by envisionmg | Sep 25, 2015 | Historical Fiction, Jim Reviews
By Jim One of the things I’m always on the look out for is historical fiction set in an under represented time periods and locations. Elsa Hart’s Jade Dragon Mountain fits both of those categories. This is Hart’s first novel and it is set in 1708 in...
by envisionmg | Sep 23, 2015 | Today In History
In our Today In History Reading List feature, we take the events of a particular day in history and give you a work of fiction and a work of non-fiction relating to that day’s events. 1459 Battle of Blore Heath One of the first battles of the Wars of the Roses....
by envisionmg | Sep 18, 2015 | Fiction, Jim Reviews
By Jim Ok, I’ll admit I picked up Ed Greenwood’s Iron Assassin because of the cover. A skull wearing a tattered top hat and high collar coat, with clockwork behind one eye is hard to say no to. It turned out to be a really great story. Some may know Ed...
by envisionmg | Sep 14, 2015 | Reading Intersections, Reading Lists
When we first conceived of the Reading Intersections feature, one of the first books that came to mind was Donna Tartt’s The Secret History. The thing was, I didn’t want to use the too-broad theme of private schools when selecting other titles to pair with...
by envisionmg | Sep 8, 2015 | Fiction, Staff Review
Staff review by Rachel Detective Gabriella Versado has seen a lot of bodies, but this one is unique even by Detroit’s standards: half-boy, half-deer, somehow fused. The cops nickname him “Bambi,” but as stranger and more disturbing bodies are discovered, how can the...
