reviews

Love, Lies, and Chilies Author: Marc Fennell Whether you like to grow the occasional porch Jalapeño or snort chili powder online for your adoring YouTube fans, this Audible book/podcast series is a must. I’ve long stuck with Audible, despite the price, and part of that is thanks to the monthly book recommendations with It Burns: The Scandal-Plagued Race to Breed the World’s Hottest Chili being one of those. This book/podcast series got added to my queue because I love growing Jalapeños and assorted hot peppers, and while my husband shuns all forms of spice, I come from a line of [...]

When Pagan Forest Deities Go Full Black Metal Author: Adam Nevill Deep in the Scandinavian forest, four friends reconnect for an ill-fated hiking holiday. It’s been many years since these former college buddies were together, and their ribald, ball-busting talk belies that underneath it all, the holiday is not working out. Many of them are hiding failed marriages, others are harboring grudges and presumptions, and none of them are ready for what will happen next. Enter an injury; a shortcut through the woods; endless rain; a strange, dissected corpse high in a tree; and a ruined cabin littered with bones [...]

A Look At PTSD, World War II, and Family Author: Dale Maharidge Dale Maharidge only remembers his father, formerly Sergeant Steve Maharidge, after the war. His heart-breaking episodes of anger, his endless rage. What caused his father to be that way? They say before the war he was a different man, but Dale doesn't remember that, and his father never spoke about the war. The only thing that even pointed back to his time as a Marine was that old picture in the basement. A picture that showed a smiling man Dale never even knew. All these years later, now [...]