements, but also has humor and a...
