By Shannon Yarbrough on October 28, 2010
At less than 200 pages, you’d think I could get through Cheryl Anne Gardner’s latest book in a day. Having read and reviewed her two previous novellas, I knew I better clear at least a week from my reading schedule to devote my time and attention to her work. Logos took two weeks, as I devoted one single evening to each chapter. Each page is packed with detailed prose, and poetry even, that reads like Psalms from the Bible. I believe her protaganist, Selena, says it best in the first chapter:
Posted in Historical, Horror/Supernatural, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged cheryl anne gardner, fourth horseman, logos, paranormal romance, twisted knickers publications |
By Shannon Yarbrough on May 8, 2010
I was first introduced to Mark Zero when I read Blood and Chocolate, a book I found on Amazon by accident, but fell in love with and have suggested it to others ever since. I immediately wanted to read more from him and chose The Scarlet Dove next.
Posted in Historical, Mainstream/Nostalgia, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged giant publishing, mark zero, the scarlet dove |
By Shannon Yarbrough on April 7, 2010
Steve Anderson’s Ebook called Besserwisser reminded me of my favorite Sunday night show Amazing Race. I love when an American couple shows their true U.S. arrogance and stupidity when they are having trouble navigating a foreign country and become upset when they can’t find anyone who “speaks English.”
Posted in Historical, Mystery/Suspense, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged besserwisser, german e-book, german novel, smashwords book, steve anderson |
By Shannon Yarbrough on February 6, 2010
I have to admit that I’m not usually a fan of historical fiction that takes place in time of war. Battle scenes and descriptions of armory bore me, but I decided to give Luke Jackson’s book, The Wrong Choice, a read mainly because I’ve been researching the Civil War a lot lately for a project of my own. I thought reading something else from that genre might help or inspire me.
Posted in Historical, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged civil war, historical fiction, luke jackson, the wrong choice, war fiction, war spy, zany books |
By Shannon Yarbrough on January 10, 2010
It is ironic, is it not, how everything seems so poetic in death, yet we rarely see the poetry in life?
I couldn’t think of a more truer statement than this, spoken by a God-like king on the first page of Cheryl Anne Gardner’s book, The Splendor of Antiquity. True, we’d expect our Gods to say such profound things and the narrator of this book does not disappoint with such expectations. After all, he has been dead for centuries and our lead female, an archaeologists named Joliette Deneauve, is about to dig him up.
Posted in Historical, Mainstream/Nostalgia, Relationships/Women's Lit, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged antiquity, archaeologist romance, cheryl anne gardner, faith, splendor of antiquity |
By LK Gardner-Griffie on October 1, 2009
As I Rode with Cullen Baker opens, we are met with a scene evocative of Gone with the Wind with Tara burning in the background. Set in the South in the midst of the civil war, fifteen year old Jessica Linville watched while the Federal cavalry burned her house to the ground.
Posted in Action/Adventure, Historical, LK Gardner-Griffie, Young Adult/Juvenile | Tagged adventure, civil war, coming-of-age, Cullen Baker, Fiction, Historical, historical fiction, LK Gardner-Griffie, novel, outlaw, RLB Hartmann, romance, tale, texas |
By Dan Marvin on August 9, 2009
The King, Father, and Mother is reminiscent of Dan Brown’s Angels and Demons, not quite as good as the Davinci Code but still a compelling read. In Eric Rhodes’ book, we follow three men, separate in time but connected by an Irish hillside and a mysterious stone.
Posted in Dan Marvin, Historical, Mainstream/Nostalgia | Tagged Christianity, Crisis, cycles, divine, druids, Economic, fund, Gnostic, Gnosticism, hedge, HOLY, Hospitaller, investing, Ireland, knights, knowledge, monk, novel, Ogham, reincarnation, soul, spirituality, Sufism, Templar, time, tribulation, Trinity |
By Shannon Yarbrough on June 24, 2009
I admire historical fiction that draws from real facts from our history books and presents new theories on events or fills in the gaps history skipped over. S. G. Cardin has written such a book called Across the Fickle Winds of History. Now, with a title and book cover like that, I knew I wanted to read it.
Posted in Historical, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged anastasia romanov, czar nicholas, historical fiction, olga romanov, rasputin, romanov, russia, russian history, s.g. cardin |
By Shannon Yarbrough on May 28, 2009
I received a hard copy of Anthony R. Fanning’s book in the mail a few months ago. Opening the package, I discovered the book was wrapped in brown paper tied with cotton twine much like a treasure map. What a cool marketing idea, I thought! It really gave me a nice visual introduction to the book. Unwrapping the paper, I discovered a nice little 4.25″ x 6.88″ pocket size book totaling 430 pages and only 19 chapters! But it’s orange cover (the author has since changed the color) and pencil drawing of a young girl standing in front of an Old World Caribbean map appealed to me even more. I usually frown at 300+ pages in any book, but the small size of this book made it read more like 215.
Posted in Action/Adventure, Historical, Shannon Yarbrough | Tagged anthony r. fanning, isle of lost souls, lulu.com, natalie's good fortune, pirates, treasure island |
By Guest Reviewers on May 14, 2009
I did enjoy Marva Dasef’s charming Tales Of A Texas Boy, with its bonus insight into past events and lifestyles. Based on her father’s reminiscence, these appealing stories take us back to 1930s Texas during the Depression era when life was very different. Each tale begins with an explanatory paragraph and is embellished with wonderful old family photos appropriate to the story. Modeled on Dasef’s father, “Eddie” narrates with a touch of dialect so natural it was as if I could hear his voice inside my head.
Posted in Historical, Linda Welch | Tagged Lulu, lulu book review, lulu.com, marva dasef, tales of a texas boy |
