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The story of Sacrifices unfolds as it follows the lives of four female characters: Osondrous, Jezaline, Karalay, and Constance. They all have some gift that makes them special. The first three women are leaders of the Human species, known […]
We are introduced in this novel to many characters, large, small, and interesting alike, including “The Wooten Bunch” of Water Wells, Alabama, consisting of six students. Most of the focus is on four particular boys in this bunch as they transition from sixth grade in 1954 through the end of high school in 1961. While The Player Piano at times a coming-of-age story, it’s more than that. This is a tale of the very survival of […]
The setting for the three stories in Railway Confessions is a train ride from Paris to Geneva, during which three pairs of strangers share intimate details of their lives […]
Ironically, Clips & Consequences is in part what is known, by definition, as a confessional memoir. In other words, the book […]
To enter the world in Promised Valley Rebellion is to experience a culture that is both familiar, with the emotions, fears, temptations and desires all humans possess, yet faraway and misty and almost like the Middle Ages, but not even exactly like that either. It’s definitely in another time – one that divides its days by the moon and seasons.
It’s a place without skyscrapers, but with a civilization that recognizes classes where people are born into groups known as valley people, hill people and river people. There are hierarchies, with gods over all, kings as rulers of people, tellers […]
“I just wanted to see what was simply hidden by their shame. I just wanted to see what they did when the forces of the social world weren’t constraining them.”
Brendan Cox’s Left Unspoken is not your everyday novella. When Raymond “Ray” Cobley was six years old he learned that his parents agreed to have everything he says recorded. The transcript won’t be read until after Raymond’s death. In return, a certain amount of money will be deposited each week into an account for Ray. Every word he utters over his entire lifetime will be written down. Can you imagine […]
While Ellery’s struggle is perhaps the most developed, Julien and Katrine weigh their choices with equal depth of feeling. Moncel […]
Although this book is primarily made with blog posts, this is definitely a memoir. While I’m certain Derek would be first in line to acknowledge he’s not a writer of fine literature, his blog posts aren’t “random thought” or diary-type entries; this is a collection of essays, each containing a narrative arc, a thought process, if you will, that […]