Review of PRE-APPROVED FOR HAUNTING AND OTHER STORIES by Patrick Barb, Keylight Books, Nashville, TN, 2023 www.turnerpublishing.com This selection… Read more 5 Star Horror
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OWN VOICES: JAPANESE NOVEL: TOKYO UENO STATION by Miri Yu
I had to read this stream-of-consciousness novel twice for the full flavor of this gloomy yet poetic narrative that reminds… Read more OWN VOICES: JAPANESE NOVEL: TOKYO UENO STATION by Miri Yu
OWN VOICES: Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich
Shadow tag is the family’s game, a collaborative effort to obliterate someone’s shadow. The person or person to lose their… Read more OWN VOICES: Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich
A 5 STAR REVIEW OF NEIL STEPHENSON’S SNOW CRASH
Novel published 1992 I read this novel nearly 20 years after its publication, and as a person largely inexperienced with… Read more A 5 STAR REVIEW OF NEIL STEPHENSON’S SNOW CRASH
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5 STAR REVIEW OF Louise Erdritch’s THE NIGHT WATCHMAN Ms. Erdritch has always been my favorite Native American novelist. She… Read more OWN VOICES:
OWN-VOICES: JAPANESE POLICE PROCEDURALS
A Five-Star Review of PREFECTURE D (4 Novellas) by Hideo Yokoyama (First published in Japan in1998 and translated into English… Read more OWN-VOICES: JAPANESE POLICE PROCEDURALS
OWN-VOICES: REVIEW OF FIGHTING WORDS by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
We’ve had THE COLOR PURPLE, THE BLUEST EYE, and PUSH. Now a slice of the underbelly of inadequate families for… Read more OWN-VOICES: REVIEW OF FIGHTING WORDS by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
5-STAR READ: THE RAMPART TRILOGY BOOK 1:
THE BOOK OF KOLI by M. R. Carey I am impressed no end by the world-building in this novel. I… Read more 5-STAR READ: THE RAMPART TRILOGY BOOK 1:
FIVE STAR LESSON ON HOW TO SNAG A PLOT: NEIL GAIMAN’S THE GRAVEYARD BOOK (2008) AND RUDYARD KIPLING’S THE JUNGLE BOOK (1894)
Apart from similar titles, the links between these two wonderful novels are many, including the detailed descriptions of two wildly… Read more FIVE STAR LESSON ON HOW TO SNAG A PLOT: NEIL GAIMAN’S THE GRAVEYARD BOOK (2008) AND RUDYARD KIPLING’S THE JUNGLE BOOK (1894)
FIVE STAR AND ONE STAR DIALECTS:
The Gotham Writers’ Workshop’s WRITING FICTION (2003): “Dialect is like walking on eggshells—tread carefully. It’s tough to do well, and… Read more FIVE STAR AND ONE STAR DIALECTS: