ONE NIGHT ON THE ISLAND by JOSIE SILVER
“I think what I’m really scared of is that I’ve fallen out of love with love.”“I’m worried that either I’m not going to be enough, or else that I will be enough and I’ll be alone forever.” Wonderful, wonderful, WONDERFUL, Josie Silver has once again captured every single one of our senses with one of […]
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Interview with Sean Develin, Author of Songs of Vengeance and Desire
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Songs of Vengeance and Desire? All my kids play ice hockey. During lockdown I spent hours every day in rink parking lots because I couldn’t go in. I was using the time re-writing my 2013 stage play “Dinner, Sex, and a Movie” as a […]
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Latest Book News — November 9, 2021 — Aestas Book Blog
BOOKWORM NEWS: Heard It in a Love Song by Tracey Garvis Graves is now live!! — “Love doesn’t always wait until you’re ready. Layla Hilding is thirty-five and recently divorced. Struggling to break free from the past—her glory days as the lead singer in a band and a ten-year marriage to a man who never […]
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DIABLO MESA | Kirkus Reviews
by Max Brooks ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 16, 2020 Are we not men? We are—well, ask Bigfoot, as Brooks does in this delightful yarn, following on his bestseller World War Z (2006). A zombie apocalypse is one thing. A volcanic eruption is quite another, for, as the journalist who does a framing voice-over narration for […]
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12 Fascinating Near-Future Science Fiction Books
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Science fiction has a bit of a reputation for predicting the future. Think of Jules Verne’s depictions of spacecraft, Fahrenheit 451‘s earbud-like music technology, or any one of these other remarkably prescient science fiction novels. The term robot […]
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THE BAD WEDDING DATE by VICKI JAMES
‘Some experiences had to be treated like a dream – a well-played trick of the mind that once made you feel alive when really you were fast asleep.’ The Bad Wedding Date by Vicki James was so much more than what we first anticipated. From the cover and title, it sounded like your bog-standard fake […]
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Interview with Chelsea Harper, Author of Wake of the Phoenix
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Wake of the Phoenix? These characters were initially conceived in a creative writing class in high school. Like most high schoolers, my writing left something to be desired and I picked at the story and character arcs for many years after their initial conception, […]
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LATEST BOOK NEWS — October 28, 2021 — Aestas Book Blog
BOOKWORM NEWS: Indigo Ridge by Devney Perry is now live!! — “Winslow Covington believes in life, liberty and the letter of the law. As Quincy, Montana’s new chief of police, she’s determined to prove herself to the community and show them she didn’t earn her position because her grandfather is the mayor. According to her […]
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THE GREAT MRS. ELIAS | Kirkus Reviews
by Jodi Picoult ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 30, 2021 A young woman finds herself at a Covid-induced crossroads in Picoult’s latest ultratopical novel. Sotheby’s associate Diana O’Toole, age 29, and her surgical resident boyfriend, Finn, are planning a trip to the Galapagos in March 2020. But as New York City shuts down, Finn is called […]
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15 of the Best Mystery Books of All Time
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Mystery is a fascinating genre not only for the twisty and thrilling plots but for the discussions of human nature that are often at the heart of the story. The best mystery books of all time offer plenty […]
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