“Because mystery is horrible to us, we have agreed for the most part to live in a world of labels.” Underhill, Practical Mysticism
The Salt Roads – Nalo Hopkinson
Stemming from the Latin crudos, meaning “raw, uncooked, bleeding,” and related to cruor “blood from a wound” The Salt Roads is indeed crude. Carved from human flesh, with all it’s bone, meat, sweat, blood and juice, Hopkinson spares no pain. Her novel is raw work sliced from the skin of three women and a new-born god. Mer is a slave in Haiti who’s only hope lies in brief liaisons …
The River Within now in PAPERBACK
For all those who asked if “The River Within” was available in paperback, the answer is yes! Thanks to Catherine M. Wilson’s generous and talented work at Raqoon Design http://raqoon-design.com/ “River” has been beautifully re-formatted (as well as professionally edited) and can now be safely read in the hot tub, ocean, or rain! But wait, there’s more! Packing a generous …
“Cemetery Bird” – Bridget Bufford
I hate star ratings. I gave this novel three – wait! Don’t go! See? That’s what happens with stars, we skip twos and threes and go looking for fours and fives. But literature, like life, is a lot of threes and you shouldn’t skip them over because threes are solid, quality, “likes”. To me three stars means I liked this …
An Embracement of Riches
First day of the new year. Hugely grateful for all the time I had last month to work on the latest Franco novel, here at my own wild and lonely home, as well as in the heart of the “dark and brooding” Santa Lucia range. The working title is Entangled and it’s off to a solid start. I have to admit, …