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With ‘Kingshold’, you’ve got a fun fantasy read

I do not quite recall how I stumbled across D.P. Woolliscroft a month or so ago, but boy, am I glad that I did.  Actually, belay that, it may have been via the Kindle Scout program.  Nevertheless, I’ve...

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Romance is dirty and here are the novels to prove it

Author Victoria Dahl starts her article with a confession, “I’m a romance novelist and I don’t love Valentine’s Day.” That’s not much of a confession, everyone hates Valentine’s Day. There’s either too...

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Who’s worse, Trump or Omarosa?

It’s a trick question, they’re both horrible. America met Omarosa Manigault Newman when she was a 2004 contestant on Trump’s “The Apprentice” (during what seemed like a much, much more innocent time)....

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It’s time for more Tales of Kingshold

If you recall, earlier this year I brought you word of a new series getting started up by D.P. Wooliscroft, with that first book entitled ‘Kingshold’ (you can check out that review right here).  I’ve...

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The Dirt: Filthy

Let me start with two things: 1) I’m glad I don’t have to code this post, because the amount of ö and ü I’d have to type in this band’s name would drive me to an insane life of...

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Artistic Photos Capture Locations That Inspired Southern Fiction

The New Yorker’s website recently published a book review of Tema Stauffer’s photography collection Southern Fictions. Stauffer explores some of the places that influenced and shaped the work of...

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Fearnside Collection Offers Insight Into a Different Culture

Jeff Fearnside’s new collection A Husband and Wife Are One Satan provides interesting and thoughtful insights into everyday people in Kazakhstan. The cultural setting is a nice change of pace from the...

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How High You Go Depends on You

Sequoia Nagamatsu’s How High We Go in the Dark has made the bestseller lists and received serious praise. The author reportedly started working on the book in its earliest form in 2011, however, the...

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Breaker One Nine, Good Book Coming at Ya

The recent news attention on the protesting truck drivers in Canada reminded me of a fantastic book about the contrasting solitude and adventures crisscrossing the nation in a big rig. The Long Haul:...

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Read the New Klosterman, But Can Remember Nothing

Our reading tastes change as we age. Our writing styles change as we age. Two very ridiculously obvious statements that are hardly groundbreaking. But I kept thinking about those concepts as I read...

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