Review: The Invisible Hour, Alice Hoffman, Atria – Author Alice Hoffman offers us a timely, and harrowing, historical fantasy in her novel, “The Invisible Hour,” which harkens back to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1850 classic, “The Scarlet Letter.”
Kate Padilla
Kate Padilla is an author, poet and artist. Her book, Apples Rot on the Ground (May 2020), is a collection of gut-wrenching poems detailing the racism and bigotry that existed for Hispanic families in early New Mexico & Wyoming.
Book Review: Charles Portis, Collected Works
Book Review: Charles Portis, Collected Works, Editor, Jay Jennings, Library of America – The Library of America offers homage in a new collected works edition to American author Charles Portis, whose notoriety springs from his novel, “True Grit,” that was transformed into a popular 1968 feature film starring John Wayne.
Book Review: Where Waters Meet by Zhang Ling
Book Review, Where Waters Meet, Zhang Ling, Amazon Crossing – “Where Waters Meet” is a multiplex novel that resembles pieces of a puzzle on a table. Award-winning Chinese author Zhang Ling, in her first English work
Book Review: The Fires by Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir
The Fires, Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir , Amazon Crossing – In the novel, “The Fires,” volcanologist Anna Arnardóttir relies on science to forecast volcanoes and earthquakes in Iceland.
Review: The Boy Behind the Door by David Tabatsky
Review: The Boy Behind the Door, David Tabatsky, Amsterdam Publishers – Another book about the holocaust? Yes, so as not to let the horrors fade away, “The Boy Behind the Door,” offers us a true account of how Salomon Kool survived the holocaust.
Review: Hotel Laguna by Nicola Harrison
Review: Hotel Laguna by Nicola Harrison, St Martin’s Press – Nicola Hansen’s historical fiction, “Hotel Laguna,” set in 1945, highlights the creation of the “Pageant of the Masters” in southern California where well-known artworks are recreated live, with people in costumes.
Review: Side Effects of Wanting by Mary Salisbury
Side Effects of Wanting, Mary Salisbury, Main Street Rag Publishing – Mary Salisbury’s short stories focus on human frailties in such an intimate manner it is almost as if the reader is observing, perhaps through a peephole, into her characters’ consciousness.
Review: Hollow Beasts by Alisa Lynn Valdés
Review: Hollow Beasts, Alisa Lynn Valdés, Thomas & Mercer – Like famed Rudolfo Anaya, author of Bless Me Ultima, known as the “godfather of Chicano literature,” and who also developed the “Sonny Baca mysteries,” Alisa Lynn Valdés, recognized as “godmother of Chica Lit,” has debuted her first thriller in the series, Hollow Beasts.
Review: Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea by Rita Chang-Eppig
Review: Deep As the Sky, Red as the Sea, Rita Chang-Eppig, Bloomsbury Publishing – Pirate Shek Yeung, a ruthless killer with no qualms about beheading anyone who challenges her authority, co-commands a fleet of 20,000 junks (three-mast sailboats) across the South China Sea.
Review: The Forever Witness by Edward Humes
Review: The Forever Witness, Edward Humes, Random House – Would you allow law enforcement access to your DNA if it would bring a killer to justice? I
