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 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 The Ghost in the Electric Blue Suit by Graham Joyce

Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/ Books-A-Million/ Goodreads       Combining the air of whimsical charm of Tim Burton’s Big Fish and the slightly offbeat, lugubrious melodrama of Donnie Darko,you end up with my best description of the type of unconventional storytelling that is at the heart of Graham Joyce’s newest novel The Ghost in the Electric Blue Suit….