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Penni Jones
Nov 20, 20192 min read
A ROCKY DIVORCE: pettiness and pot brownies in Texarkana
When an abrupt divorce leaves her with nothing but a high alcohol tolerance and a keen talent for observation, quick-witted Raquel...
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Elgon Williams
Nov 7, 20192 min read
Review of Matt Coleman's A ROCKY DIVORCE
Simply brilliant and seriously funny! Matt Coleman's Raquel "Rocky" Champagnolle is a magnificent creation - not only a protagonist but...
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Penni Jones
Aug 25, 20191 min read
THE UNREPENTANT: a brutal & gripping tale of survival
Charlotte Reyes has been kidnapped, beaten, and raped repeatedly. And she’s only eighteen years old. Former soldier Mace Peterson happens...
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Penni Jones
Jun 25, 20192 min read
ALWAYS BE MY MAYBE: do I like rom-coms now?
I love Ali Wong slightly more than I dislike rom-coms. So when I learned that Always Be My Maybe was co-written by Ali Wong I decided it...
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Penni Jones
Mar 22, 20192 min read
Art & crime collide in THE EMPRESS OF TEMPERA
I started THE EMPRESS OF TEMPERA with a healthy amount of skepticism. My cousin/BFF has an art degree and whenever we visit a museum...
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Seth Augenstein
Mar 8, 20193 min read
Huge Terrifying Books... and a Sad Paradox
A perfect short story is like a song you can’t get out of your head. When I think of these perfect little sculpted pieces, I recall great...
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Penni Jones
Feb 24, 20193 min read
5 Take-aways from LORENA
Amazon Prime is currently streaming a four-part docuseries chronicling the infamous 1993 Lorena and John Bobbitt assaults, produced by...
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Seth Augenstein
Feb 10, 20193 min read
Fiction or Prediction? The North Korean Nuke Novel
A commercial airliner strays off course into the airspace of North Korea, which promptly shoots it down. The hundreds of deaths include a...
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Elgon Williams
Jan 25, 20193 min read
Steph Post’s latest, Miraculum
These days there are many books that bend genres, making them next to impossible to classify. It’s to the point that lately, I’m not sure...
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Tiffany Rose
Jan 2, 20192 min read
New Year, New Books
A lot of people make lists full of self help books around this time of year. And those books can be great, but at lot of times they...
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Penni Jones
Oct 24, 20182 min read
Josh Stallings' BEAUTIFUL, NAKED AND DEAD: Revenge and chivalry go on a roadtrip
BEAUTIFUL, NAKED AND DEAD is the first in Josh Stallings’ Moses McGuire series. Moses is a suicidal strip club bouncer. A combat veteran...
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Penni Jones
Sep 24, 20181 min read
David Swinson's THE SECOND GIRL: get ready for your new favorite antihero
THE SECOND GIRL is the first novel in David Swinson’s Frank Marr trilogy. Frank Marr is a retired police detective in DC who works as a...
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Seth Augenstein
Aug 7, 20184 min read
The Accounts Are Never Closed: A Review of the New Hemingway Story
A young and hungry and happy writer forges his craft with thousands of hours in an unheated garret in Paris, creating a crisp new style...
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