'Your Place in this World' by Jake La Botz is an empathic and caring story of someone from the streets of Chicago who's just desperately trying to find a way to be.
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Book Review: ‘The Paper Birds’ by Jeanette Lynes
'The Paper Birds' by Jeanette Lynes is not only a wonderful story. You might just find yourself learning something as you read.
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World-shaking events don't impact only the high and mighty in 'Written on the Dark' by Guy Gavriel Kay, a wonderful read filled with elegance and danger.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Third Temple’ by Yishai Sarid – A Novel of a Nightmare Future for Israel
A nightmarish, creepily imaginative depiction of an Israel that's been devastated by a nuclear attack and subsequently reverted to a biblical kingdom
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Wood at Midwinter’ by Susanna Clarke
Midwinter The Wood At Midwinter by Susanna Clarke is a magical and charming story celebrating its main character’s love of all things natural. Clarke, best known for her novels Jonathon Strange and Mr. Norrell and Piranesi, has reached into the world of folk and fairy tales to create this evocative …
Read More »Book Review: ‘I Remember Fallujah’ by Feurat Alani
'I Remember Fallujah' by Feurat Alani is a moving portrait of a family's struggle with living in exile and memories of their homeland.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Summer Heat’ by Defne Suman
'Summer Heat' by Defne Suman tells a story of war that history books and news stories never reveal. A powerful read.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Endless Fall’, by Mohamed Leftah
'Endless Fall's', by Mohamed Leftah, stark beauty and integrity make it one of the more intricate condemnations of homophobia available.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Gretel and the Great War’ by Adam Ehrlich Sachs
'Gretel and The Great War' by Adam Ehrlich Sachs is a grim and satiric look at a society in the midst of upheaval.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle Vol 1’ by Kent Monkman and Gisele Gordon
'The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle' by Kent Monkman and Gisele Gordon is an important and beautiful work of art.
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