There’s nothing I love more than mythology. Except maybe a good romance. Fortunately for me, and for you if you feel the same way, Lore Olympus manages to cover both of those genres in this webtoon-turned-graphic-novel. This Hades and Persephone retelling toes the line between a modern story and the ancient gods and manages to sneak in …
Local author Tara Goedjen slips onto the shelves with No Beauties or Monsters, which is an eerily rendered novel about friendship and memory loss and top secret government ops. On returning to her old stomping grounds in Twentynine Palms, Rylie Caruso discovers that one of her besties has been missing for a year. When she investigates …
Adolf Hitler has been chancellor of Germany for only four weeks, when on February 27, 1933, the Reichstag—home of the parliament in Berlin—suddenly bursts into flames. The Nazis promptly blame unruly communists, and in response suspend civil liberties throughout the country. Caught up in the ensuing escalation of lies, divisiveness, and bigotry is John Russell, …
Every now and then, a book comes along that stirs the excitement of the entire bookshop. This is that book. In the debut novel from Amanda Foody and Christine Lynn Herman, The Hunger Games meets magical realism. Every generation, seven families must send a tribute to fight to the death in a secret battle for …
As someone who loves Louise Penny’s Three Pines books, I couldn’t NOT read her new book, co-authored by Hillary Clinton. More of a political thriller than Penny’s standard mystery fare, State of Terror is an action-packed book that takes place over a period of just a few days. Spoiler—the main character is a female Secretary …
From A Good Book in Sumner, WA: Before we claw back an hour or so of daylight the weekend after Ghouls & Goblins Night, here are a trio of mood-settings that are best read by candlelight. First up, there’s Witchcraft, the next volume in Taschen’s Library of Estoerica. It’s Taschen. It’s about spooky stuff at …
Stephen Graham Jones is back with My Heart is a Chainsaw. Jones, who has been diligently writing amazing horror stories for the past decade, is really taking off these last few years. Last year’s release The Only Good Indians won the Ray Bradbury Prize, the Alex Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the Bram Stoker Award (and it’s …
This is a horror book that will pull you and won’t let you go until long after you finish it. This story has so much heart, empathy and compassion. Not to mention a quirky POV from a very religious cat named Olivia. If you’re new to the horror genre, this is a good place to …
Librarians are gifts to the community, even after the apocalypse. Nina, Dani, and Maya have scavenged the wreckage of cities long dead for tech, data and content, to share with their community and help everyone survive. It’s a dangerous job, and all three of them have a shadowed past, so it’s no surprise when disgraced …
In the last ten months, I have devoured four books by [Bremerton, WA] author Gary McAvoy. His series is called The Magdalen Chronicles. Book 4 is entitled The Vivaldi Cipher that includes a cameo appearance by composer Antonio Vivaldi. [Here is the link for Book 1: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781954123021 ] The story opens, briefly, in The Vatican …
