The blogosphere and social media scene are abuzz with the lyrics to Swift’s new single, and the uncanny resemblance to the life of Arya Stark. Love her or hate her (personally, I’m a Swift fan), you can’t deny that this is a perfect theme song for our beloved Arya from the Game of Thrones TV…
Norse mythology, originally told from ancient texts such as the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda, has been the source of inspiration for many modern and classic novels such as J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and other books in this world, Rick Riorden’s Magnus Chase series, and Neil Gaiman’s own American…
The Book of Strange New Things is a microscopic look at two people, a husband and wife, who separately bear witness to the end of the world and the birth of another. With interstellar distance between them, faith and devotion are pushed to the limits. In this science-fiction novel, humanity is cast as the main…
Justice is a look at major political philosophies from the greats, written by an American political philosopher and government professor at Harvard. He explains the views of Aristotle, Kant and Rawls in relation to issues dealt with in America today such as abortion, inequality, restitution, and affirmative action. Naturally, he injects his own philosophies and…
Ancillary Sword is the second book in the Imperial Radch series, an intergalactic saga featuring an imperialist, AI-controlled empire and a genderless society by way of words. The human and ancillary citizens aren’t biologically genderless, but do not use male identifiers. Everyone is “she”, “her”, “sister”, and “mother” as customary in the controlling Radch empire….
Bonnie Milani is one of my favorite indie authors. She is the author of Home World, a science fiction novel that absolutely blew me away and solidified Milani as one of my favorite authors to watch. Cherry Pickers & Liquid Gambit are two short stories, one rising from the species who inhabited the universe in…
Crooked Kingdom is the second book in Leigh Bardugo’s popular Six of Crows duology, another story line in her world of Grisha which began with the The Grisha Trilogy. In this YA political and paranormal high fantasy, our six crows had just completed an impossible heist only to find betrayal as a reward and one…
Six of Crows is the first book in Leigh Bardugo’s new duology set in her high fantasy world of Grisha magic. Her first series, Shadow and Bone, takes place in the same world. Although this trilogy was released first, it doesn’t need to be read prior to delving into Six of Crows. The stories are…
Swedish sensation Fredrik Backman has been providing the world with hearty laughs and tender smiles through his runaway international success in A Man Called Ove. It’s a favorite among book clubs and perfect for beach reads. And it helped get me out of a reading slump. Washington Square Press | May, 2015 | Paperback |…
Andrew Pessin is a local Connecticut author with a brand new historical murder mystery based on real events: The Irrationalist Description: The Irrationalist An historical murder mystery based on real events. Who would want to murder the world’s most famous philosopher? Turns out: nearly everyone. In 1649, Descartes was invited by the Queen of Sweden…