A few weeks ago, I reviewed a Beatles audio comic that was pretty good. That made me interested enough to pick up another iPad comic from the same publisher, ROK Comics: ZeZi: The Story So Far, which is about a rap group from Birmingham, England. I had never heard of Zezi, so while the Beatles comic evoked nostalgia, this was exposing me to something new. However, the Beatles … [Read more...] about Audio Comic Review: ZeZi
Book Reviews
eBook Review: The Florentine Emerald
Verdict: 4 Stars In this English-language translation of AgustÃn Bernaldo Palatchi's title, The Florentine Emerald (Barcelona eBooks), the historical setting of Florence in the time of the Medici's rise to power and influence comes across on every page, with attention to detail down to the clothing, shopping, and even eating habits of the characters. With both a strong sense … [Read more...] about eBook Review: The Florentine Emerald
eBook Review: Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die by Willie Nelson
Verdict: 2 stars It’s one thing when a famous person happens to have a drug habit. It’s something else altogether when society—and the celebrity, for that matter—cannot figure out where the person stops being a person and becomes just another drug user. In Willie Nelson’s third book, Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die, the reader is treated to a very sad forward by … [Read more...] about eBook Review: Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die by Willie Nelson
eBook Review: Fever by Mary Beth Keane
Verdict: 5 Stars One of the genres that is gaining popularity and attention is the fictionalized biography, a novel retelling of the information that history does actually remember about notable people and events. In Fever (Simon & Schuster), Mary Beth Keane has done a heart-wrenching job of completely humanizing one of the names that history doesn't always remember … [Read more...] about eBook Review: Fever by Mary Beth Keane
New York Times Book Reviews Include a Self-Published Title
According to a blog post from Indie Reader, great news has struck the self-publishing community: the New York Times has reviewed a self-published title in its prestigious book review section. While the Times has been reviewing and ranking ebooks for a short time, this marks the first time an author--albeit an author with a strong platform due to his well-known body of work as … [Read more...] about New York Times Book Reviews Include a Self-Published Title
eBook Review: The Thieves of Legend by Richard Doetsch
Verdict: 4 Stars With so many high-volume and well-known thriller writers on the market, it’s important to make everything stand out, not just the high action plot. It is far too easy to fall into the trap of my spy thrillers, which is to try to emulate the greats to the point of mimicry. Doetsch’s third book in the Michael St. Pierre series, The Thieves of Legend (Atria … [Read more...] about eBook Review: The Thieves of Legend by Richard Doetsch
eBook Review: Secrets and Lies by Ella Monroe
Verdict: 2 Stars As a decidedly un-YA novel that is trying to pass itself off as hip young adult, Monroe’s recent follow-up to her Capital Girls book falls very short. The books, which follow the lives of four girls in an exclusive Washington, D.C. prep school, aims to keep up with the antics of privileged teens whose high-powered parents afford them the opportunity to do as … [Read more...] about eBook Review: Secrets and Lies by Ella Monroe
eBook Review: Easy by Tammara Webber
Verdict: 5 Stars This title introduced me to a new subcategory in the romance genre: New Adult. All I can say is, it’s about time. For far too long, we’ve had polar opposites in the addressing of sexuality in romance. There were the steamy bodice rippers at one end of the spectrum and on the other end there were the very chaste books aimed at an audience that preferred … [Read more...] about eBook Review: Easy by Tammara Webber
eBook Review: The Last Man by Vince Flynn
Verdict: 5 Stars How do you side with the good guys over the bad guys when you can’t tell who the good guys are? And what if the lines between good and bad keep blurring, so that the bad guys sit on the sidelines and watch the good guys destroy each other? In Vince Flynn’s upcoming installment in his bestselling Mitch Rapp series, The Last Man (Atria) pits all of … [Read more...] about eBook Review: The Last Man by Vince Flynn
eBook Review: The Gravedigger’s Brawl by Abigail Roux
Verdict: 5 Stars It's not a secret that digital publishing and ebooks have opened up a world of literature to astute readers who otherwise would have had no opportunity to browse and purchase key titles in their libraries. Most notably, perhaps, has been the world of erotica literature that has been made available to a broader consumer audience thanks to the anonymity and … [Read more...] about eBook Review: The Gravedigger’s Brawl by Abigail Roux