by envisionmg | Oct 17, 2014 | Historical Fiction, Staff Review
By Chris Duggan’s The Lady for Ransom is set in the 11th century just prior to the First Crusade. In those days a soldier could make himself a prince in the chaotic borderlands between Christendom and Islam, but the Norman mercenary Rousseul de Balliol sought...
by envisionmg | Oct 3, 2014 | Fiction, Staff Review
Reviewed by Rachel One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest is one of those books that I think everyone’s at least heard of – if not read themselves. It’s a familiar story, with both substantial literary themes and characters that have transcended the confines of the novel....
by envisionmg | Sep 10, 2014 | Staff Review
Reviewed by Rachel Let me start by saying that I love Netflix’s adaptation of Orange Is the New Black – I LOVE it. As such, I was totally onboard for more of my favorite thirty-something Brooklynite WASP Piper and her highs and lows (and woes) during a fifteen-month...
by envisionmg | Sep 3, 2014 | Non-fiction, Staff Review
Reviewed by Jim I’ve been reading a lot of history lately so I decided to take a break and indulge one of my other interests: cooking. Part of the reason Sous Chef: 24 Hours On The Line caught my eye (besides being bright red and having a knife on the cover) was...
by envisionmg | Aug 25, 2014 | Non-fiction, Staff Review
Reviewed By Jim As part of my preparation for the post on the 100th Anniversary of World War I: Reading List I had been doing a lot of reading about the start of the war and the early days of the war. One thing that struck me was repeated mention of the fact that the...
by envisionmg | Aug 20, 2014 | Adventure, Historical Fiction, Staff Review
Reviewed by Michelle and Jim This is the story of how Jim came to read Traitor’s Blade: Michelle, after one chapter: Dude, this is basically Three Musketeers fanfiction! Jim: Oh? Are there swords? Michelle: Yes! And magic! Okay, that’s not very Three...
