Reviews

In the 2000s, Disney created one unprofitable movie after another, from Brother Bear to Home on the Range (remember those? Me neither.) Disney ended this decades-long losing streak by bringing in Ed Catmull and... Read More...

The Big Sheep: A delightfully humorous dystopian novel

Maria Riegger

Reviews

Robert Kroese’s The Big Sheep is a fun, genre-bending ride. Kroese is largely an author of humorous, deeply sarcastic science fiction, although he writes (and writes very well) in multiple genres. Indeed, I d... Read More...

The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin

Tabitha Lord

Reviews

Our guest reviewer today is Leah DeCesare. Leah is the award-winning author of Forks, Knives, and Spoons and the non-fiction series Naked Parenting. You can visit her at www.LeahDeCesare.com. Thank you, Leah! This book is getting much-deserved buzz and I am a... Read More...

Connection and Gratitude: A Review of Johanna Basford’s Ivy and the Inky Butterfly by Claire Grillo

Claire Grillo

Reviews

My parents were artists, my father a poet and visual artist, my mother a lover of the tiniest hidden beauties in the world. This partly explains my devotion to the arts – namely music, drawing, and coloring. Fr... Read More...

Best Books of 2017

Kristin Jacobson

Best of 2017, Literary Lagniappe, on Books, Reviews

Our talented literary critics share their top choices of the year. Tabitha's Top Picks: The Next, Stephanie Gangi's debut novel, combines a page-turning thriller with the deep, complicated relationships typic... Read More...

Mrs. Claus – Not the Fairy Tale They Say

Tabitha Lord

Reviews

A few times a year I'm asked to review a short story collection and I am always pleased to do it, especially when the publisher is World Weaver Press! With their focus on speculative fiction, this quality small press produces several full-length novels and a f... Read More...

Author Interview with Alicia DiFabio, author of Women Who Tri: A Reluctant Athlete’s Journey to the Heart of America’s Newest Obsession

Maribel Garcia

Interviews, Reviews

Ever wonder when the marathon and triathlon craze started? You know what I’m talking about – that time before your Facebook posts were inundated with scores of women from all walks of life crossing the finishin... Read More...

The Readymade Thief by Augustus Rose – Gorgeous and Thought Provoking

Amy M. Hawes

Reviews

Augustus Rose paints the portrait of the unique heroine Lee Cuddy with the skill of a gifted artist. His talent is a fitting match to the core theme of The Readymade Thief, which revolves around the imagined fi... Read More...

Cruel Beautiful World – An Interview with Caroline Leavitt

Tabitha Lord

Interviews, Reviews

Caroline Leavitt's eleventh novel, Cruel Beautiful World, is both a gripping page-turner and a deeply moving character study. Sisters Charlotte and Lucy lose their parents as young children and come to live with their nearest relative. Two very different girls... Read More...

Jonathan Maberry Strikes Again! YA Novel MARS ONE is a Galactic Home Run!

Amy M. Hawes

Reviews

Jonathan Maberry concocts his young adult novel about humankind's first venture to Mars from a blend of fiction and reality, a fusing that is the quintessential trademark of a Maberry creation. The novel brilli... Read More...