by envisionmg | Jul 2, 2014 | Fiction, Patron Review
Reviewed by KimGage Dekker, who has lost his wife and young son in a car accident, meets Anna Miller, who has also lost a child at a grief group, and marry within the year. After a miscarriage, Anna can’t bear to try again so they decide to adopt. Conveniently...
by envisionmg | Jun 30, 2014 | Fiction, Jen Recommends
Gone With a Handsomer Man – Michael Lee WestBetrayed, arrested for assault with a dangerous Georgia peach, and framed for her fiance’s murder, Teeny Templeton’s battle to clear her name features a host of oddballs, Southern charm and poisonous...
by envisionmg | Jun 27, 2014 | Mystery, Patron Review
Reviewed by KimAlthough he was one of my favorite authors, I didn’t realize that Michael Palmer had died last Fall. He will be truly missed. As far as Resistant is concerned, it’s classic Palmer: He takes something that’s been in the news, in this...
by envisionmg | Jun 25, 2014 | Children's Literature, Staff Review
Reviewed by RachelBy all accounts, Neil Gaiman’s children’s book Coraline is a strange and creepy piece of fiction. It features another set of parents for its protagonist, Coraline Jones, who live through the hallway behind the door that goes nowhere. Copies of her...
by envisionmg | Jun 23, 2014 | Staff Review
Reviewed by JimIt’s been a good spring/summer for the historical spy novel genre. A couple weeks ago David Downing’s Jack of Spies came out and now we have Alan Furst’s Midnight in Europe. Fans of Furst will immediately recognize the style and plot...
