reviews

The queen goes rogue Author: Erika Johansen First things first.  If you haven’t read the first two books in this trilogy, don’t start here.  Go back and read The Queen of the Tearling (my full review is here) and then The Invasion of the Tearling (my review is here) before even thinking about this, the final chapter – The Fate of the Tearling.  You won’t be sorry and it’s the only way you’ll be able to make any sense whatsoever of this installment. With that out of the way, let’s get on with it!  The Fate of the Tearling picks [...]

Truth on paper... Author:  John Edgar Wideman Imagination as fact.  It’s not a concept that gets much respect in today’s political climate.  But in skilled hands it can create quite a profound literary experience.  In Writing to Save a Life, award winning author John Edgar Wideman takes creative license to the limit in his consideration of Private Louis Till, a man whose life – or death rather – had a profound, if indirect, impact on American history. Until the tragic death of his 14 year-old son Emmett in 1955, Louis was just an anonymous World War II serviceman who was [...]

Gravity optional... Authors:  Alex Honnold with David Roberts Words fail.  It’s categorically impossible for words to do justice to what Alex Honnold can do on a rock.  Michael Phelps can swim like a dolphin and Usain Bolt can run like a cheetah, but watching those exquisitely talented athletes perform doesn’t really engender the same feelings of disbelief that arise when watching a man climb thousands of feet up a vertical wall of rock with nothing more than his bare hands and some rubber soled shoes.   No ropes, no helmet, no metal spikes – just some chalk powder and a steadfast [...]