As I continue the trend of reading shorts, which is not generally my cup of tea, so to speak, I brought out a book I have had on my shelf for over a year. A Year of Teatime Tales by Angela Webster McRae is a series of "52 tea-themed stories to fill your cup and warm your heart." If you are a fan of all things tea, chances are you are already familiar with Angela and her blog Tea with Friends, It was recently ranked in the Top 100 Tea Blogs by Feedspot. Which I wouldn't ha

As summer winds to a close I find myself searching for books that I can read in short bursts of attention, beause it is about all the attention I have to offer. With that in mind the next series of book reviews will all be some version of essay, short, story, anecdotes or poetry. Bluewater Walkabout: Into the Caribbean by Tina Dreffin, is the first of these. Dreffin has two books in her Bluewater Walkabout series: Into the Caribbean and Into Africa. This week I read Into the

I have had Phillip Vega's book, Last Exit to Montauk, sitting on my desk for weeks, really, ever since it released earlier this year. I've been looking forward to reading it, but but have been hesitant. I've set myself a mission, with these book reviews to draw attention to small press and indie writers who don't have anybody actively working to make their books a sucess on their behalf. That is not the case here. Vega partnered with a newly revisioned publishing house ou

Some women read romance as their secret pleasure, not me. That stuff just makes me completely uncomfortable. My secret reading pleasure is dystopian fiction. If you've read my books, you know I like delving into the breakdown of the fabric of a person's life and walking with my characters as they cope and come to terms, and ultimately survive, or not. I am always fascinated by the resilience of people, and dystopian fiction is that, on a larger scale. I will clarify, tha

If space fantasy is your thing you should definitely get involved with Christian Kallias. He has created a complex story line with lost civilizations, extinct races, mysterious beginnings and celestial guidence. Universe in Flames: Earth, Last Sanctuary is the first in this ever expanding series and moves with a quick pace even while filling in the background to set the groundwork for the rest of the series. At first I thought this was fan fiction, and when I happened into

Arnco is Ben's first published work and when I asked him which of all his books he would like to see highlighted here it was this one. I understand why. I just completed my second read through of Arnco and saw things in it this time that I missed the first. I loved many things about this book, first of which is the locale in which it is set. Arnco, Georgia is a mill town without a mill about 40 miles outstide of Atlanta. It is a village with a cast of characters familia

https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Bridge-Rick-Sanders-ebook/dp/B01E1RVI6W/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1475180888&sr=8-2&keywords=the+walking+bridge Let me preface this by telling you that this is the first book I have actually read since before my children were born and that was in 2009. I ingest books in audio format almost exclusively because I can still vaccuum or cook or clean the toilet while I do. I was expecting it to be a struggle to actually read, because I have such a har

I spent the yesterday afternoon with some local writers at an Author Event at Walls of Books in Peachtree City, GA, and what I realized was that we are all voracious readers. A couple of us only read book we can touch, I almost never read without audio becasue I find it so hard to sit still. One of us prefers the ease and convience of digital. Regardless of how we are consuming our books, we are all ingesting them with tremendous appetite. I'm going to start detailing the