Fiction Satire

Fighting Racism and Hate with Farce and Satire in Humorous Literary Novel

It’s the end of an ordinary day for Dwight Bridges: Poor business as usual at his Buick Dealership in Hoggzswallow Hollow, West Virginia. He blames his lack of sales on the 1970s gas crisis caused by “towel-headed sheiks holding back their oil” and the “swarthy, brooding influence” of “cutthroat Jewish…

Joanna PoncavageMarch 7, 2024

Fiction

Alexander McCall Smith Brings You a Cabin-In-The-Woods Mystery Unlike Any Other

Alexander McCall Smith’s website welcomes readers with the following: "Find Happiness within the pages of an Alexander McCall Smith book". This is sound advice indeed! My recommendation is to have one or more of his books on your nightstand or loaded to your e-reader to soothe jangled nerves, calm stress,…

Linda HitchcockOctober 12, 2023

Fiction Recommended

Short Stories Explore Humanity by Looking Into the Minds of Animals

Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens? — Job 35:11 Communist authorities in 1984 in a small Poland community create laws chasing longtime families out. The grown son, his wife and child prepare for a difficult goodbye…

Jim AlkonSeptember 27, 2023

Fiction

The Supervillain Business is Tough in New Fantasy from Tor Books

For cat owners, it is a truth universally acknowledged that we could never know all there is to know about our felines. Despite our best efforts, cats remain mysterious and often elusive, especially if they’re outdoor travelers. Where do they visit on their day trips? In John Scalzi’s newest novel,…

C RunyonSeptember 25, 2023

Fiction Recommended

Welcome to the Next New Reality TV Show Full of Drama, Betrayal and … Lobster Fishing?

“Up and down the Maine coast, there’s a tough breed of men who make their living from the sea. They battle the wind and the weather and the tides, and sometimes, each other … Welcome to Tranquility. Welcome to Lobster Wars.” Words spoken by the voiceover at the beginning of…

Jim AlkonJanuary 17, 2023

Fiction Thrillers Thrillers - Featured

Classic Whodunit Meets Publishing Satire in Horowitz’s “A Line to Kill”

"Horowitz is a master of misdirection, and his brilliant self-portrayal, wittily self-deprecating, carries the reader through a jolly satire on the publishing world." — Booklist —∞— In case anyone was not already aware, Anthony Horowitz is a genius, an absolute marvel. This versatile, imaginative and prolific British author of mystery, suspense…

Linda HitchcockOctober 19, 2021

Book Club Network Fiction Fiction - Featured

Billion-Dollar Windfall May Not Solve One Couple’s Many Problems in This Wildly Funny Adventure

Perhaps, as one of the characters in Jimmy Clifton’s Powerballs suggests. Although, I know a lot of people who would like to give it a try. Becoming a billionaire. It’s the defining event in this well-written, tightly scripted, fun-drenched and suspenseful novel. Henry and Rose Ball have drifted apart in…

Jim AlkonDecember 27, 2021

Author Spotlight Fiction Thrillers Thrillers - Featured

Celebrity Inmate Rocks Status Quo of Otisville, America’s Only Jewish Prison

The Prison Minyan (Lightning Books), Jonathan Stone’s latest work of fiction, is a sage, droll novel that keeps the reader glued until the final pages. The book takes place at Otisville, the only Jewish correctional facility in the United States. His depiction of the prisoners — those incarcerated for various…

Susan Shapiro BarashJanuary 13, 2022

Fighting Racism and Hate with Farce and Satire in Humorous Literary Novel

Short Stories Explore Humanity by Looking Into the Minds of Animals

Welcome to the Next New Reality TV Show Full of Drama, Betrayal and … Lobster Fishing?

Classic Whodunit Meets Publishing Satire in Horowitz’s “A Line to Kill”

Billion-Dollar Windfall May Not Solve One Couple’s Many Problems in This Wildly Funny Adventure

Celebrity Inmate Rocks Status Quo of Otisville, America’s Only Jewish Prison

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