Review of Stephen Hunter’s “I,Ripper,” Including Literary Tea Recommendation &Special Giveaway

CONTEST ALERT: We are giving away one complimentary copy of the following book, Details can be found below, as to how to enter for your chance to win a copy of this smashing, heart-pounding thriller, I, Ripper, featuring the iconic Jack-the-Ripper. Amazon/Barnes& Nobles/Simon Schuster/IndieBound/Goodreads The electrifying new thriller from New York Times bestseller Stephen Hunter takes you…

Review of “The Buried Giant” by: Kazuo Ishiguro

Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/Goodreads “To die, to sleep – To sleep, perchance to dream – ay, there’s the rub, For in this sleep of death what dreams may come…” –William Shakespeare: Hamlet- In my undergrad years (my idealist, wanderlust years as an English undergrad), I wrote a Shakespeare essay, analyzing the dichotomous relationship between “light” and “dark,”…

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…

Review of “Station Eleven,” by: Emily St. John Mandel &Literary Tea Feature

Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/Books-A-Million/Goodreads “Survival is insufficient” -Star Trek: Voyager- Seasoned actor Arthur Leander, begins this stirring, dark apocalyptic tale, (fusing both melodramatic and darkly humorous elements),standing on a stage at a Toronto Shakespearean theater production, arrayed in the uniform of the tragic Shakespeare character of King Lear, looking outwards onto all the dazed, enthralled faces…