By Eric Stein For all the horror lovers out there, this is a novel for you, just in time for Halloween. Jack Kilborn (aka J.A. Konrath) delivers an incredibly chilling, gruesome tale of the small city of Safe Haven, Wisconsin. For the readers out there who love horror, or even those like myself that want... Continue Reading →
Heart of Briar by Laura Anne Gilman
I had just been saying that I haven't felt like reading anything lately when Heart of Briar caught my eye. I've never read anything my Laura Anne Gilman before, but the premise of Heart of Briar sounded good. So I took it out and couldn't put it down once I started reading it! In Heart... Continue Reading →
Benjamin Franklin’s Bastard, by Sally Cabot
When we think of Benjamin Franklin, we undoubtedly reflect on his unequivocal achievements. A noted polymath, Franklin is a famous scientist, inventor, congressman, printer, philosopher, musician and economist. What we most likely don’t consider about Franklin is the lesser-known turmoil of his personal life. In Benjamin Franklin’s Bastard, Cabot has pieced together a chronology of... Continue Reading →
The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime By Miles Harvey
By Jesse Roberts Miles Harvey is an American journalist and writer with an inherent fascination with maps. The Island of Lost Maps is his most well known work to date and guides the reader through the turbulent world of cartographic crime. The central theme of the book is the story of how map thief, Joseph... Continue Reading →
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