by Kristopher | Mar 15, 2013 | Review
The Burn Palace, by Stephen Dobyns, begins with the haunting image of a hospital bassinet containing a red and yellow snake where once an infant boy rested. From there, the omniscient narrator takes us on a journey above the town of Brewster, RI. As we are shown...
by Kristopher | Mar 6, 2013 | Review
This winter, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC is running an international festival called Nordic Cool 2013. The festival dates are February 19-March 17. Nordic Cool 2013 is a celebration of all creative art forms from the Nordic region. ...
by Kristopher | Mar 1, 2013 | Review
The Misadventures of Edgar & Allan Poe by Gordon McAlpine and Sam Zuppardi The Misadventures of Edgar & Allan Poe by Gordon McAlpine is a middle-grade series that should appeal to young and old alike. The first book in the series, The Tell-Tale Start, has...
by Kristopher | Feb 8, 2013 | Review
Sara J. Henry’s second novel, A Cold and Lonely Place, is an atmospheric novel which exposes the reader to the Adirondacks and surrounding areas. Henry uses her background in journalism to lend a credible verisimilitude to one reporter’s investigation into a life...
by Kristopher | Feb 1, 2013 | Review
Say You’re Sorry is the latest novel in Michael Robotham’s series of books featuring clinical psychologist Joe O’Loughlin. This book finds Joe helping with the investigation of a present day murder that seems to have ties to a past case involving two missing girls. ...
by Kristopher | Jan 30, 2013 | Review
In 1994, Nicholas Barclay, age 13, disappeared from his hometown in Texas. In 1997, he reappeared in Spain. In 2012, Bart Layton created a documentary feature film that tells this unbelievable story. A story that reinforces the old adage that “Truth is...
