At the age of 46, Michael Lane’s life is at a point where he is just going through the motions. He has given up on his dream of becoming a piano player and is working as a piano tuner at Cory & Sons to make ends meet. He is bitter in life and is questioning everything in life. The story… Read more »
The Mine is a unique love story that involves the unintended time travel of its’ main character, Seattle college student, Joel Smith. Letting his curiosity get the better of him, Joel decides to explore a mine while returning from a trip to Montana in 2000. The problem he faces when he exits the mine is that he has gone back… Read more »
If you’re looking for a love story, then look no further than Seasons by Mario Saincic. I’ve never been the sort to shy away from romance– when I was a kid I used to love reading the Harlequin novels my grandma had hidden away in old dusty boxes and I never quite grew out of that. There’s nothing that warms… Read more »
When it comes to picking my all-time favorite movies, a majority of them would be those iconic 80s movies-quite a few of them John Hughes pictures. That love alone filled me with high hopes when it came to reading Trapped in an 80’s Teen Movie by Michelle Duffy. Unfortunately, aside from a few moments here and there Duffy’s book didn’t… Read more »
The Stillness of Winter is a wonderful love story that will bring tears to your eyes and have you wondering where life will lead its characters next. The story centers around Samuel and Marlys; friends since childhood who are now partners in a company that builds web sites. Aside from being business partners and good friends, the two have fallen… Read more »
Night at the Basking Iguana is a wonderfully unique and well written tale about a restaurant hunt. The Basking Iguana is, or was, an uber-exclusive restaurant in New York and was considered by many to be the best in the world. The owner, Lorenzo, was one of the true masters of cooking and the restaurant served the most extraordinary… Read more »
Here’s the thing that I’ve found happens with me when I’m reading a book that I’m going to review for the site. I think if you look hard enough, you can find something to be critical about in everything. So for this book, for Bigfoot Hunters Never Lie by Kate Thompson, I found a couple things I could point out to… Read more »
Janet Wilson has arrived in Africa in an effort to educate young adults who will, in turn, educate the remainder of their own communities. As soon as she arrives she begins to question whether she is the right person for the job because she finds it difficult to relate to those living in an area where there are so many… Read more »
Have you ever wanted a life do-over? The opportunity to try just once more to get it right? The chance to be who you know you’re really supposed to be? Or hell, maybe just to be someone different? The concept in The Nine Lives of Adam Blake,, a good piece of contemporary fiction by Ryan Gladney is not foreign to… Read more »
Often witty, Identity Theft by Laura Lee tells the tale of, what some might refer to as a burnt out rock star and his young office assistant that would do anything for just a day in the life of the washed up star. And if things go right, he might just get the chance. Ollie has spent the last 17… Read more »
It doesn’t happen often for me that I come across a book that really leaves me in awe. Certainly I have had a plethora of great books catch my attention, but Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim is in a class all its’ own. And to be frank, I’m almost at a loss for words; so perhaps I’ll just start with… Read more »
Have you ever had a moment in life happen that makes you just want to get away? One of those road trips of a lifetime? Well, that’s exactly what Madison Lam does in Kathryn Burns’ charming tale, Elsewhere. After Madison and Amy’s relationship ends, Madison has to escape. Whether her goal is just to get away for a while, start… Read more »
