Before the New Year,
We share what we liked the best;
Mine are in haiku:
Maeve Fly by CJ Leede --
Haven't finished yet,
But the writing is so good.
Hope I don't get scared.
All-Night Pharmacy by Ruth Madievsky --
Family addictions,
Trauma from the old country,
Trip to Moldova.
Covenant with the Vampire by Jeanne Kalogridis --
Dracula's nephew
Learns uncle is a monster,
Very cool castle.
Netsuke by Rikki Ducornet --
Therapist sleeps with
Quite a few of his patients.
Has his own problems.
Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd --
Anachronistic
Layers of reality
Murder in time-loop.
Memoirs of a Gnostic Dwarf by David Madsen --
Ribald renaissance
Adventure of epic scale
Plus potty humor.
The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer --
"When Christ calls a man,
He bids him come and die" was
quoted from this book.
The Red-Headed Pilgrim by Kevin Maloney --
He tries really hard
To be so cool and so free,
But he just isn't.
The Seventh Mansion by Maryse Meijer --
Ecosensitive
Loner teen has an affair
With a skeleton.
The Nuns of Sant'Ambrogio by Hubert Wolf --
Once there were some nuns
Who committed loads of crimes,
Truly a scandal.
Read it or Weep 