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Tapestry of Dark Souls

Fate and Fury in the Dark Domains Author: Elaine Bergstrom Jonathon has grown up cloaked in secrecy. Living with a group of old monks with a secret to guard, Johnathon knows little about his family and even less about himself and this possible destiny the monks hint may come to pass. Now that he is of age, the monks are sending him out into the world, into the nearby town of Tepest, where he will discover if he was meant to live a normal life or if he has the calling. What calling, he doesn’t know. But they say if he [...]

2022-11-19T13:43:37-07:00November 19th, 2022|Tags: , , , , , |

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Murder or Mistake? Author: John Berendt Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is the story of a rich, eccentric man; a vicious murder; a voodoo priestess; a sassy drag queen; a would-be-poisoner; a lovable squatter; and a bunch of snobby rich people in old town Savannah, Georgia, who love to talk about a good scandal. The surprising thing about this story – which I honestly thought was a novel until I sat down to finally write this review – is that it is a true story. This explains some of its eccentricities, it’s definite lack of focus and magazine [...]

2022-11-14T18:17:12-07:00November 14th, 2022|Tags: , , , , , |

All He Ever Wanted

Love, Obsession, Destruction Author: Anita Shreve On the way to his sister’s funeral, Nicholas Van Tassel is thinking about his life, his obsessive love, his family, and how he lost it all. Thirty years ago, in 1899, Nicolas arrived in New Hampshire to start his career at Thrupp College. Everything was possible. Everything was new. And then, in the wake of a fire at the local restaurant/inn, he met Etna Bliss, and she became all he ever wanted. Etna had her own quite dreams, her own longings. They were not for Nicholas. But he persevered until she finally agreed to marry [...]

2022-11-12T20:01:19-07:00November 12th, 2022|Tags: , , , |
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