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...
by Kristine Madera | Oct 10, 2023 | Blog, Book Review
The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name by Brian C. Muraresku Book Review by Kristine Madera The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name is an epic romp through history and prehistory to investigate the...
by Kristine Madera | Sep 19, 2023 | Blog, Book Review
Where It Rains in Color by Denise Crittendon Book Review by Kristine Madera Everything is now…this idea is at the heart of this imaginative story. Contemporary Earth and the mythology of the (real) Dogon tribe of Mali seed the world of Swazembi, where the...
by Kristine Madera | Sep 5, 2023 | Blog, Book Review
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Book Review by Kristine Madera I’m in the five-star camp on this one because the characters and their interactions and complications seem so much like they might in real life, which is to say messy and...
by Kristine Madera | Aug 22, 2023 | Blog, Book Review
The Heart Goes Last by Margaret Atwood Book Review by Kristine Madera The best speculative authors, like Atwood, take a modern trend or problem and spin it out to an extreme “solution” that serves as a social commentary enlightening readers about the absurdity...
