M. Denise Costello – Review

Aug 7, 2014 | Past Notes

M. Denise Costello – Review    Book Review: Sinful Folk by Ned Hayes by M Denise C • August 7, 2014 • 4 Comments Sinful Folk by Ned Hayes Campanile Books: New York January 13, 2014 Kindle edition Print length: 362 pages –Sinful Folk by Ned Hayes with a...

What She Read… Review of Sinful Folk

Aug 6, 2014 | Past Notes

What She Read… Review of Sinful Folk     You can check out Goodreads reviews (it’s doing quite well there), or purchase Sinful Folk via these links:  Amazon, Indiebound, Audible. When I was a senior in high school, Mr. Rapuano taught us Chaucer...

Words for Worms Review – 8/5

Aug 5, 2014 | Past Notes

Words for Worms Review:  Good Morrow Bookworms, Today we’re heading back to a time before indoor plumbing, personal hygiene, and standardized spelling. The Mydle Ayges! (That’s probably how Chaucer would have spelled it. Dude was fond of random “y”s.) *I received a...

Stephanie’s Book Reviews – 8/4/14

Aug 4, 2014 | On Books, Past Notes, Reviews

Stephanie’s Book Review:  “I must learn to be as the bear in a cage with the stick that pokes it always, through the bars. The bear acts as if the stick is made of air, and takes no notice of it, even when it is sharpened and draws blood. I must do the...

Review – Necromancer’s Bones

Jul 28, 2014 | Horror, Past Notes

The Necromancer’s Bones is a subtly slow-burning fantasy novel that is set in a unique and creative world. Instead of the same-old medieval English worlds we’re familiar with (from Game of Thrones to Name of the Wind to Tolkien), Fredericks gives us a...

Review – Bride of the Rat God

Jul 28, 2014 | Horror, On Writing, Past Notes

BRIDE OF THE RAT GOD is a marvelous historical novel (with an element of fantasy to it) that belies its kitschy title. The title makes the story, of course, because it is, in fact, about a silent film star who gets caught in a sorcerous web of complications involving...