The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (book review)
Sussex, England. A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in is long gone, he is drawn to the farm at the end of the road, where, when he was seven, he encountered a most remarkable girl, Lettie Hempstock, and her [...]
Author Interview: Carol James
A woman after my own heart, Carol James is a romance novelist who was originally embarrassed to admit it. She's since come to terms with her love of romance, though some of her favorite books don't fall into that genre. Welcome, and thanks for being here. What was the first [...]
Seventh Grave and No Body by Darynda Jones (book review)
Twelve. Twelve of the deadliest beasts ever forged in the fires of hell have escaped onto our plane, and they want nothing more than to rip out the jugular of Charley Davidson and serve her lifeless, mangled body to Satan for dinner. So there’s that. But Charley has more on [...]
Eligible: A Modern Retelling of Pride and Prejudice by Curtis Sittenfeld (book review)
This version of the Bennet family and Mr. Darcy is one that you have and haven't met before: Liz is a magazine writer in her late thirties who, like her yoga instructor older sister, Jane, lives in New York City. When their father has a health scare, they return to [...]
The Painted Castle by Kristy Cambron (book review)
Bestselling author Kristy Cambron concludes the Lost Castle novels with this sweeping tale of art and secrets long buried in England. It was supposed to be a one-week job: survey an art find, collect a hefty fee, and use that to settle historian Kiera Foley’s life back into balance. But from [...]