In turn of the century New York City, ten blocks separated two worlds. Rich. Poor. Privileged. Insignificant. To live below Houston in the Lower East Side usually meant you were Irish, Italian, or Jewish, an immigrant who had few options for advancement. Morris Rabishevsky and his five siblings grow up with their share of heartache;... Continue Reading →
Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence (Mini Review)
When Jorg was ten, his mother and brother were slain, and his father, the king, quickly took a new wife. Our protagonist has waited four years and now it’s time to settle scores. Simple setup, but layers of intrigue await when he steps back into his family's castle. This is one of the greatest tales... Continue Reading →
Dungeons & Dragons: Escape the Underdark by Matt Forbeck
#1. Do you like adventure? Are you a treasure hunter trapped in an average Jane or Joe's body? Go to #3. If not, go to #6 #2. Are you ready to encounter drows, gnomes, orcs, dwarfs, goblins, and huge hairy spiders? Yes? Continue to #5. If this is getting too scary for you, go to... Continue Reading →
Katerina by James Frey
Paris 1992: An existence based on want. Of pure gluttony and desire. Cultivating a life of art, sex, drugs, and writing. A hard-driving frenetic love of Katerina. Los Angeles 2017: Stability. Boredom. Guilt. Commercial success. Deep self-hatred. Selling out. A love defined by partnership of wife, mother of children. Katerina is the story of Jay,... Continue Reading →
The Winter Soldier by Daniel Mason
Daniel Mason’s The Winter Soldier is a strongly-written novel of a field hospital on the Eastern front of World War One. Lucius is a young man from a family of means who finds medicine as an escape from the obligations of his birth. And when war breaks out with only a couple of years of... Continue Reading →