whilst Beverley is more solid and steady, the perfect foil to Gillingham. They pretend to each other that they are like Holmes and Watson, one playing off the other. The story had a lot to do with their friendship.
While I have to admit that I didn’t really relate to either character, I still enjoyed the story. I know real women who have worked as escorts, and the connections they sometimes form with clients are real and lasting,while still being business. I thought the author let us glimpse a bi...
https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/MeredithEtc$48.44James Meredith: Warrior and the America that created himby Meredith Coleman McGee 03-21-2013 – Hardback in sleeve, 225 pages, 10 pictures, 1st printing https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/MeredithEtc$33.24James Meredith: Warrior and the America th...
JSJ: There are a lot of smart people who are sharing their knowledge of the publishing industry in various places (including here!), but I’ve found there isn’t quite as much out there specifically for children’s book illustrators. I wanted to help contribute to that knowledge pool, but...
Amongst Our Weaponsby Ben Aaronovitch. Orion, 2022. Another title in the Rivers of London fantasy/mystery series. Aaronovitch is always entertaining, though I admit that as these novels or novellas come out at such wide intervals, I’m not always able to keep the continuity of characters and...
Once that wave has broken over you, you are never the same.”—Tiffany Trent, author of The Unnaturalists and The Tinker King“If your familiarity begins and ends with C.S.E. Cooney’s poetry, do yourself a favor and stick around for these novellas. If you aren’t new to her ...
All by My Elf by Olivia Dade (3 stars) – I wouldn’t say that I actively disliked any of the Under the Mistletoe novellas, but this was probably my least favorite. It involves the main characters getting snowed in in their work vehicle, which is honestly more of a dangerous issue wher...
David Sanger, an ambitious young physicist, attends a party at which a pompous older scientist, who just happens to have thwarted the younger man's innovative ideas, is murdered. Suddenly it is not just David's career, but his life that is at stake. Are his ideas that important? Who's...
The hidden city brings to mind survivors of Atlantis with all the wonders that entails. Everything the city holds and all within it are far advanced for their time. They seek to peacefully spread knowledge throughout the world without endangering themselves. If you are looking for grand adventu...
“This is one of the most beautiful short novels, or novellas, ever written. And only one thing ever happens: Kertész’s narrator looks out a window and sees a jeep go by flying the Union Jack. That’s it. But just the sight of this flag, and the context of the sighting, reminds...