Category: Book Reviews

The Fire Inside: A Companion for the Creative Life by Lucy Adkins, Becky Breed Have you ever had something come into your life at exactly the right moment? When a change was desperately needed, there was that email, or that phone call, or that random book in the mail. That was The Fire Inside: A…

by Sean Doolittle I absolutely adore Sean’s books. They move at a frenetic pace, keep you on the edge of your seat at all times, and leave you guessing how it’s going to end up until the very last page. The Cleanup fits nicely in that mold. It grabbed me with the first page, and…

by Jason Pargin What the hell did I just read? If you told me Jason Pargin wrote John Dies at the End during a 72-hour writing binge of acid dropped on top of a bag of mushrooms chased down by the worm from the bottom of a tequila bottle, it wouldn’t surprise me in the…

by Theodore Wheeler I had the pleasure to meet Theodore Wheeler on a few occasions recently and to hear him talk about his most recent book: The War Begins in Paris. The story of two women who meet in Paris in the late 1930s and become inextricably linked for the duration of World War II.…

by Marc J Gregson I didn’t want to like this book, I really didn’t. I’ve always said sci-fi, fantasy, alternate worlds with weird technology is not really my thing. Unless it’s Star Wars, then I’m all in. I love stories about people and the struggle with the human condition. I want to see them at…

By Gabino Iglesias I had been seeing folks post about this book quite a bit on Threads, so I thought I’d check it out. It was well-worth my time. Iglesias has written a twisted, dark, and challenging story, but in all the very best ways. We follow a group of sordid down-on-their-luck killers through the…

By Emersyn Park I had the pleasure of meeting Emersyn Park at a writer’s conference in Omaha and was intrigued to read her debut. Park has delivered a real page turner with some brutal twists and turns. I was absorbed in the characters and understanding what could possibly have happened to effect this family. A…

by Rainbow Rowell This is the book that started it all for me. Eleanor & Park changed the trajectory of my writing career. Well, career may be a bit strong. How about it changed the trajectory of my first novel. The idea for Bicentennial Summer had been rolling around in my head for years, but…