What I’ve Been Reading: One kind of book I especially love is the genre of FREE. As in, no cost. Yes, I’m constantly on the lookout for a great deal for new books. Scanning facebook for “today only on Amazon. ” Looking forward to the first of every month when I get a “Kindle First” email and get to choose a pre-release novel with the price tag of $.00. For instance, for my October selection I’m reading a book called Wake in Winter. I chose it because it is written by a Moscovite, Nadeszhda Belenkaya, and translated by American Andrea…
July 2010 reviews
JEANETTE READS FANTASY! (really?) The Wolf of Tebron – #1 in The Gates of Heaven series By C.S. Lakin AMG/Living Ink Publishers (An Advanced Reader Copy Review) The invitation used as the frontispiece in C.S. Lakin’s allegorical fantasy, The Wolf of Tebron, was surely included just for my benefit. She quotes C.S. Lewis: “Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” Having abandoned reading that genre some 30 years ago, I admit I hesitated to reenter that world, even for my friend and fellow editor, Susanne Lakin, and her first published novel, which just happened…