by envisionmg | Jul 3, 2015 | Fiction, Jim Reviews
By Jim I first read Beryl Markham’s West with the Night when I was 15 or 16. I had an obsession with bush pilots and read anything I could find about them. West with the Night caught my attention because it was the autobiography of a bush pilot in Africa....
by envisionmg | Jun 26, 2015 | Fiction, Staff Review
Reviewed by Jen Former foster child, now a stay-at-home mom of three, Allison Darling desperately wants to fit in with the stylish moms that run Monrovia, her charming seaside town based on Newburyport. When Allison’s estranged mother passes away, her previously...
by envisionmg | Jun 24, 2015 | Fiction, Today In History
This is a surprisingly contentious day in history. Here is a sampling of the battles and conflicts that happened, started or finished on this day. As usual we give you a nonfiction work and a fictional work related to these events. 1324 Battle of Bannockburn June 24...
by envisionmg | Jun 22, 2015 | Fiction, Historical Fiction, Staff Review
Reviewed by Jen The Vintner’s Daughter transports us back to the 1800’s and into vineyard life offering a bit of romance, tragedy and an interesting look into the wine-making process during this time so long ago. Kristen Harnish’s research and affection for...
by envisionmg | Jun 17, 2015 | Fiction, Sci - Fi, Staff Review
Reviewed by Chris In The Martian, the third manned mission to Mars is forced to abort due to a violent sandstorm only days after landing. But Astronaut Mark Watney, skewered by an antenna during the escape and thought dead by his crew, is left stranded on the surface...
by envisionmg | Jun 5, 2015 | Fiction, Jim Reviews
By Jim The great thing about Scott Lynch’s Lies of Locke Lamora (Book 1 of the Gentlemen Bastards series. Followed by Red Seas Under Red Skies and Republic of Thieves) is that it incorporates great character development, world building and lots of plot twists. Since I...
