by Seniye Groff | Oct 9, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction
[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Pantheon Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | Barnes & Noble | iBooks[/alert] Seiffert’s novel revolves around Stevie in the present day and around Stevie’s...
by Site Owner | Feb 14, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Historical Fiction
Civil War Novel with a Modern Twist By Dennis McFarland Pantheon, $25.95, 322 pages Dennis McFarland introduces the reader to an epic Civil War tale with a modern twist in Nostalgia. Summerfield Hayes, a nineteen-year-old Brooklyn baseball player, gallantly goes off...
by Site Owner | Feb 10, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction
Guilt Changes Everything! By Ben Dolnick Pantheon, $24.95, 239 pages Ben Dolnick introduces readers to two friends, Adam and Thomas. Adam is practically part of Thomas’ family and the two boys appear inseparable. When they are fifteen, they are a part of a freak...
by Site Owner | Nov 13, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction, Mystery, Crime & Thriller
Latest Botswana Adventures By Alexander McCall Smith Pantheon, 256 pages, $24.95 Many writers, even very good ones, occasionally come up with a disappointing book or two. Alexander McCall Smith seems to be an exception – he manages to...
by Site Owner | Sep 26, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Classics, Historical Fiction
Retold by Hanan Al-Shaykh Pantheon, $26.00, 288 pages “‘The events of this evening resemble life itself…'” To save her own life, a young woman tells a succession of engaging tales night after night to a vengeful husband and...