Review of “The Beast of Caledonia” by Kate Poole

Review: I found “Beast of Caledonia” to be well-written and paced with an overall balance a far notch above some other historical romance books I’ve read. Though I was concerned when I read in the introduction that research on ancient Rome had consisted of reading Colleen McCullough and watching HBO, descriptions and general information about […]

Review: “Fever Dream” by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

Before I’d read any book by the Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child writing team, I’d seen the film “The Relic”. It was pretty good, if a bit fantastical for a prehistoric type creature to stampede a museum in that way. I didn’t think anything else about, nor did I buy the DVD or try to […]

Review of “Stones from the River” by Ursula Hegi

Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi Intro Although I often read history, especially books regarding World War II and Germany, memoirs, collected memories, analysis into the various horrors and sheer arrogant stupidity of what the Nazis and others did, I seldom, if ever, read fiction books about those times. This book, however, caught my […]