When I saw the title of this book, I made a mental guess as to what it might be about. When I saw the cover art, I realized I was dead wrong. I’m glad. I was very pleased to have the opportunity to work on this wonderful story by first-time novelist Tara Sullivan. Ms. Sullivan’s…
Some time ago I was given the opportunity to narrate a book by Andrew Lane. The novel, The Death Cloud (Sherlock Holmes: The Legend Begins), is a prequel to the entire Sir Arthur Conan Doyle body of work. In fact, Mr. Lane was given official dispensation to pen that new book by the Sir Arthur…
Ever accidentally stumble across a book and have it be just what you needed at the time? I don’t mean self-help books, necessarily. Whether you’re reading romance, adventure, mystery, biography, metaphysical, etc., sometimes a book comes along and just hits the spot. That’s what happened with me and The Living by Matt de la Peña….
In recent narration projects I’ve gone from Jepp to Lemony Snicket and now Miss Peregrine and her charges. Not a bad run of books aimed at younger readers. The LOC annotation says this book written by first-time author Ransom Riggs is intended for senior high and older. So, that includes me, right? I think so! …