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Dark, soulful tales that haunt long after the last page.
To a God Unknown by John Steinbeck My rating: 4 of 5 stars I went into John Steinbeck’s novel a little skeptical. His debut, Cup of Gold, was, shall we say, less than impressive. He found himself, though, found his subject matter, found his voice, found his themes, and began laying the groundwork for The…
A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay My rating: 3 of 5 stars It’s hard to believe this is the first horror novel I’ve read in a long, long time. Mostly I liked it, but it also reminded me why it’s been so long since I’ve read a horror novel, and why I quit…
Conversations with John Steinbeck by Thomas Fensch My rating: 4 of 5 stars If you want to know something about America’s greatest author but don’t the the time or attention span for a full-on biography, this is the book for you. Steinbeck was a shy man and, despite his ongoing moonlighting as a journalist himself,…
The Lawless Land by Dusty Richards My rating: 3 of 5 stars Dusty Richards is a heck of a nice guy. I’ve met him at a few writers’ conferences and have several of his books, but hadn’t found time to read one. Then I found myself at another convention and I’d forgotten the book I…
The Nations by Ken Farmer My rating: 2 of 5 stars Eh. The story itself wasn’t so bad, but Ken Farmer’s reading of the book made me want to slam my head against the steering wheel of my car. He typically paused after about every third word, often with a rising inflection as if he…
Cutthroat Trail by David R Lewis My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Urban Dictionary offers this definition for the term “book hangover”: “When you’ve finished a book and you suddenly return to the real world, but the real world feels incomplete or surreal because you’re still living in the world of the book.” I…
I have several former students who left me at the end of their senior years filled with determination and plans to inspire young minds the way some teacher(s) had done for them. Some of them are close to graduating from college now. One of them posted a link about yet another school cutting its budget…
Killdeer Trail by David R. Lewis My rating: 4 of 5 stars A crazy old woman’s poisoned a church well, killing 13 people because her son died in the church after the rattlesnake he was loving on bit him. The woman then flees across state lines to avoid capture, which puts Rube, Homer, and Marion…
Ogallala Trail by David R. Lewis My rating: 4 of 5 stars The fifth book of David R. Lewis’s Trail series see Rubin, Marion, and Homer traveling much further northwest than just Ogallala as they track a band of renegade Indians and half-breeds who crippled one of Marion’s friends and stole a girl. It’s another…
Steven E. Wedel 