Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, senior editor for The Atlantic, is an essay written to his son on growing up black, specifically on the subjugation and the preservation of ‘black bodies’. It won the National Book Award for Nonfiction (2015), an ALA Alex Award (2016), the Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction (2015), a Pulitzer…
L.D. Rose is a local New England author hailing from Rhode Island. Description Fledgling vampire Jonathan Kerr has just met his match. Not even his past life as a former marine and FBI agent could prepare him for the battle against the monster inside him, struggling to take hold. After an old nemesis of the…
Ignite Me is the conclusion to Tahereh Mafi’s Shatter Me series, a young adult dystopian romance. If you haven’t read the series but plan to, skip to the review of the first book in the series because this review will contain major spoilers. Harper Collins | Kindle Edition | 2014 | 421 pp Shatter Me (Shatter…
New Bedford Whaling Museum to publish long-awaited and artfully illustrated whaling journal, considered a masterpiece of its genre. “Around the World in Search of Whales: A Journal of the Lucy Ann Voyage” launches Dec.9 By John F. Martin, edited by Kenneth R. Martin “Cursed whaling and quit it. Dam them [who] will not get up…
Tell me a little bit about who you are and where you live. Thanks for your interest in me and my book! I’m from Boston, MA – born/raised and am the founder and president of GoingClear Interactive, a Boston based web development and web design firm as well as Clearingly – a resource channel for…
Unravel Me is the second in Mafi’s Shatter Me series, a young adult dystopia filled with science fiction, paranormal powers, and bittersweet romance. This review will contain spoilers for the first book in the series in case you have this one still on your to-read list. Harper Collins | Kindle Edition | 2013 | 480…
She’s Got the Jack is the fourth book in The Kate and Robert Chronicles by Suzanne Eglington, a local MA author. Kate met Robert when her world was falling apart. He was a driving force of nature–a gorgeous cop who demanded respect and turned heads–and he knew he wanted Kate from the moment he saw…
Since it was first published in 1965, The Magus by John Fowles has long been considered a literary masterpiece and one of the first true psychological suspense thrillers. Beset with literary eroticism and a labyrinthine plot that changes with each page, this tome feels like a black and white version of The Matrix. Do you take…
Shatter Me is the first in the Shatter Me trilogy, a series that was incredibly popular a few years back. It’s still fairly popular among the teen fantasy lit readers. There are plenty of similar series out there, but I’ve had this particular one on the radar for a long time due to the number…
The Year of Needy Girls by Patricia A. Smith Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Kaylie Jones Books (January 3, 2017) ISBN-10: 1617754870 ISBN-13: 978-1617754876 Pre-Order on Amazon Description: A young boy’s murder unleashes chaos in the life of a schoolteacher and a small New England town. Bradley, Massachusetts is in many ways a typical small New…