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Quesadillas by Juan Pablo Villalobos Reviewed by Ben Translation is a tricky business, especially in the realm of literature and poetry. Not only is there a responsibility to accurately represent the original work, but good translations somehow manage to capture the nuances and style of the original language for the readers to whom it is foreign. … Continue reading QUESADILLAS: An Absurdist Tragi-Comedy Whirlwind
Dark Invasion: 1915: Germany's Secret War and the Hunt for the First Terrorist Cell in America by Howard Blum Reviewed by Raul In 1915, while Europe was in the throes of the Great War and America was wholly committed to keeping itself neutral, the Imperial German Intelligence services launched a savage and very secret war on American … Continue reading DARK INVASION: Thrilling, Factual White Knuckle Thriller
~ WIL Cress by Marissa Meyer “The story I’ve been waiting for in The Lunar Chronicles, Rapunzel on the moon! I’ve been reading the advance reader, and Cress is already delivering. It looks like there’s going to be this big dust up between the Lunars at the ‘Earthens.’ This series is really taking off and … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
~post by Julie W. I don't often beg, but please, please, read Benediction. Everyone should know Kent Haruf. The emotional power he packs into deceptively simple sentences left me crying into cocktail napkins on a crowded airplane as I tore through the end of this wonderful novel. If you read Plainsong then you know what I'm talking … Continue reading Read this book: BENEDICTION by Kent Haruf
Book: Bright and Distant Shores by Dominic Smith Reviewed by: Raul This novel recreates the America that in its own age has come past its prime. The age of discovery is over but ambitions still reign high. The magic in this book comes from Smith's masterful storytelling. We are swept up in the hopes of … Continue reading Book Review: ‘Bright and Distant Shores’ by Dominic Smith
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