Review written by Jonathan E. Amazon.com (Kindle Edition)/ Barnes and Nobles(Nook Edition)/Kobo Book Published by: Picador Books One of my favorite paradoxes that exists between literature and its readers is literature’s ability to compel its readers to want to go places to which they don’t really want to go. When I open my brand new…
Review of Susie Hara’s “Finder of Lost Objects,” (review written by: Paula Tupper)
Amazon (Kindle Edition or Print Edition)/Barnes& Nobles (Nook Edition/Print Edition)/Kobo/ Susie Hara’s ‘Finder of Lost Objects’ Review Written By: Paula Tupper Publication date: March 11, 2014 Publisher: Ithuriel’s Spear, San Francisco 206 pp. Paperback $16.00 Also available in e-edition There are so many tired variations on the mystery novel, that it is a welcome…
Lestat Book Coven Discussion Post #6
Song of the Week: GIF image of the Week: UPDATE FOR LESTAT FANS!!!!: Tonight is our first Live Chat, as a coven, at 8:30 pm. Eastern. Access the chat by clicking here!!! Can’t wait to see you all! Let’s make Lestat know that we are a serious vampire coven!!! Right now, I am a little bit backlogged,in terms…
Lestat Book Coven Newsletter Week #6-Assignment Details and Questions
Hi Coven Members- Thank you again for all your unwavering support of this coven. We are now entering the zone of becoming a serious vampire coven, as we enter our sixth week here. One of the things that greatly impressed me was the greater quantity of your thoughts about last week’s discussion questions. In order…
Review of “The Mapmaker’s War,” by:Ronlyn Domingue
Amazon (Kindle Edition)/ Barnes & Nobles (Nook Edition)/ Kobo Disclaimer: Atria Books kindly offered me a complementary review copy, in exchange for a fair, substantive review of this story. My own perception of my reading was not influenced in any way, and I am thankful, as always, for Atria Book’s amazing PR work, and the…
Find the Quirk Books Easter Eggs & Win Free Prizes
Disclaimer: Click the image of the monstrous, cannibalistic rabbit from Monty Python and the Holy Grail GIF above, if you want to do the Easter Egg Hunt the honest way. For those unwilling to decipher the clues and make logical deductions about where each of the elusive eggs are hidden on the Quirk Books Website, I have quickly…
Exciting News, About Possible New Publicity and Editing Services for Self-Published Writers
Disclaimer: Again, the website is not up and running yet, and this post is serving as a way of gauging interest, which will help me ascertain whether or not to go ahead with the next phase of developing a website and polishing other details!! So, plans for this service could change very suddenly, if nobody is…
Lestat Book Coven Discussion Post #5
Hello Coven Members- I’m posting here once again, as promised, and am providing the requisite discussion post for this week. If you’re not already aware, our discussions take place on our coven’s Facebook page or by leaving a comment below. In case, you wish to be updated on the events on the Coven’s page, via email,…
New Contributors and New Changes Coming to “A Bibliophile’s Reverie”
First off, I want to thank you, all those who have ever visited this blog space, for giving this blog the unprecedented chance to experience exponential growth, in just a matter of weeks. Throughout the entire month of March, I have been carefully wracking my brain over the types of changes that I sought…
Lestat Book Coven Week #5 Discussion and Assignment Details
Hi Coven Members- We are now on the threshold of our fifth week, and this group is still alive in some semi-functioning manner. Last week, I did receive a response to the fourth week’s reading on the Lestat Book Coven group on Facebook. Of course, those without access to Facebook are more than…
Review of Kate Morton’s “The Distant Hours”
Amazon.com (Kindle Edition)/ Barnes and Nobles (Nook Edition)/Kobo (for all other E-reader devices) Beginning with a rather discreet, frightful scene from an infamous fictional work called The Mud Man, The Distant Hours quietly whisks the readers off to mysterious terrain,and deliberately stretches the reader’s imagination with all sorts of questions. For example, the reader will most likely ponder…
Review of Apex Magazine; Issue No.59; April 2014 edition: Operation Fourth Story
Review of short, fictional story from this volume:”The Cultist’s Son,” written by: Ferret Steinmetz: What word or pair of words is best to describe this story? Mind-bending or psychedelic. I think “psychedelic,” is really the best word to describe the stylistic nature of this story, and how there is both a lot of fragmentation between…
A Bibliophile's Reverie 