My Brother’s Destroyer by Clayton Lindemuth is not a book for everyone. Probably not for most people, honestly. From the dog fights with explicit wound descriptions to some mildly incestuous behavior to the nigh unreadable hillbilly vernacular [...]
Johnny & Jamaal is a book about racial violence in modern society with a heap of hockey on the side. Spoiler – there will be a lot of ‘Whites are the real victims, but no one will listen to the truth, thanks liberals’ agendas pushed. [...]
The Pack, by Thomas Ritman, is a solid coming of age tale set during World War II with a heaping serving of sex and murder, a side of love story, and a dash of complex societal issues. It follows the 14-year-old, righteous misfits Man, Huge, [...]
This book is a multiple author thought experiment filled with grand designs and intriguing concepts that may help nudge this barreling train called modern life off its destructive track, if only they could be introduced to the public. Alas, [...]
David Vigoda wants the reader to think that former photojournalist Frank is not a missionary spreading his dead wife’s religious views in a grief induced obsession, but this is the precise definition of the main character of Re-enchanting [...]
In Once Upon an Apple Martini, by Kendal Taylor, it appears that it takes hitting rock bottom in every facet of life before anyone actually has to believe they might be doing everything all wrong. The consistently cringe-worthy behavior of main [...]
The preamble of Praise Names of Reuling: a Zulu Song, compiled by Mrs. Edna Reuling Wade, is like sitting beside a great grandparent as they reminisce, trying to relate something of importance to an interested and patient listener. That means [...]
This novel, through set in a land on the opposite side of the globe and in a culture often deemed downright alien, turns out to have a surprisingly relatable story in the growth and struggles of the young Bengali woman Renuka Shekhar. Beginning [...]
Fast-paced and jerky, Jake’s Take by D.K. Rodgers is like a wooden roller coaster: not a ride fit for everyone. Told through the eyes of a moody teenage psychopath, this novel begins with his earliest childhood kill – worms for fish [...]
This book is a missed opportunity. The story has the very nice quality of conveying more than one lesson: the basics of shapes; even small people can achieve big things if they work together; everything is made up of lines, which are made up of [...]
