The Ancient Hours (2020) by Michael Bible Genre: Fiction Pages: 102 Content warning: violence, domestic violence, drug addiction, sexual assault, discrimination, mass violence. Summary: At 102 pages, The Ancient Hours is a short but powerful tale. Harmony, North Carolina experienced a tragedy. This tragedy haunts the town, the people who lived there then and experienced…
Writers & Lovers (2020) by Lily King – Fiction Rating: 4/5 Writers & Lovers captures the feeling that any writer, or aspiring writer or creator, has felt when attempting to put pen to paper or brush to canvas, or note to musical staff. It is fear. The reason that we procrastinate is not because we…
Rebecca (1938) by Daphne du Maurier – Fiction Rating: 5/5 “Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.” The cover I have of Rebecca states “The Classic Tale of Romantic Suspense.” I wouldn’t necessarily call Rebecca a romance novel. It isn’t horror. It’s a thriller. The thrill is a slow-build, you know it’s coming,…
The Book of Life (2014) by Deborah Harkness – Fiction Book Three of the All Souls Trilogy Rating: 4/5 The Book of Life wraps up Deborah Harkness’s All Souls Trilogy – an expansive story about Diana Bishop, a witch, and her husband Matthew Clairemont, a vampire. I will attempt to provide a review without revealing…
Transcendent Kingdom (2020) by Yaa Gyasi – Fiction Rating: 5/5 I don’t know if there is a word for it – but Transcendent Kingdom is one of those books where nothing happens. There isn’t necessarily a plot or a villain or something to overcome. But it is probably the most beautiful book I have read…
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