There is a distinctive style to “I Escaped Amazon River Pirates.” I wouldn’t call it a throwback, a better phrase might be “lovingly inspired.” Either way, that wonderful educational, spirit of adventure that dominated media from the 80’s through the 90’s touches this story.
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Review of Erin Morgenstern’s The Starless Sea
Have you ever had a crush on someone that fell apart when chance came, and you were able to get to know them better? The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern was a bit like that, and it is heartbreaking.
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Dragon Kingdom & the Wishing Stone, a review
Chapters open with poetic whimsy, spill-over with jaunts of effective prose, get stuck to the roof of your mouth with their sprinkles of pictures, and skip around in a first-person narrative as merrily as a child through puddles in their fresh Sunday wear. Yes, yes, a run-on sentence – but this is a children’s book, so get out of bed you grump and follow along. Sing a nice little tune, too, for the Dragon Kingdom and the Wishing Stone is a happy little novel. And what is wrong with that?
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Review of Starship Eternal, by M.R. Forbes
The expanse of space is vast, cold and lifeless. Deep in a sense – or at least I am going to say that, to use in the next line: Starship Eternal is batting 0.500. Dare to guess which way? Don’t be an optimist.
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Review Request: Sangre: the Wrong Side of Tomorrow (4 stars)
A vampire book with bite…I need to work on these titles
A newspaper article is the first thing we read: a bit of a dry prologue, setting up what appears to be the common tropes. Beheadings? Check. A gritty atmosphere? Check. That palpable sense of decay and the dark stirrings of a city’s underbelly? Check, and check! Yep, we are in a noir/vampire novel folks. But that’s where the similarity between this and those other glorified fanfiction dredges you may have been subjected too, end. Sangre, the Wrong Side of Tomorrow is good. Quite good.
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The Melody of Three now available, and other updates
Hey folks,
It’s been awhile since I have done an update, but things have been very busy. The biggest news is that The Melody of Three is now available both in kindle, and paperback (https://www.amazon.com/Melody-Three-Evercharm-Trilogy-Book/dp/1946849626).
In January I will be doing an interview with DJ over at MyLifeMyBooksMyEscape. Also, work on the sequel continues unabated! There will be some lovely prizes and other things planned after for a giveaway in February, so stay tuned for that.
For now, I am off to the States to visit my parents. I should be back around January 4th. Till then, I hope you all have a happy holidays!
