Review: The Sound of Building Coffins

The Sound of Building Coffins
Louis Maistros
Toby Press, 2009
ISBN 1592642551
Hardcover
I first read the first 5000 words of “The Sound of Building Coffins” as part of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards in 2008. В If I had the rest of the book, I would have finished reading right then. В As it was, those first chapters haunted me. I [...]

February 20, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments

Review: The Hearts of Horses

The Hearts of Horses
Molly Gloss
Mariner Books
ISBN 0547085753
Trade Paperback, 2008
Younger me had a herd of Breyers and read every horse book I could have laid my hands on.В  Molly Gloss’s “The Hearts of Horses” has the same feel as the great classics I read back as a child.

Based on oral histories from real cowgirls, the book [...]

February 8, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Full Reviews  No Comments