by Cammi Woodall | Jun 18, 2021 | Fantasy, Favorite Friday Fiction, Favorite Friday Reads, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
The last book review I did for this blog was the Shadow and Bone trilogy by Leigh Bardugo. I decided to continue on her Grisha-verse and talk about the next books in the series, a duology called Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom. Not everybody loves a story about a...
by A.S. Hardin | Apr 9, 2021 | Favorite Friday Fiction, Favorite Friday Reads, Fiction, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
I have always enjoyed Hollywood’s black and white version of Frankenstein and the many adaptations that followed like Igor, Edward Scissorhands, and Frankenweenie. I had yet to read the story, so I hadn’t known better than to trust the popular misinterpretation that...
by Cammi Woodall | Jan 15, 2021 | Favorite Friday Fiction, Favorite Friday Reads, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track, Mystery
When you find a book series you like, do you binge-read the whole thing? Or do you space it out over the months, to savor each story? I am a binge reader. I have discovered the Kate Burkholder series by Linda Castillo – twelve books so far and I have read straight...
by A.S. Hardin | Dec 11, 2020 | Favorite Friday Fiction, Favorite Friday Reads, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track, Uncategorized
I loved this book, not because it’s packed with action or because it’s a perfect book without flaws but because of how it made me feel. Every time Laurence climbed onto the back of Temeraire and took flight, I felt like that kid in the “how reading...
by A.S. Hardin | Sep 11, 2020 | Favorite Friday Fiction, Favorite Friday Reads, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
“Nibble nibble like a mouse. Who is nibbling at my house?” Fairy tale retellings are nothing new and can be highly intriguing, especially when told from the point of view of the villain. There is something undeniably fascinating about humanizing the bad guy. I suspect...
by Cammi Woodall | Jul 17, 2020 | Favorite Friday Fiction, Favorite Friday Reads, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
I have a literary crush. Mister Darcy is a classical favorite of many readers, but I am smitten with James “Jimmy” Tock. The narrator of the book, Jimmy is born the same night his grandfather dies. Before grandpa Josef passes, he sits up and clearly states that the...
