As a brutal civil war consumes the powerful houses of Westeros, an exiled queen secures an army of freed slaves, while an isolated brotherhood on a frozen wall stands as the final line of defense against an ancient supernatural apocalypse.
Review – The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho
The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho. Paterson Joseph. 2022. Historical fiction. Epistolary fiction. Bildungsroman. Delightful, fictionalized account of a real person who is thought to be the first black person to…
Review – How to Make a Slave
The author uses the historical narrative of Frederick Douglas as a jumping off point for a collection of essays that explore the complexities of racial identity, fatherhood, and creative expression as a Black man in modern America.
Review – Winter’s Bone
A gritty 16-year-old girl must track down her missing, meth-cooking father through the dangerous Ozark backwoods or risk losing her family home and everything—little as it is—they have left.
Review – The Fragile Edge
This is the sixth book in an American crime series that follows Latinx cop Jimmy Vega. In this episode, Detective Vega searches for an immigrant child who witnessed a murder, hoping to find her before the killer does.