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Dark, soulful tales that haunt long after the last page.
So. This Wednesday the faculty at the high school where I teach have been summoned to a meeting where our long-winded superintendent and our technology dictator will “explain” to us the importance of putting our lesson plans into the program assigned for that purpose. In other words, we’re in for a butt-chewing. Ordinarily, I’d say…
The Dark Sacrament: True Stories of Modern-Day Demon Possession and Exorcism by David Kiely My rating: 4 of 5 stars This was a really good book. It was limited to cases in Ireland, and all are pretty recent, as in the last 20 years or so. The narrative voice overall was very good, something you…
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers My rating: 3 of 5 stars It wasn’t a bad read, but I never really felt connected to any of the characters. The narration seemed to hold the reader at a distance. When I put it down, there was no compulsion to get back to it,…
Well, I knew it was inevitable, and it happened less than a week following After Obsession’s publication. Someone accused me of selling out. Selling out. Let’s think about what that means. I typically think of selling out as giving up your moral principles and simply doing something for monetary gain, or some other personal gain.…
As an author working in the small presses, I always had to do my own marketing, my own promotion, making contacts, sending books for review, setting up signings and providing books, then letting the bookstore take a cut of the sales. As a result, it was important to monitor the reviews of my books. Also,…
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman My rating: 4 of 5 stars This was only my second Neil Gaiman read. After finally reading American Gods earlier this year, I wanted more. Now I have to wonder why it took me so long to finally begin reading Gaiman. This was a fantastic, imaginative, and compelling read…
A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift My rating: 4 of 5 stars Pray none of our humorless politicians read this essay! View all my reviews
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book would have been a slam-dunk five stars if the ending hadn’t made me so mad. The story is so rich, so detailed, so enthralling, that for most of the 900+ pages I knew it would have a five-star review from me. ::::SPOILER…
My critique partner and long-time friend Gayleen Rabakukk has posted an interview with me and Carrie Jones over on her blog. Being an excellent journalist, Gayleen has done another good job. If you spread the word about her blog, where she’s always reviewing young adult literature, you can win the ARC of After Obsession I…
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling My rating: 4 of 5 stars As an AP English teacher, I’d heard colleagues snub this book pretty often, complaining that the writing was bad, the story was bad, etc. With that, and a huge TBR pile, anyway, I put off reading it for years. My…
Steven E. Wedel 