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Pumpkin Farmer (2015) by Michael Hughes & the Carnal Cravings of gods and Men
Pumpkin Farmer by Michael Hughes My rating: 3 of 5 stars Pumpkin Farmer (2015) by Michael Hughes summons and resonates the storyteller’s magic found in similar books like John Fowles’s The Collector...
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Haroun and Luka (2013) by Salman Rushdie & the Great Storytelling Animal
Haroun and Luka by Salman Rushdie My rating: 4 of 5 stars Haroun and the Sea of Stories (2013) by Salman Rushdie is followed in the same book by Luka and the Fire of Life (2013) if the reader flips the...
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On the Art of Writing (1916) by Arthur Quiller-Couch & the Dark Age of Lord Coke
On the Art of Writing by Arthur Quiller-Couch My rating: 4 of 5 stars On the Art of Writing (1916) by Arthur Quiller-Couch contains a set of lectures given at the University of Cambridge from January...
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The Seasons of a Man’s Life (1978) by Daniel J. Levinson, et alia, & The...
The Seasons of a Man's Life by Daniel J. Levinson My rating: 5 of 5 stars The Seasons of a Man’s Life (1978) by Daniel J. Levinson (with Charlotte Darrow, Edward Klein, Maria Levinson and Braxton...
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River Town (2001) by Peter Hessler & the Imperialist vs the Poet
River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze by Peter Hessler My rating: 3 of 5 stars River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze (2001) by Peter Hessler is an evocative, sometimes disturbing portrayal of Hessler’s...
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Oracle Bones (2006) by Peter Hessler & the Tears of Regret for the Poet Chen...
Oracle Bones: A Journey Through Time in China by Peter Hessler My rating: 4 of 5 stars Oracle Bones: A Journey Through Time in China (2006) by Peter Hessler begins with Hessler’s life on May 8, 1999...
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Go Set a Watchman (2015) by Harper Lee & the Death of a Beloved Hero
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee My rating: 1 of 5 stars Go Set a Watchman (2015) by Harper Lee is her second novel in 55 years, since her classic debut in 1960 of the Pulitzer winning To Kill a...
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My 4th book, A TIME TO LOVE IN TEHRAN, has received a powerful, new review…...
“A TIME TO LOVE IN TEHRAN is a thrilling adventure which takes place in pre-revolutionary Tehran. Author CG FEWSTON provides a unique glimpse into this important historical city and its rich culture...
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Fields of Blood (2014) by Karen Armstrong & Is Religion the Cause of All...
Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence by Karen Armstrong My rating: 5 of 5 stars Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence (2014) by Karen Armstrong is a compendium of...
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Wind/Pinball (1979/1980) by Haruki Murakami & the Existential Mood of Being...
Wind/Pinball: Two Novels by Haruki Murakami My rating: 3 of 5 stars Wind/Pinball (1979/1980) by Haruki Murakami are his two earliest novellas set in Tokyo, Japan with a nameless narrator roaming the...
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Journey of an American Son (2014) by John Hazen & Ben Albert’s Historical...
Journey of an American Son by John Hazen My rating: 3 of 5 stars Journey of an American Son (2014) by John Hazen tells of the epic life of Benjamin Albert from his time in his mother’s (Molly’s) womb...
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The Good Luck Cat (2014) by Lissa Warren & the Truth Behind One Woman’s Smile
The Good Luck Cat: How a Cat Saved a Family, and a Family Saved a Cat by Lissa Warren My rating: 5 of 5 stars The Good Luck Cat (2014) by Lissa Warren spellbinds the reader into cheering for a loving...
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In the Evil Day (2015) by Richard Adams Carey & the Tragedy in Colebrook,...
In the Evil Day: Violence Comes to One Small Town by Richard Adams Carey My rating: 5 of 5 stars In the Evil Day (2015) by Richard Adams Carey stands as a brave testament to the horror witnessed on...
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Adultery (2014) by Paulo Coelho & the Object of Love
Adultery by Paulo Coelho My rating: 3 of 5 stars Adultery (2014) by Paulo Coelho read more like a hashed out version of Fifty Shades of Grey and, although Paulo shines in his ability to mimic voices,...
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Daniel Martin (1977) by John Fowles & the Artist’s Search for True Art
Daniel Martin by John Fowles My rating: 5 of 5 stars Daniel Martin (1977) by John Fowles—as he says in an interview found at the back of his fifth book, what some might call a romance void of...
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The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1969) by John Fowles & the Saving Grace of Art
The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1969) by John Fowles is a book I keep coming back to with a fondness that overwhelms me upon opening the first page and overflows to the last line written. The language...
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Author Interview: Pratima Cranse & her novel: All the Major Constellations
Pratima Cranse is a name soon every reader will know. Pratima has had her first novel All the Major Constellations (for ages 14 and up) called a “heartfelt debut” by Kirkus Reviews, which also named...
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Author Interview: Darren R Leo & His Novel: THE TREES BENEATH US
The first time I met the Author Darren R Leo the crisp January sun had etched a path of pink sunlight across the snows of the White Mountains in New Hampshire. The other writers in the lobby of...
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Norwegian Wood (1987) by Haruki Murakami & the Songs of Seeking Love
Norwegian Wood (1987) by Haruki Murakami is a book (also known as Tokyo Blues) that pulls you in, page by page, moment by moment, ever so gently as though the author whispers his darkest and most...
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The Three-Body Problem (2006) by Cixin Liu & the Remembrance of Earth’s Past
The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin My rating: 5 of 5 stars The Three–Body Problem (2006) by Cixin Liu—the most popular contemporary Chinese science-fiction writer—is often proclaimed as the most...
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