Is a famous painting worth more because it costs more? Does a work of art have an intrinsic value that owes nothing to the avidity […]
Andrea’s Best Books: 2015
Ah, the “best” lists in social media. So, so many. So, so few parameters defined. Let’s change that up. Books on this list are fiction […]
Girl Waits With Gun
It’s a dark street corner in Paterson, New Jersey, in 1914. A young woman, wearing a dark coat and carrying a sensible leather handbag, waits […]
Quiet, please… I’m transcribing
Except, of course, things aren’t quiet when Lena, the protagonist of the contemporary novel The Transcriptionist, is transcribing. Things aren’t quiet when anybody is transcribing, because the nature of […]
Blessings & Beauty
They do say that variety is the spice of life… get ready for a spicy post, because I’m reviewing two very different books. Resonant, understated, […]
The Midnight Queen
Today’s query: How is The Midnight Queen a really terrific fantasy novel? Well. Let me count the ways… World-building? Check. The author, Sylvia Izzo Hunter, reworks history just […]
The Family Fang
The Fang Family furiously flies its freak flag. Now say that three times fast. Really, you can’t say it often enough to describe the level […]
This Book Will Reel You In
Let’s get one important fact out of the way first: the protagonist’s name in the novel Missing Reels is Ceinwen, and it’s pronounced KINE-wen. The author […]
3 Regency Mysteries
What could be better than a Regency romance? Why, a Regency mystery novel, of course! And especially a Regency mystery series sparkling with a little […]
