Book Review
Dr. Franklin's Staticy Cat and Other Unbelievable Tales
by Aimee Jodoin
Loaded with hilarious non sequiturs and elevating creativity as a trait to bolster in children, this collection of short stories is populated by weird animal characters and even weirder people. The incitement of laughter dominates, but...
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Everything Happens as It Does
by Aimee Jodoin
Stambolova’s intricately detailed prose beguiles and dazzles while opening one’s eyes to the grander image of fate, destiny, and self-awareness. Entangled in an odd, fraying family, the main characters in this unusual novel approach...
Book Review
Savior's Day
by Aimee Jodoin
Alan A. Winter has crafted a fast-paced and fascinating tale of religious and political conflict in which human motives are revealed and examined. Assassins train their eyes on the pope while other religious leaders secretly scour the...
Book Review
Anvil of God
by Aimee Jodoin
This raw, fictionalized history is made exciting by a enthralling plot. This sweeping historical epic dives into a true story of political strife in the year 741 AD. The first of a planned series, "Anvil of God" will capture the...
Book Review
Confronting Death
by Aimee Jodoin
The wide array of topics and the depth to which they are explored create a valuable introduction to how death is viewed through several ideologies. From the Black Death’s effect on the human concept of mortality to the Nazis’...
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Living Forever
by Aimee Jodoin
This work of intellect and philosophy peopled by warm, sympathetic characters builds a flowing narrative that offers insight into the way the human mind operates. The science of the mind transferred into a computer acts as the foundation...
Book Review
The Dissonant Spies
by Aimee Jodoin
A “good Nazi, bad Nazi” scenario evokes cognitive dissonance in a twist on the fast-paced action thriller. After washing up on the New Jersey shore on a German life raft, two Nazi spies, Rebekka Bader and Lukas Schott, begin their...
Book Review
The Knot-Tying Bible
by Aimee Jodoin
Whether working on a hefty DIY project for the home, doing landscaping or yard work, or wandering the wilderness, Colin Jarman’s Knot-Tying Bible (Firefly Books, 9781770852099) has a knot for that. Use the Swing Hitch to string...