By Jaime Hypes on May 15, 2012
Richard Fornek wakes up in a hospital after a car accident a completely different person. Literally. His mind is still his own, but he is in the body of Daniel Curtis, who was hospitalized after his wife attacked him. Richard is in a different city (actually an entirely different state), has a different wife, different friends, a different family, and a different body and life.
Posted in Fiction, Jaime Hypes, Mystery/Suspense, Reviews | Tagged Fiction, Fractured Persona, Harry James Krebs, jaime hypes, mystery, suspense |
By Jaime Hypes on April 29, 2012
It is 1913 in Salem, Massachusetts, and teenager Sarah is having dark visions that turn out to be warning her of future events. There are vampires being made, Egyptian gods that are very unhappy, a sorcerer who cannot be killed, and a warlock making deals. Of course, at first, Sarah does not know any of this. She thinks the visions are just her mind being overactive and playing tricks. That is, until she discovers a boy’s mangled corpse, attends the funeral of the boy, and then sees the boy seemingly as alive as can be after being buried- and a Greek boy, Alex, who can explain it all.
Posted in Fiction, Horror/Supernatural, Jaime Hypes, Reviews, Young Adult/Juvenile | Tagged Andy Gavin, gothic supernatural, horror, jaime hypes, The Darkening Dream, young adult |
By Jaime Hypes on April 15, 2012
Nuncio and the Gypsy Girl is not your typical graphic novel. There are several historical figures, a love triangle, and no action-driven plotline. It is also narrated by an African Grey Parrot named Nuncio. Taking place at the turn of the century in Dayton, OH, the characters are right in the middle of the making of many great inventions, and intellectual society.
Posted in Historical, Jaime Hypes, Reviews | Tagged graphic novel, historical fiction, jaime hypes, Kristin Alexandre, Nuncio and The Gypsy Girl in the Gilded Age |
By Jaime Hypes on April 7, 2012
To say that Jeffery Anderson’s dystopian, conspiracy-laden Ephemera is not for everyone would be an understatement. To say that it is for very few would be more accurate, and those very few should consider themselves lucky to be given such a novel. Ephemera is not easy to read- both stylistically and content-wise; maybe because a lot of what is happening in the future New York setting seems to be a distinct possibility.
Posted in Experimental/Narrative, Fiction, Jaime Hypes, Reviews | Tagged dystopian fiction, Ephemera, jaime hypes, Jeffery M. Anderson, surrealistic fiction |
By Jaime Hypes on March 25, 2012
Holly is a 19-year-old single girl living in 1970s Chicago and trying to survive every day. She prides herself on her independence and her ability to survive with minimal human connection in her life. At least, she is trying to convince herself as much as everyone else that she is choosing to live in the shadows. What Holly may not realize is that by keeping to herself, she will never discover who she really is.
Posted in Jaime Hypes, Mainstream/Nostalgia | Tagged 1970s fiction, anxiety disorder, dark humor, drepression, hang on, nell gavin, rock fiction |
By Jaime Hypes on March 8, 2012
We are raised in a society that encourages us to not age, stay young, and live longer. That if we can find that magic potion, the world will open up for us because we will not get old- because, if you get old, it is all over. Media bombards us with images and ideas that youth is equal to life, love and happiness. Staying young-looking is what you should want to do, because getting old flat-out sucks. With all this being drilled into us, it is great to see a book like The 100 Best Ways to Stop Aging & Stay Young, which promotes not the idea that getting old is undesirable, but that living a healthy life is the key to living a fuller life.
Posted in Health, Jaime Hypes, Non-Fiction | Tagged health and fitness, healthy living, jaime hypes, Julia Maranan, non-fiction, The 100 Best Ways to Stop Aging & Stay Young |
By Jaime Hypes on March 3, 2012
The Last Way Station is a speculative fantasy novella chronicling Adolf Hitler’s time after his suicide. Reisfeld gives us a world where Hitler is stuck in a kind of purgatory, unable to move on until his ‘caseworker’ finds him fit to do so. Hitler is forced to relive the atrocities he inflicted upon others- from his victims’ perspective, as he is placed into the bodies of each and every person he affected.
Posted in Historical, Jaime Hypes, Science Fiction/Fantasy | Tagged genocide, historical fantasy, hitler, hitler fiction, holocaust, jon reisfeld, the last way station |
By Jaime Hypes on February 3, 2012
Greed, revenge, lust, government corruption, and mystery. These are all indicators of a fast-paced novel of suspense, and are all present in Karen Keilt’s debut novel The Parrot’s Perch. When Freddy Lauria gets entangled in the drug trade while a student at Harvard, he thinks he can put it all behind him when he moves back home to Brazil. However, Jack and Red, dirty cops who are on to Freddy, have a different plan when they follow him to the South American hotspot.
Posted in Jaime Hypes, Mystery/Suspense | Tagged government corruption fiction, jaime hypes, karen keilt, mystery, suspense novel, the parrot's perch, xlibris |
By Jaime Hypes on December 20, 2011
With so many fantastical stories about wizards, vampires, fairies, and other beings written for the pre-YA Children’s Fiction market today, we sometimes forget that it is the simple, everyday stories that can have the ability to inspire kids more than the mystical. Sometimes reading a story based in reality- about their dreams and aspirations- is a way for them to understand the challenge can be worked past, and that their dream may be attainable. The onslaught of fantasy stories may teach morals and decision-making, but it does not allow a child to connect the characters to their life in way that says “Maybe I can do that.”
Posted in Jaime Hypes, Young Adult/Juvenile | Tagged ballerina fiction, dance fiction, dancing on the inside, glen strathy, iuniverse book, teen fiction |
By Jaime Hypes on December 15, 2011
Cooking for one is not something most people want to try to tackle. That’s why there’s a plethora of frozen dinners, right? Sure, we say to ourselves, “This year I will really make the effort to cook special meals for myself and treat my body to the healthy food it deserves.” Somehow, though, the idea seems to fall by the wayside before it even gets started. “It’s too hard to make a meal just for one person,” “I end up wasting so much of what I make,” “Why spend time cooking just for me?,” or “I just don’t know what to make for just me.”
Posted in Home/Family/Food, Jaime Hypes | Tagged cookbook for one, healthy eating for one, one bowl, recipes for one, stephanie bostic |
