Reseñas y recomendaciones

Wishes. We all make them, either silently to ourselves or possibly as a breathless whisper as we drop a coin in a fountain. The reason behind them can range from whimsical to deadly serious. And, in the "real world," they are, to quote Douglas Adams, "mostly harmless." In the world of fiction, however, wishes are entirely different. 

James  Sugre is a vampire. He has lived for centuries, but has made some questionable choices. Bad choices, when it comes to investments. Now, he is broke. He has no money and is deep in debt. He can’t even afford his own reflection (they are available for a fee from Vampire Nation, an international conglomerate that both governs and provides for the world’s vampire population).

If you’re a fan of classic television, a title like author Jennifer Niven’s Meet the Newmans will immediately catch your attention. If you say it out loud, you can see the exclamation point, almost. 

The Ending Writes Itself is a marvelous read. Clarke will keep readers guessing and reevaluating as information is revealed and the body count rises, right up to the very last page.

In Marion, Leah Rowan takes the basic elements of Psycho and reimagines them in ways that no one, until now, has done.

What do you do if, in the early morning hours, your husband informs you that he wants a divorce, packs a bag, and then walks out the door?

The Book Witch by Meg Shaffer

It happens in an instant. While Bree Cabbat watches her eldest daughter rehearse a school production of Grease, her infant son, Robert, sleeps in the seat next to her in the balcony of the school’s theatre. One moment he is there, the next he is gone. In his place is...

At the end of the Author’s Note for The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, Grady Hendrix tells you everything you need to know before diving in to his new novel: “I wanted to pit Dracula against my mom. As you’ll see, it’s not a fair fight.”Patricia Campbell is...

Si bien el libro Enshittification, publicado recientemente por el periodista y novelista canadiense Corey Doctorow, ofrece mucho más que un libro titulado "Sobre la mierda", algunos capítulos de este libro de no ficción de 338 páginas siguen un camino similar. "Mierda" es un breve libro irónico (basado en un ensayo de 1986 de Harry G. Frankfurt). Enshittification pretende ofrecer...

We all know what a “girly drink” is: a drink that is sweet, brightly colored, generally served in a stemmed glass and often with an umbrella or some other type of decoration. “Serious” drinks, drinks for men, do not have or need these accoutrements. Can women not enjoy bourbon, scotch...

On September 3, 1990, Dr. David Acer, a dentist who worked in Jensen Beach, Florida, died from complications from AIDS. Four days after his death, Kimberly Bergalis, a young woman who was also HIV+, accused Dr. Acer of infecting her with the AIDS virus during a recent visit to his...

La funeraria Evans existe prácticamente desde que se fundó el pueblo del sureste de Texas donde se ubica. Es un negocio familiar que se ha transmitido de generación en generación entre las mujeres Evans. Está Ducy, la matriarca actual de la familia, hija de Pie, quien desapareció misteriosamente hace dieciocho años...