Ghosts, Mysterious Doors, and…Herbalists? Oh my!
Halloween is long past, but readers can recreate the ambiance with Chris Bohjalian’s (Midwives, The Double Bind) new book The Night Strangers. Set in a small town in upstate New Hampshire, a...
View ArticleA Grown-up Ghost Story
Sometimes, nothing beats a good spooky story; the kind of tale that might make you turn the light on in a dark hallway before you go upstairs, or maybe double check that your doors are locked before...
View ArticleThree Wise Men?
Most people know the biblical tale of the birth of Jesus, including the visitation of the baby by three wise men. Very little is known about these men, not even their names. Seth Grahame-Smith has...
View ArticleA Journey through Time
Shadow of Night, the second book in Deborah Harkness’s All Souls trilogy, was released this summer to the delight of her fans. It continues the story of historian/witch Diana and geneticist/vampire...
View ArticleGhosts, Moors and Village Secrets
A couple and their infant daughter move from the hustle and bustle of London to a remote cottage in North Yorkshire. Soon after, the husband Adam disappears, leaving the baby in her carriage on the...
View ArticleEight Degrees of Manipulation
Some novels seem designed for escape, others for amusement, and yet others to satisfy an intellectual craving. Karen Engelmann’s The Stockholm Octavo fits into none of these particular niches yet...
View ArticleManga Sayonara
Two long-running manga series come to a close this month, but not without captivating final volumes. In Dance in the Vampire Bund, a seinen manga by Nozomu Tamaki, vampires have been secretly living...
View ArticleA House to DIE For
Hesteyri: A beautiful location by the ocean, a popular summer tourist destination, an entrepreneurs golden opportunity. When friends decide to purchase and renovate a house to start a bed and...
View ArticleA Cold Day in Hades
Everything changed for Harry Dresden, Chicago's only professional wizard, when he sold his services to Mab, Queen of the Fairies, to save his daughter. He's been not quite dead, trapped in Fairy...
View ArticleLord of the Trees
Nature preservationist and Sierra Club founder John Muir is considered the father of the United States National Parks system, thanks to his influence over President Teddy Roosevelt. Muir’s philosophy...
View ArticleBewitching Legends
Krassi Zourkova’s debut novel Wildalone will leave readers eagerly awaiting her next literary venture. A novel filled with Greek mythology, Bulgarian legends and romance, Wildalone is a stunning debut....
View ArticleAmber Smoke
Bestselling author Kristin Cast teamed up with her mother P.C. Cast to bring you the wildly popular teen series House of Night. Kristin Cast ventures out on her own for Amber Smoke, the first book in...
View ArticleThree Cinematic Novels to Get You through the Drought at the Multiplex
The days of summer are dwindling down, and all of the blockbuster movies we were waiting to see have long been released. What’s a cinephile to do when there’s not much left worth seeing in the month of...
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