Category: Book Reviews

Garment of Shadows by Laurie R. King offers listeners a creative plot scenario, full of depth and the sensory experience of Mary Russell as she spends time in Morocco. After five years as wife of …

Science and medicine have transformed the way our world works and increased the life expectancy for many. However, sometimes the path taken to get to the knowledge can be pretty horrific. Author Sam Kean’s new …

In Dear Mrs. Bird by AJ Pearce, Emmeline Lake wants nothing more than to become a Lady War Correspondent. And in 1940 London, there is no shortage of war for her to cover. However, when …

I do not like Sherlock Holmes pastiches. It seems to me that most of these are merely trying to take advantage of the fame of Sherlock Holmes to sell their own books. In case you …

If you’re a big fan of the Netflix film Army of the Dead Titan books has a coffee table book you’ve got to check out.  Army of the Dead: The Making of the Film is …

Author Sue Black narrates her fantastic nonfiction book on what clues the human bodies leave behind when we die in the audio book adaptation of Written in Bone. Black’s professional work in forensic anthropology comes …

True Loaf is a sweet, short adventure which author L. Austen Johnson based on Balkan folklore. It seems aimed primarily at readers who are middle grade and under. I enjoyed listening to the audio as …

Code Name Verity is a powerful historical fiction book set during World War II. The following is the official publisher’s summary as found on Audible: Code Name Verity is a compelling, emotionally rich story with universal …

Grace discovers the power of books in the Last Bookshop in London as they give her and the rest of London the strength to keep fighting in World War II.

Authors Grady Hendrix and Chris Poggiali bring These Fists Break Bricks: How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World to Mondo Books September 19, 2021. Hendrix is best known for his horror novels, …