Category: 2016 Reviews
O Canada: Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O’Neill
O Canada: Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O’Neill Baby is 12 and lives with her father, Jules, in Montreal. Jules and her mother had her when they were 15. In a lot of ways, they have grown up together. But Jules has a heroin problem and terrible lungs, so Baby is in and out…
Dark Night of the Soul by Gary Reilly
Dark Night of the Soul by Gary Reilly Brendan AKA Murph is a cab driver in Colorado. Having been a 14 year veteran of the cab company to support his 4 day a week Gilligan’s Island/writing habit, he’s seen most of what goes on. But one day, everything piles up. First, a little old lady…
Deliver Her by Patricia Perry Donovan
Meg Carmody finds drugs in a pillow after leaving her daughter home… While it may have been one of the people AT the party her daughter threw, Meg doesn’t want to take chances–Alex is not the child she was a year ago. This was before her sweet sixteen party, when Alex’s best friend Cass is…
The Girl in the Flammable Skirt:: A Short Story Collection by Aimee Bender
I have a love/hate relationship with short story collections. Sometimes I just can’t wrap by head around them. But, I remember one of the Rubber City Book Posse members telling me YEARS ago that I might enjoy Bender’s work. This particular book say in my head for years, until I finally made the leap and…
Freedom’s Child by Jax Miller
Freedom’s Child by Jax Miller Freedom Oliver works the bar in Oregon. She finally convinced the whippersnappers to leave her alone for the most part. She’s an alcoholic, and keeps to herself (except for a core group of friends, no one really ‘knows’ Freedom). Until the day when she finds out her daughter was killed.…
Back to the 80s: A Review of Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Back to the 80s: A Review of Ready Player One by Ernest Cline I love the 80s. I grew up during them, and so they have a special place in my heart. And, when I can read something that holds the same reverence to my beloved decade, I am super excited. That’s why I was…