Title: To Have and Have Not Author: Ernest Hemingway Genre: Classic Literature   Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Format: Paperback Pages: 219 Rating: 3/5 stars *Warning: Strong Language and racial slurs. Parents please be advised* Synopsis (Goodreads): Anyone coming to To Have & Have Not after seeing the Bogart/Bacall film should be forewarned that about the only … Continue reading Book Review: To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway

Title: Passenger Author: Alexandra Bracken   Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Format: Paperback Pages: 496 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads): Passage, n. A brief section of music composed of a series of notes and flourishes. A journey by water; a voyage. iii. The transition from one place to another, across space and time. In … Continue reading Book Review: Passenger by Alexandra Bracken

Title: Shoeburn and the Ill Fitting Necklace Author: Shoeburn Ruffet   Genre: Children's, Middle Grade Publisher: Curiosity Quills Press    Format: Paperback Pages: 134 Rating: 3/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads):   Shoeburn Ruffet is forced into finding the whereabouts of a business magnate’s lost piece of jewellery. Regina Wendle, the most powerful woman in Welt Foot … Continue reading Book Review: Shoeburn and the Ill Fitting Necklace by Shoeburn Ruffet

Title: Storm of Steel Author: Ernst Junger   Genre: Nonfiction Publisher: Penguin Modern Classics   Format: Paperback Pages: 289 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads):   A memoir of astonishing power, savagery, and ashen lyricism, 'Storm of Steel' illuminates not only the horrors but also the fascination of total war, seen through the eyes of an … Continue reading Book Review: Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger

Title: The Lords of the North Author: Bernard Cornwell Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Harper Collins Publishing    Format: Paperback Pages: 383 Rating: 4/5 stars *Warning: mature content. Parents please be advised* Synopsis (Goodreads): The third novel in Bernard Cornwell’s epic and bestselling series on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, … Continue reading Book Review: The Lords of the North by Bernard Cornwell

Title: The Pale Horseman Author: Bernard Cornwell Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Harper Collins Publishing    Format: Paperback Pages: 384 Rating: 4.5/5 stars *Warning: Mature Content. Parents please be advised* Synopsis (Goodreads): The second installment of Bernard Cornwell’s New York Times bestselling series chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, “like Game of Thrones, … Continue reading Book Review: The Pale Horseman by Bernard Cornwell

Title: The Last Kingdom Author: Bernard Cornwell Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Harper Collins Publishing    Format: Paperback Pages: 477 Rating: 4/5 stars *Warning: Mature Content. Parents please be advised* Synopsis (Goodreads): This is the story of the making of England in the 9th and 10th centuries, the years in which King Alfred the Great, his … Continue reading Book Review: The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell

Title: Lolita Author: Vladimir   Genre: Classic Literature Publisher: Vintage Books   Format: Paperback Pages: 317 Rating: 3/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads):   Awe and exhiliration--along with heartbreak and mordant wit--abound in Lolita, Nabokov's most famous and controversial novel, which tells the story of the aging Humbert Humbert's obsessive, devouring, and doomed passion for the nymphet … Continue reading Book Review: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Title: Rebel of the Sands Author: Alwyn Hamilton Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Publisher: Viking Books Format: Hardcover Pages: 314 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads):   Mortals rule the desert nation of Miraji, but mythical beasts still roam the wild and remote areas, and rumor has it that somewhere, djinn still perform their magic.  For humans, … Continue reading Book Review: Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton

Title: The Ambassadors Author: Henry James Genre: Classics Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Format: Paperback Pages: 464 Rating: 3/5 stars Synopsis (Goodreads): When the mild-mannered Lambert Stretcher travels from America to Paris on a mission to 'save' Chad, the son of his formidable fiancée, he soon discovers that life in Europe is not at all what he … Continue reading Book Review: The Ambassadors by Henry James