For the mystery thriller square of Indiecember, I read The Four Before Me by E H Night. After Alice’s grandmother kills herself, Alice moves out of the city to the sleepy small town of Wintersburg. Enchanted by her grandmother’s stories of growing up in the small town, and with no other family, Alice hopes to… Continue reading The Four Before Me by E H Night
For the contemporary square of Indiecember, I chose What Friends Do by C E Shields. 13 year old Debbie is terrified on her first day of High School (Secondary School in Ireland) until she meets outgoing Antoinette. They becoming friends, and Antionette brings color and laughter to Debbie’s life. They form a strong bond, but… Continue reading What Friends Do by C E Shields
My book today completes the 30-60 reviews square on my Indiecember card. There and Never Ever Back Again: Diary of a Dark Lord is a series of essays, or diary entries, by the unnamed Dark Lord and the unnamed Chosen One who is tasked to kill her. Similarities are drawn to Tolkien’s work, both in… Continue reading There and Never Ever Back Again: Diary of a Dark Lord by Jeff Mach
Raghad Jabbar Zarkani grew up in Iraq, survived a war and now lives in the U.S. These are her poems. Divided into three parts; Part I Contains poems of her life in Iraq during wartime, her childhood experiences of Saddam Hussein and the way people treat her as an immigrant. Part II has poems that… Continue reading Stranger Paths by R.J Zarkani
Look at that cover! Perfect for the red square of Indiecember! Billy Kingdom may have escaped from Project 9:6, but Grigori is no where to be seen, and he’s captured by Lord Seven Blades, one of the crime lords who now run London. Meanwhile, Tawny has had the right and left hemispheres of her brain… Continue reading The Prophet Wars 2: Dead or Alive by Thomas Emson
