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By Autumn Dawson 1) Mine is the Night: A Novel by Liz Curtis Higgs While this may not be a time-travel, the legions of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander fans will fall in love with this story. Set in the lowlands of Scotland, this is a beautiful tale of the strength and courage of two women facing [...]
By Autumn Dawson 1) The Dragon’s Path (The Dagger and the Coin) by Daniel Abraham The Dragon’s Path places the reader in a world heavily inspired by 15th century Europe, with a story woven with refreshing twists and a witty voice that will suck you into a world you’ll want to revisit time and time [...]
1) The Stranger You Seek: A Novel by Amanda Kyle Williams For those of you who like Val McDermid’s Tony Hill series, Tess Gerritsen, Karin Slaughter or Brian Freeman’s Stride books you might want to check this novel out. Standing up against such masterpieces, it holds its own in excitement, character interest, ambience, and [...]
By Autumn Dawson Every once in a while there’s a story that just takes over your life until you’ve finished the book. When such a wonderful thing happens, you snatch any second you have to read a chapter, a page, a sentence. THIS is that book. 1) Love You More: A Novel by Lisa Gardner [...]
Review by Autumn Dawson This is one of those rare novels that is everything a book can be, and in this case, everything an epic fantasy tale should be. A Game of Thrones is the first installment of A Song of Ice and Fire series, that belongs in the elite category of Tolkien’s Lord of [...]
By Gabrielle Nguyen Savages: a harsh descriptor for people considered less civilized. Even in a Disney movie, savages are “barely even human.” But in Don Winslow’s Savages, Ben, Chon, and O, the main characters, are all too human in their savagery. Ben, a boy-genius botanist and philanthropist, and Chon, a reticent and uncompromising ex-Navy Seal, [...]
By Autumn Dawson This is not a new release, nor a highly acclaimed award winner. Barnes and Noble will never rerelease it as a leather-covered Classic. Yet it is one of the most hauntingly beautiful and heart-wrenching stories ever put to paper. There are few books that touch your heart or soul, and I was [...]
By Autumn Dawson The Invisible Bridge, without a doubt, is one of the finest novels to hit the shelves in years. Beautifully written, this historical fiction captures the period and times of Europe preceding, during and after World War II in Hungary and Paris. As this subject has been covered many times over, I opened [...]
By Gabrielle Nguyen Everyone with responsibilities wonders what life would be like without those obligations. What would happen if they were to just pick up and leave their life behind? How much of the world would move on without the slightest hitch, and who in their lives would really care? In Arto Paasilinna’s The Year [...]