Note from Editor: Beginning today, we have our first Bibliophile’s Film review, from freelancer Jo Vee, who will be occasionally submitting some of her own detailed, cerebral musings and editorials on films she has recently enjoyed. ** Do you wish to submit an article, for potential publication, here on A Bibliophile’s Reverie? Anyone, with even a casual…
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Review of Death Runs in the Family by: Greg Wilkey & Tea Feature
Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/Greg Wilkey’s Author Facebook Page/Goodreads On Anne Rice’s Facebook page, Greg Wilkey is a very frequent contributor to the ongoing discussions that take place there, and he actively shares details about two of his supernatural-themed series. His previous series, the Mortimer Drake books, were concisely-written, action-packed, and had a very rich mythological origin story…
Indie Author Appreciation Month-Review of Sumiko Saulson’s “Happiness & Other Diseases” & Literary Tea Feature
Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/Kobo/Goodreads/ Author Website/ Author Facebook Fan Page Sumiko Saulson’s devilishly clever new indie fiction mishmash of horror, paranormal romance, and psychological intrigue is, indeed, a pariah, maybe even an anomaly in the mainstream publishing world. It is a very unconventional book that offers a supernatural dimension to the mysterious, sometimes mind-bending world of…
2014 in review (Better than Facebook “Year in Review”)
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 49,000 times in 2014. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 18 sold-out performances for that many…
UPDATED INFORMATION on new Anne Rice Scholarly Compendium-Seeking Submissions!
An earlier version of this post appeared back in June, 2014, to be exact, resulting in receiving several well-written, probing essays, from many other individuals that have a strong intellectual interest in Anne Rice’s books. Many of her more casual readers also have very interesting, thoughtful perspectives about the different facets of her works. Anne Rice…
Review of “We Are Not Ourselves” by Matthew Thomas
Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/ Kobo/ Goodreads Let me preface this review, by saying that Matthew Thomas’ We Are Not Ourselves is not escapist fiction; this is gritty, unsparing realistic fiction that is done magnificently well. It has taken me approximately three months to read this novel, more from the difficulty of some of the later subject matter (not…
Review of “The Whirlwind in the Thorn Tree” by S.A. Hunt/Literary Tea Feature
INDIE AUTHOR APPRECIATION MONTH! Be sure to check out details on how to win a complimentary tea prize, courtesy of Mighty Leaf Tea Author’s Website/Amazon/Screwpulp/Goodreads Cautiously, I never deem a book with the superlative “this is the best thing I’ve ever read,” just like I resent putting an arbitrary star-rating on a book,which I…
Perdita by: Hilary Scharper Spotlight Tour
Perdita By Hilary Scharper Sourcebooks Landmark January 20, 2015 $16.99 Trade Paperback “Stunning… richly complex and unpredictable.” —Historical Novel Review Marged Brice is 134 years old. She’d be ready to go, if it weren’t for Perdita . . . The Georgian Bay lighthouse’s single eye keeps watch over storm and calm, and Marged grew up…
Review of “Neverhome” and The Journey: A Kronberg Thriller” Paula Tupper’s
Editorial Notes: Sorry to Paula Tupper, for the delay for the many wonderfully written reviews she sent me for the next three months. To make up for that wide gap of time that she she was left hanging, I will be dutifully posting all her reviews that still need to be posted over the next day…
Review of “The Night Butterflies,” By: Sara Litchfield/ Literary Tea Feature
INDIE AUTHOR APPRECIATION MONTH! Be sure to check out details on how to win a complimentary tea prize, courtesy of Mighty Leaf Tea Amazon/Barnes &Nobles/Books-A-Million/Goodreads/Book Buzz Encapsulating the experience of reading Sara Litchfield’s intense, almost psychedelic/nightmarish dystopian novel The Night Butterflies in linear words feels self-defeating, or even borderline futile (much like the process of reaching genetic…
Review of “Falling Starr” Trilogy, by Dani Hoots, Special “Literary Tea” Feature, Tea and Book Giveaway
GIVEAWAY ALERT!!!!!!!! ENTER TO WIN AN OMNIBUS COPY OF DANI HOOT’S FALLING STAAR TRILOGY, BY CLICKING THE PHOTO ABOVE!! (Also, a special giveaway, from Mighty Leaf, is also featured towards the bottom portion of this post!! Be sure to enter that as well.) All contests are open only to those, living in either the US/Canada. Amazon/…
Prince Lestat Discussion Post #1/Reading Assignment for Week of December 7th, 2014
SPOILER WARNING: Do not read the below post, if you have not had the chance to read Anne Rice’s Prince Lestat just yet. Discussion Post, Pertains Explicitly to Section Three of Part One, Entitled “Fareed and Seth.” Question Being Discussed/ Analyzed in this Post: 1. Science emerges as something that plays a stronger role in the Vampire…
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