Tag: fiction
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Underground Airlines by Ben H. Winters – A Book Review
If you’re looking for a book that will send your imagination into overdrive, this is the one. The idea in Underground Airlines is that slavery did not end. Four states — Carolina, Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi — did not abolish slavery, namely because the Civil War never occurred. The Underground Airlines is much like the…
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The Book Of Strange New Things by Michel Faber – A Book Review
A friend recommended The Book Of Strange New Things to me a while back, so when I saw a beautiful hardcover edition in the severe discount bin at my local grocery store, I swept it up without hesitation. (I’m still trying to figure out why it ended up in a discount bin at my grocery…
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4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster – A Book Review
Let’s establish right away that Paul Auster is one of my favorite authors. In fact, I’d consider myself something of a “fanboy.” I’ve read the vast majority of his published work after discovering him about ten years ago. He earned my trust back then, which means I will read anything he releases. Anything. 4 3…
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Star Wars: Ahsoka by EK Johnston – A Book Review
Perhaps the greatest Star Wars character to never actually appear in one of the films, Ahsoka Tano broke out during the animated Clone Wars series. If you’re unfamiliar with her, she once served as Anakin Skywalker’s Padawan. She and Anakin had an incredible bond, and when she left the Jedi Order, it broke Anakin’s heart.…
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Tony and Susan by Austin Wright – A Book Review
A checked this book out because I read in Entertainment Weekly about a film adaptation coming soon called Nocturnal Animals. Tony and Susan originally published in 1993. The author died ten years later. The EW article made the premise sound fascinating, so I couldn’t wait to read the book. The plot is that Susan Morrow…
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling – A Book/Script Review
I admit that I can typically get caught up in a moment, but Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is my new favorite Harry Potter story. If you haven’t yet read it, I urge you to do so. Of course, it must be clarified that while this is in book format, it is not actually a…
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Star Wars: Bloodline by Claudia Gray – A Book Review
Written by Claudia Gray, I hoped Bloodline would equal or even surpass her wonderfully engaging Star Wars book entitled Lost Stars. I’m sorry to say that it didn’t. Bloodline is good, but it’s not great. It features a forty-something Senator Leia Organa. She is nearing the end of her career as a senator, and happily…
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Star Wars: Vader Down – A Book Review
This is probably the coolest Darth Vader story I’ve ever experienced, and that’s no small statement. The first crossover between Marvel’s Darth Vader and Star Wars comic book series, Vader Down collects the entire tale as Darth Vader crash lands on the Rebel Alliance’s new planetary base. He hunts Luke Skywalker, the boy who humiliated…
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Arcadia by Iain Pears – A Book Review
Know from the onset that this is a book you will need to read twice. That’s not a bad thing, though. Arcadia is so full of plot, so rich in its complexities, so perfectly executed, that I actually look forward to reading it again! Describing Arcadia is no easy task. It takes place simultaneously in…
