by Kristine Madera | Jan 2, 2024 | Blog, Book Review
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Book Review by Kristine Madera The word that kept popping into my mind as I listened to this book was “relentless.” Demon Copperhead is the first-person narrator in this modern retelling of Charles Dickens’s David...
by Kristine Madera | Dec 12, 2023 | Blog, Book Review
The Great Alone by Kristin Hanna Book Review by Kristine Madera You know a book is good when you yell at the characters for the choices they make. This was that book for me. The characters were rich and true to themselves (as frustrating as that was.) Alaska...
by Kristine Madera | Nov 28, 2023 | Blog, Book Review
Selfie: How We Became So Self-Obsessed by Will Storr Book Review by Kristine Madera Full disclosure, I like political and socioeconomic history told from a compelling angle, so I was thrilled with Will Storr’s book Selfie, which stitches together the ancient...
by Kristine Madera | Nov 14, 2023 | Blog, Book Review
Euphoria by Lily King Review by Kristine Madera I was drawn to Euphoria by Lily King because it took place in Papua New Guinea and I was a Peace Corps Volunteer there—and had traveled briefly to the Sepik River where much of the story took place. Within the...
by Kristine Madera | Nov 7, 2023 | Blog, Book Review, Building Protopia
The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston Book Review by Kristine Madera I found this while looking for the latest book by Richard Preston, whose true epidemiological tales read like thriller fiction. In a similar vein, Douglas Preston is a novelist,...
by Kristine Madera | Oct 24, 2023 | Blog, Book Review
Don’t Sleep There Are Snakes by Daniel Everett Book Review by Kristine Madera Daniel Everett’s name and the intriguing story kept popping up when I was researching language and culture for a novel I was writing. So when Don’t Sleep There Are Snakes...
