#bookoftheweek June 24th 2022. Historical fiction meets fantasy in Gabrielle Meyer’s stunning new novel WHEN THE DAY COMES. Can you imagine living in two different timelines? Sounds tempting, right? Well, Libby is doing just that. Whenever she goes to sleep in her comfortable life in 1914 New York, she wakes up being the same person but in very different circumstances, that is as a penniless girl in 1774 in Colonial Williamsburg. And, when it is time for bed in Colonial Williamsburg, she...

#bookoftheweek June 17th 2022. Strange and beautiful, Amanda Downum’s short stories confront us with the inexplicable, the magnetic forces of the unknown, the chamber that we are not supposed to open. Whether she writes about enchanting mermaids, ghosts or personifications of the devil himself, almost all her tales can be characterized by a morbid longing for the forbidden. A longing that is not sinful or shameful, quite the opposite, there is a thrill to overcome the threshold between two...

#bookoftheweek May 20th 2022. Some of the most unsettling stories are those that address problems we are aware of but that we would rather not think about. In THE CONSEQUENCE OF CHOICE, Natalie Sammons imagines a near future where a law has been enforced to contain overpopulation. What starts as a logical decision, based on scientific evidence, soon spirals out of control. In 2035, only those who have successfully applied for parenthood are allowed to have a child (and only one). Illegal...

#bookoftheweek May 13th 2022. Kamal Gupta’s PLAY IT RIGHT proves once again that life writes the best stories in this highly entertaining and humorous memoir that offers a peek behind the scenes of Wall Street. Seemingly effortless he switches careers from being a computer scientist to becoming a professional blackjack player – only to end up working for 25 years on Wall Street. What sounds like a mind-boggling movie actually makes sense, once you realize how determined Gupta is. It does not...

#bookoftheweek April 29th. If you are looking for a book that pulls you right in and keeps your adrenaline pumping – look no further! Stephens starts her latest thriller with Kate waking up to a brutal crime scene in a luxury hotel in Costa Rica. But do not expect this to be a typical whodunnit mystery. From the beginning it is insinuated that this is not the first time Kate has found herself in the middle of a crime. Different narrators give insight into the past and slowly the bits and...