Claire Randall is in Scotland in 1945 after being reunited with her husband, Frank, after both of them served in World War II. While in Scotland Claire continues her hobby of botany, which leads her to an ancient stone circle called Craigh na Dun. While studying a flower, she places her hand on one of the [...]
Jason Desson is a professor at a small college who could have been a brilliant professor if he hadn’t gotten sidetracked by his life with his wife and son. Jason does not regret his choices in life, as he deeply loves his family. Yet, when a colleague wins a prestigious science award, Jason feels the bite [...]
A Diabolic is a personal body guard who is programmed to do anything necessary for the person they are created to protect. Nemesis is a diabolic, created to protect Sidonia, daughter of an influential galactic senator. When, during an political power struggle, the emperor asks that Sidonia travel to the capital, the senator and his family [...]
Despite being a school dropout, a lifelong deadbeat and drug addict, Thomas De Quincey was also an influential writer and critic ahead of his time. He was a personal friend of several of the English Romantic poets and author Frances Wilson displays a deft understanding and descriptive style in recounting his virtues, his failings, and his [...]
I encourage anyone with a rural background or a longing for the rural life to read The Shepherd’s View by James Rebanks. It’s actually a combination of reading and viewing the beautiful photographs of sheep and the Lake District in England where some families have been shepherds for centuries . Rebanks explains the shepherd’s dialect, what [...]
Ghost stories “reveal the contours of our anxieties, the nature of our collective fears and desires, the things we can’t talk about in any other way.” What do accounts of haunting, local legends and eerie tales tell us about our surroundings, our history, and ourselves? How do stories of haunted places help us to make sense [...]
Denizen Hardwick knows his name and his birthday, but nothing else about his life before coming to live at Crosscaper Orphanage. Just before his thirteenth birthday, Denizen finds out he has an aunt, and he is going to live with her. Denizen is picked up by a mysterious man named Gray, and on the way to [...]
There are two types of people I would gladly see put to death in this world and that is people who abuse animals and child rapists. I’d even volunteer to be the executioner if no one else is willing to throw the switch or pull the trigger or whatever. When I read Livia Lone by Barry [...]
Recently I finished reading The Loners by Lex Thomas. This is an older novel that was released in 2012 and is part one of at least a four part series called Quarantine. The other titles in this series are The Saints (2013), The Burnouts (2014) & The Giant (2016). An ordinary school day leads to chaos [...]
Can a “disadvantaged” girl survive in a classroom full of “norms”? Recently I finished reading Earth Girl by Janet Edwards. This is an older novel that was released in 2013 that is part one of at least a three part series. The other titles in this series are Earth Star (2014) & Earth Flight (2015). The [...]
