This not your grandparents’ Bulfinch’s Mythology. Bernhiemer has commissioned stories from contemporary writers from all around the world. Their contributions, while inspired by a “classic” myth, are wholly fresh and new. What’s fascinating is that which the Ancients perceived as important or problematic, remain so even now and easily translate into modern sensibilities. Indeed, these…
REVIEW: TROUBLED DAUGHTERS, TWISTED WIVES
Seeing as I wrote two papers during my time as a Masters student about domestic suspense in film, I couldn’t wait to read these stories. And I was not disappointed. Editor Sarah Weinman has done a fine job of sifting through so many tales and giving us a curated taste of various styles. Some stories…
REVIEW: LOOKING FOR ME by Beth Hoffman
This is a guest review by SAGE HELENA HOOTEN. Her bio: Sage is a 15-year-old girl living in Savannah, GA with her eccentric family. In addition to being a voracious reader, she enjoys ballroom dancing, singing and using her imagination. She is an avid hamster lover as well. Beth Hoffman’s new book Looking for Me,…
ARMCHAIR BEA: Giveaways
Hello Book Lovers! Thanks to some awesome publicists, I’ve got some great giveaways for you, so let’s get going! Up first is SHADOW OF NIGHT by Deborah Harkness, along with a pack of exclusive buttons! A Discovery of Witches introduced Diana Bishop, Oxford scholar and reluctant witch, and the handsome geneticist and vampire Matthew Clairmont; together…
REVIEW: APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA by John O’Hara
Flavorwire named it one of the ten books to read “While You’re Waiting for The Great Gatsby to Come Out.” Fran Lebowitz said John O’Hara is the “real F. Scott Fitzgerald.” So what’s with all the praise? This was O’Hara’s first novel (published in 1934), but he also wrote BUtterfield 8 (made into a film…