Category Archives: Books
The Vicar’s Wife
The Vicar’s Wife, an upcoming novel by Katherine Swartz, tells two stories, both set in the same vicarage in the rural village of Goswell, but eighty years apart. One story is about Alice, who leaves Cambridge — one of my … Continue reading
No Other Gods by John Koetsier
John Koetsier’s debut novel, No Other Gods opens in a futuristic Valhalla, where a collection of supersoldiers fight and feast an endless cycle. Or it seems endless, since none of them really remember any other life than waking up in … Continue reading
A Study in Silks by Emma Jane Holloway
A Study in Silks by Emma Jane Holloway is described as the adventures of Evelina Cooper, the mystery-solving niece of Sherlock Holmes. I was interested in a society lady detective and foggy Victorian London is a great setting for a mystery … Continue reading
Royal Mistress
New book review of Anne Easter Smith’s Royal Mistress, in which I display more of my vast knowledge of the British monarchy, and prove that 90% of it’s from historical novels. (The remaining 10% is from researching interesting parts of historical novels, … Continue reading
The Rainforest: The Secret to Building the Next Silicon Valley – IndieReader
A fairly common tech blogger topic is asking rhetorically if a specific mid-size city with more than three start-ups could be the next Silicon Valley. Using The Rainforest’s guide to the factors that create start-up innovation can help answer … Continue reading
One Big Beautiful Thing
I was pleasantly surprised to discover my games journo friend Marie Flanigan, from Games Industry News, has released a novel! One Big Beautiful Thing tells the story of Kate Abernathy, an artist who returns home from New York City after … Continue reading
Amy Shearn’s ‘The Mermaid of Brooklyn’
The advert on this book — “sometimes all you need in life is a fabulous pair of shoes” — signaled sassy airport chick lit to me, and so I put off reading the book until I was in the right kind of … Continue reading
Skinny Bitch In Love
Skinny Bitch in Love is out today, and I wrote about this frothy chick lit crossed with a vegan cookbook over on Yahoo.
Club Monstrosity: Classic Monsters In Manhattan
When I got a pitch about Jesse Petersen’s new novel Club Monstrosity, I was fascinated because it had so many similarities with my fiance’s book, Screamland. When the Invisible Man is killed, the rest of the real-life horror movie monsters … Continue reading
Anne Michaud’s ‘Girls and Monsters’
I recently reviewed Anne Michaud’s ‘Girls and Monsters’ over on Yahoo: The strength of Anne Michaud’s Girls & Monsters comes from blending dark and disturbing monsters with relatable, honest teenage moments. The first story of Girls & Monsters involves a … Continue reading
