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River of Silver

A Look Back at Daevabad Author: S.A. Chakraborty S.A. Chakraborty can write. I would probably read (and enjoy) her grocery list. Heck, I’d probably get it in hardback and add it to my limited shelf space. Chakraborty is that good. She is a literary siren, and you cannot walk away from even the most basic of her stories (as though she ever tells a story that is not multifaceted and rich with history and culture.) So, it’s no surprise that The River of Silver, odd offering that it is, is perfection. Now, I’m not really a short story person, but [...]

2022-11-20T11:59:51-07:00November 20th, 2022|Tags: , , , , |

Tapestry of Dark Souls

Fate and Fury in the Dark Domains Author: Elaine Bergstrom Jonathon has grown up cloaked in secrecy. Living with a group of old monks with a secret to guard, Johnathon knows little about his family and even less about himself and this possible destiny the monks hint may come to pass. Now that he is of age, the monks are sending him out into the world, into the nearby town of Tepest, where he will discover if he was meant to live a normal life or if he has the calling. What calling, he doesn’t know. But they say if he [...]

2022-11-19T13:43:37-07:00November 19th, 2022|Tags: , , , , , |

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Murder or Mistake? Author: John Berendt Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is the story of a rich, eccentric man; a vicious murder; a voodoo priestess; a sassy drag queen; a would-be-poisoner; a lovable squatter; and a bunch of snobby rich people in old town Savannah, Georgia, who love to talk about a good scandal. The surprising thing about this story – which I honestly thought was a novel until I sat down to finally write this review – is that it is a true story. This explains some of its eccentricities, it’s definite lack of focus and magazine [...]

2022-11-14T18:17:12-07:00November 14th, 2022|Tags: , , , , , |
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