We talk with Jenny Blackhurst about a children’s scheme to get rich and what not to do in the woods.
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Interview with Jenny Blackhurst
5 out of 5 stars. Cal Thorpe meets Fate – a recipe for desaster, if ever one existed.
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin My rating: 4 of 5 stars Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow was, in essence, “Art Imitating (Gaming) Life.” I began to suspect early on that the author was creating an artificial world in this story that mimicked Sadie and Sam’s respective “realities.” For me, each of the […]
Tarot in Love: Consulting the Cards in Matters of the Heart by Elliot Adam My rating: 5 of 5 stars The wise counsel in this well-written guidebook does exactly what I’m looking for when I do a tarot reading for myself: it invariably brings order to my frazzled mind. At these times, I’m usually looking […]
Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler My rating: 4 of 5 stars Micah Mortimer is set in his ways. His siblings and extended family tease him good-naturedly about his unvarying routine. Much like Macon in The Accidental Tourist, Micah is over-compensating for his messy (but loving) upbringing. He needed order in […]
The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler My rating: 4 of 5 stars I love Anne Tyler! Tyler’s imagination and observational skills are astounding. This novel mirrors life lately for so many of us. The prevailing “wait and see” mentality is a bit unsettling. But hark! Tempus fugit: tik tok, tik tok…! Macon tries to rigidly […]
The Villa by Rachel Hawkins My rating: 4 of 5 stars Well! The word “switcheroo” popped into my head, more than once, when I finished listening to the Audiobook ARC of The Villa by Rachel Hawkins – ably narrated by Julia Whelan, Kimberly M. Wetherell and Shiromi Arserio. I did a few double-takes during the […]
Funny story to start this off: it seems that all assassins in novel series are named John, like John Milton. Or John Rain, whose specialty it is to make the death look natural. (There are also the Jacks, like Reacher or Widow – they’re not assassin’s, they’re drifters. It’s a small and simple world out […]
3.5 out of 5 stars. A story that wants to be a lot of things simultaneously. Recommended if you crave some popcorn movie feeling in the shape of literature.
4.5 out of 5 stars. Pulp fiction meets Fantasy, with added Arabian spices – a wild ride.
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