In another break from my usual routine, this is a review of a children’s book. Jumper is written by Rebecca Scarberry and beautifully illustrated by Terri Kelleher. Jumper is about a big red beach ball who lives in a toy store and longs to escape so that he can swim in Read more…
This review is a departure from my normal reviews of crime fiction and I would like to start off by saying that I never read self-help books… well… not never but not for a few years, at least. When my friend of many years, Rael Kalley, gave me a copy Read more…
In my humble opinion, this is a real breakthrough novel for R. P. McCabe. The first thing I noticed about the book is that the style is redolent of my favourite US author of all time: John Steinbeck. Then I noticed a lovely device that I have never seen in Read more…
I really like L. J. Sellers for a number of reasons: She weaves a great plot with lovely twists; She keeps enough tension going to keep me turning those pages; Her characters are strongly drawn, driven and flawed; She provides a strong sense of place—she makes me want to visit Read more…
Impish is in a genre that I do not normally read but it was a great change of pace. Hibbard tells the story of Travis, a law graduate whose life basically sucks. Having graduated in the lower echelons of his class, he has a horrible job with a horrible boss, Read more…
Karen and PJ—the duo behind Wodke Hawkinson—have hit the sweet spot with Zeke. This novel is a story of love gone wrong. It tells the tale of Sue, a shrinking violet (as my Mother would have called her) who falls madly in love with Zeke, a charismatic, bright and handsome clerk Read more…
Since I became an indie author, I have made a decision to support other indie authors whenever I can. Indie authors are the future of publishing (see this post for the reason why) and I want to support every one of them. However the fact of the matter is that most Read more…
I usually only review fiction and usually only review indie authors, so here is a change of pace. I have recently read two books which predict that over the next twenty years there will be major, dramatic changes in society as we know it, yet each book refers to a different Read more…
A while ago, I decided not to do any more book reviews on this site, for two reasons: There are already some great reviewers out there and I was not sure that I had anything to add to what they have to say; I read mainly books by indie authors Read more…
Since I became an indie author, I decided that I would support my new peers by reading fiction only from indie authors. The result of this decision is that I download a lot of sample chapters but usually do not buy the books. This is because either the subject doesn’t interest me Read more…