(reviewed by JD Jung) “Who knows the heart of a man and what moves in that darkness?” James Bridie (1888-1951) Scottish playwright, screenwriter, and physician. RJ Rox, an…
(reviewed by Ann Onymous ) This book takes its title from the view of Mt. Kilimanjaro from a distance. To some there appear to be ostriches up at the top but when we look closer, we each see different things. Who are we? Who do we appear to be? Are we who we are when…
(Reviewed by Don Jung) Eddie Barrows wants to be an author, but he can’t get published. He loses his girlfriend, then his job and what else could go wrong? He goes to see his parents to get himself a morale boost but is dismayed to find they think he’s a failure. He is lost and…
(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) The Concrete Vineyard is a murder mystery with elements of urban planning, thrills, twists, and turns that unexpectedly engage the reader from the world they are in. It all begins with the suspicious death of an old man named Edward Mitchell. He was such a peaceful man, a retired history professor…
(Reviewed by JD Jung) How do I begin a review of a novel that kept me captive from page one and didn’t release me until the very end? I didn’t want to break for work, family, friends, or anything. How can I do this book justice? Dear readers, I will try. Eric (Keyvan) fled Iran…
(reviewed by JD Jung) “If I didn’t kill them afterward, you’d say I was the perfect client, boyfriend, husband, or lover. And believe me, that’s the man I want to be, the man I tried to be. And failed.” It’s 1849 London and after two years and fourteen killings, Kilcairn is reevaluating his life. The…
(reviewed by Ann Onymous ) This is a love story. Not that Love Story but a NEW love story. A mother’s love for her two adult children. A parent’s love for their children. A love for a sibling, a colleague, love of a mentor, the love of your life. How far would you go for…
(reviewed by JD Jung) “Force is the only way to resist force, and one must be prepared to kill.” This Israeli PhD History student wasn’t prepared for what he was about to embark on. Trying to figure out the topic of his dissertation, he wanted to avoid modern history as it reminded him of a…
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “…and you like a weather bird arcing round in the middle of your life to exact opposites and burning your brains out so that from June 5 1907 till 1931 you were dropped into amber in the East Louisiana State Hospital. Some saying you went mad trying to play the devil’s…
(Reviewed by Don Jung) Joe Harris thought that his ancestors weren’t particularly interesting, as he came from a family of tailors from Riga, Latvia. His views changed though, when he met a distant relative at a convention who told him that they come from a family of paid assassins that goes back multiple generations. As…
