Book Review: Twilight

Twilight, a YA novel by Stephenie Meyer, follows Bella Swan who returns to live with her father in Forks, but finds an irresistible and dangerous mystery behind a boy named Edward Cullen. When Bella Swan returns to Forks her only thought is enduring her self inflicted purgatory until she can escape to college. Then she …

Book Review: Star Wars Yoda: Dark Rendezvous

Star Wars Yoda: Dark Rendezvous, a science fiction oval by Sean Stewart, follows the Grand Master of the Jedi Order as he takes a perilous journey to meet with Count Dooku and possibly bring the Clone Wars to an end. The Clone Wars rage. Brutal and horrific, they engulf more and more worlds and claim …

Book Review: Star Wars Jedi Trial

Star Wars Jedi Trial, a science fiction novel by David Sherman and Dan Cragg, is set in the Star Wars universe during the tumultuous Clone Wars and follows Jedi Master Nejaa Halcyon and Padawan Anakin Skywalker as they race to save a crucial Republic communications center upon the world of Praesitlyn from a Separatist invasion. …

Books for Mother’s Day

Have a bookworm for a mother? In honor of Mother's Day and to give you some gift ideas I've pulled together a few books that might be worthy gift ideas. Baby of the Family (Maura Roosevelt)   A wry and addictive debut about a modern-day American dynasty and its unexpected upheaval when the patriarch wills …

Book Review: Star Wars The Hive

Star Wars The Hive, a short story by Steven Barnes, takes place in the midst of The Cestus Deception as the X'Ting--facing dangers from within and without--appeal to Obi-Wan Kenobi to help them achieve their people's last chance for restoration. As previously mentioned The Hive is a short story that is placed in the middle …

April Author Feature

Something Dark and Holy #1: Wicked Saints (Emily A. Duncan)   A girl who can speak to gods must save her people without destroying herself. A prince in danger must decide who to trust. A boy with a monstrous secret waits in the wings. Together, they must assassinate the king and stop the war. In …

Book Review: Star Wars The Cestus Deception

Star Wars The Cestus Deception, a sci-fi novel by Steven Barnes, takes place during the Clone Wars as the planet of Ord Cestus threatens to secede to the Confederacy and--in the process--unleash an army of deadly bio-droids on the already beleaguered Republic army. In a brief respite from battle Jedi Knights Obi-Wan Kenobi and Kit …

Book Review: Star Wars Shatterpoint

Star Wars: Shatterpoint, a science fiction novel by Matthew Stover, follows Jedi Master Mace Windu as he pursues a missing Jedi while trying to resist the very darkness that may have claimed her. When Mace Windu is summoned to the Supreme Chancellor's office, he is hoping for news of Depa Billaba, his former Padawan and …

March Author Feature

Where the Forest Meets the Stars (Glendy Vanderah) In this gorgeously stunning debut, a mysterious child teaches two strangers how to love and trust again. After the loss of her mother and her own battle with breast cancer, Joanna Teale returns to her graduate research on nesting birds in rural Illinois, determined to prove that …

February Author Feature

Black Leopard, Red Wolf: The Dark Star Trilogy # 1(Marlon James)   Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter: "He has a nose," people say. Engaged to track down a mysterious boy who disappeared three years earlier, Tracker breaks his own rule of always working alone when he finds himself …