In small town North Carolina, a plane crash and a little girl converge, leaving the entire community reeling with questions about how she survived and, more importantly, how she performed the miracle that she did.At 13, Ava, the daughter of the town sheriff, saves her best friend Wash, from certain death following a small plane crash at a community festival. The … [Read more...]
As Night Falls by Jenny Milchman
This book holds a special place in my heart because not only do I consider Jenny a friend (she helped start #30Authors), but she thanked me and a few other bloggers in the acknowledgements section of this book, which still amazes me. That said, I tried very hard to review this independently of my personal feelings and I loved her style before we became friends. So, on to the … [Read more...]
The Shore by Sara Taylor (Book Review)
Sara Taylor's debut novel, The Shore, has been getting some rave reviews and I was thrilled to snag a copy of it. Set in a remote set of islands off the coast of Virginia, it offers up a series of short stories that overlap to create a wonderful novel about the importance of home, the conflicting desire to run away and stay where you are, and the joys and sorrows that … [Read more...]
Black River: A Review in 200 Words
Black River is about a broken man named Wes who returns to his home in Montana with his wife's ashes to set her to rest. While there, he reconnects with his distant step-son and struggles with whether or not to speak at the parole hearing of the man who broke him - an inmate who held him captive in a prison riot for 39 hours. You see, Wes was a corrections officer and a … [Read more...]
“All That Is Solid” Is Superb
If you were to read the description of All That Is Solid Melts Into Air, you would be led to believe that it is a sweeping story about last days of the Soviet Union. Though this is true, it fails to truly capture the intimate storylines of its three main characters: a former journalist working in a factory, a young piano player forced from his home, and a doctor who … [Read more...]