Title: Legend of a SuicideAuthor: David VannPublisher: Penguin BooksPages: 228Format: PaperbackSource: Personal purchaseDescription:In semiautobiographical stories set largely in David Vann's native Alaska, Legend of a Suicide follows Roy Fenn from his birth on an island at the edge of the Bering Sea to his return thirty years later to confront the turbulent emotions and complex… Continue reading Review – Legend of a Suicide by: David Vann
Interview: Rich Zahradnik author of Drop Dead Punk
Recently I had time to sit down with Rich Zahradnik and talk to him about his book we welcome him to Community Bookstop!What genre do you write?Mysteries in the form of my series the Coleridge Taylor Mysteries. I also just recently finished a middle-grade sci-fi/fantasy called TIMERS. That's with my agent, who will have to… Continue reading Interview: Rich Zahradnik author of Drop Dead Punk
Review: The Sibylline Oracle by: Delia Colvin
Title: The Sibylline OracleAuthor: Delia ColvinPublisher: CreatespaceSeries: The Oracles #1Pages: 328Format: e-bookSource: PurchaseDescription:The Sibylline Oracle is the first novel of the addictive Oracles Series that weaves Greek Mythology with the story of an immortal man'sdesperate attempts to save his mortal beloved.Valeria's life in Manhattan had been filled with deep loneliness and a lot of "nothing… Continue reading Review: The Sibylline Oracle by: Delia Colvin
Interview: Joyce T. Strand author of The Judge’s Story
Interview: Joyce T. Strand, AuthorThe Judge’s Story Q: In what genre is The Judge’s Story?I place The Judge’s Story in the mystery genre, but it is also historical fiction. It is set in a small town in California (Ventura) in 1939 where a Superior Court Judge enlists the help of his colleagues and a precocious teenager… Continue reading Interview: Joyce T. Strand author of The Judge’s Story
Review: Vamps, Villains and Vaudeville by: Ellen Mansoor Collier
Title: Vamps, Villains, and VaudevilleAuthor: Ellen Mansoor CollierPublisher: Decodame PressSeries: Jazz Age Mystery #4Pages: 208Format: e-bookSource: Author Request ReviewDescription:In 1920s Galveston, society reporter Jazz Cross is in for a surprise when she attends a traveling vaudeville show with her beau, Prohibition Agent James Burton, and discovers that an old flame acts in the production. That night,… Continue reading Review: Vamps, Villains and Vaudeville by: Ellen Mansoor Collier
Review: The Haunting of Springett Hall by: E. B. Wheeler
Title: The Haunting of Springett HallAuthor: E.B WheelerPublisher: Cedar FortPages: 256Format: e-book ARCSource: Cedar Fort Book TourDescription:Eighteen-year-old Lucy doesn’t know how she became a ghost, but the more she remembers of her life in Victorian England, the more she wants to forget. Her only hope of changing the mistakes of her past is to enlist… Continue reading Review: The Haunting of Springett Hall by: E. B. Wheeler
Review: Welcome To The World, Baby Girl! by: Fannie Flagg
Title: Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!Author: Fannie FlaggPublisher: Ballantine BooksSeries: Elmwood Springs #1Pages: 396Format: Nook e-bookSource: Personal PurchaseDescription:Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! is the funny, serious, and compelling new novel by Fannie Flagg, author of the beloved Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (and prize-winning co-writer of the classic movie).Once again,… Continue reading Review: Welcome To The World, Baby Girl! by: Fannie Flagg
Author Interview: Emerald Barnes Author of Before We Say I Do
Before We Say I Do: ABOUT Before We Say I Do Following the best-selling first book of the series, Entertaining Angels, comes Before We Say I Do, An Entertaining Angels Short Story. Chase Sanders and Madison Andrews are about to declare their love for one another in the most sacred of ways. Everything has been going… Continue reading Author Interview: Emerald Barnes Author of Before We Say I Do
Review: Fatal Faeries by: Joyce and Jim Lavene
Title: Fatal FairiesAuthor: Joyce and Jim LavenePublisher: SelfSeries: Renaissance Faire Mystery Book #8Pages: 181Format: e-book ARCSource: Great Escapes Book TourDescription:When a fairy named Apple Blossom is found dead in the Good Luck Fountain at Renaissance Faire Village, Jessie Morton makes a wish she lives to regret–that her husband, Chase Manhattan, is no longer the Village… Continue reading Review: Fatal Faeries by: Joyce and Jim Lavene
Review: A Charming Fatality by: Tonya Kappes & Giveaway
Title: A Charming FatalityAuthor: Tonya KappesSeries: Magical Cures Mystery Book #7Pages: 165Format: e-book ARCSource: Great Escapes Book ToursDescription:Bubble. . .Bubble. . .Whispering Falls’ resident potion maker, June Heal, is the first witch in the magical village to make a big money deal with the Head To Toe Works, a national chain specializing in spa and… Continue reading Review: A Charming Fatality by: Tonya Kappes & Giveaway