Reader Review: “Strange Sally Diamond”
by Gloria M (San Jose): Liz Nugent has written a family drama containing a totally original plot line and several disturbing twists with "Strange Sally Diamond." Sally is an extremely antisocial introvert at...
Reader Review: “Happiness Falls”
by Gloria M (San Jose): Angie Kim is an excellent writer! This is evident from her choice of quotes to comprise her epigraph at the very beginning of "Happiness Falls." Some readers may...
Reader Review: “Brain on Fire”
by Techeditor (Romeo, Michigan): How can a smart and industrious person suddenly be crazy? There are several possibilities, but Susannah Cahalan was lucky enough to be in the right place with the right doctors...
Reader Review: “One Last Kill”
by She Treads Softly: One Last Kill by Robert Dugoni is a very highly recommended procedural investigating cold cases from a serial killer and the tenth novel in the Detective Tracy Crosswhite series. ...
Reader Review: “The Butchers’ Blessing”
by Gloria M (San Jose): The novel "The Butchers' Blessing" is contained within a contemporary timeframe, from 1996 to 2018. Ruth Gilligan has crafted a totally original story and it is so compelling many...
Reader Review: “The Lincoln Conspiracy”
by Katherine Pond (POST MILLS): Meltzer and Mensch do it again-- they have produced an interesting, exciting and thoroughly researched report on a significant period in American history. Their writing and the use of...
Reader Review: “The Wren, the Wren”
by She Treads Softly: The Wren, the Wren by Anne Enright is very highly recommended literary fiction following the legacy of trauma in an Irish family.
Celebrated Irish poet Phil McDaragh is the...
Reader Review: “A Fever in the Heartland”
by Cathryn Conroy (Gaithersburg, Maryland): This book is terrifying. It is the stuff of nightmares. And it's such an extraordinary and important history book that it should be required reading for everyone.
When...
Reader Review: “Olga Dies Dreaming”
by Cathryn Conroy (Gaithersburg, Maryland): This is a remarkable and powerful story that is also a really good read, but the best description of all comes straight from author Xochitl Gonzalez: It's a big,...
Reader Review: “North Woods”
by Deborah C. (Highland Park, NJ): This book might be subtitled, "What we do for love": love of place, nature, parents, children, siblings; romantic love and illicit love, platonic and physical.
This remarkable...
