Amazon.com(Kindle Edition)/ Barnes and Nobles (Nook Edition)/ Google Books/Kobo/ Goodreads(all other editions Review Written by: Shonda Wilson Bellman & Black Novel written by:Diane Setterfield Pubished by Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books Known for her subtle ventures into the unexplained and enchanting, author Diane Setterfield received national acclaim for her novel The Thirteenth Tale. Her new novel Bellman…
Lestat Book Coven Newsletter #9
Are you new here, and this is your first time crossing over the threshold into a place that celebrates literature with a metaphysical dimension? Links of Interest for Fledgling Members: –Lestat Book Coven Meeting Room (this virtual space needs to be cleaned up a bit)- –Lestat Book Coven Facebook Group Page– Hi Coven Members!! Hiatus Notice: Unfortunately, I…
Review of Forgiving the Angel: Four Stories for Franz Kafka by Jay Cantor
Amazon.com (Kindle Edition)/ Barnes and Nobles (Nook Edition)/Kobo/Google Books Published by: Knopf, Doubleday Review written by: Jonathan E. Throughout history, certain artists and celebrities have carried a mystique that transcends their work itself. Bob Dylan, Andy Warhol, Babe Ruth, Miles Davis, John F. Kennedy; although all are famous for their specific contributions to art and…
“To be a light of chivalry unto the people…” -review of Ian Anderson’s Knight
Amazon (Kindle edition)/Kobo/ Google Books/ Publisher: Matador (February 14, 2013) Review by: Lindsey When skimming through recent and soon to be released books, Knight kept demanding and holding my attention. Which is a bit strange; I hardly ever read knights tales, especially not those written from the knight’s point of view. Maybe it has to…
Snark in the Attic: A special “Flowers in the Attic” Review
Amazon.com (Kindle Edition)/Barnes and Nobles (Nook Edition)/Kobo Published by: Pocket Books First and foremost, I want to say thank you to Pocket Books (imprint of Simon and Schuster) for both providing complementary copies of these books (Flowers in the Attic and Petals in the Wind), and for also partially inspiring the idea of…
When He was Fifteen Years Old…
Golden Boy: A Novel Abigail Tarttelin Atria Books/Simon&Schuster Amazon.com (Kindle Edition)/Barnes and Nobles (Nook Edition)/Kobo/IndieBound(Buy from local, independent bookstore!!) As it was in Jeffrey Eugenides’ brilliant Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Middlesex, the literary roots of Golden Boy can be traced to Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Book IV—the myth of the beautiful son of Hermes and Aphrodite. The “golden…
Dani Hoots’ Review of Deadly Curiosities by Gail Z. Martin
Deadly Curiosities by Gail Z. Martin Amazon(Paperback)/Barnes and Nobles(Paperback) Book Published by: Solaris Review Written by: Dani Hoots Deadly Curiosities by Gail Z. Martin follows Cassidy Kincaide as she, a psychic who can see the history of almost any item with an imprint of its owner; Teag, who recently discovered he has the gift of…
Lestat Book Coven Newsletter Week#8
Are you new here, and this is your first time crossing over the threshold into a place that celebrates literature with a metaphysical dimension? Links of Interest for Fledgling Members: –Lestat Book Coven Meeting Room (this virtual space needs to be cleaned up a bit)- –Lestat Book Coven Facebook Group Page– Hi Coven Members!! Remember that our group…
Review of Joseph Boyden’s “The Orenda”
Amazon (Kindle Edition)/Barnes and Nobles (Nook Edition)/Kobo Published by: Knopf, Doubleday (Random House) Release Date: May 13,2014 When we learned about Native Americans in primary school, we were always taught about them as a homogeneous group, who unfortunately lost their proverbial stake in the fertile, seemingly feral wilderness of North America, once the European settlers…
Monthly Book Blogger Double Dare: VC Andrew’s “Flowers in the Attic and Petals on the Wind”
Information about this new monthly blog feature: Every month, I will dare myself to read a book series that has been maligned by many, scorned by many, stigmatized by many, or it is a series that someone of my demographic (twenty-four year old male) would not be expected, as dictated by societal and cultural norms, to…
Review of American Pastoral By Philip Roth
Amazon (Kindle Edition)/ Barnes and Nobles (Nook Edition)/Kobo Published by: Vintage/Random House Review Written by: Jonathan E. “Books are, let’s face it, better than everything else. If we played Cultural Fantasy Boxing League, and made books go fifteen round in the ring against the best that any other art form had to offer, then books…
Pills and Starships by Lydia Millet- a review by Jessica Curtis
Pills and Starships, written by: Lydia Millet Review Written by: Jessica Curtis Publisher: Akashic Books Release Date: May 19,2014 Amazon (Kindle Edition)/Barnes and Nobles (Nook Edition)/Kobo If you could dream or really have a nightmare of a future where the population is controlled by the government you would be dreaming of the world portrayed in Lydia Millet’s…
A Bibliophile's Reverie 