Washington Black is a book of many things, except for the expected. Its outward appearance is that of a great adventure and a few quests, following the footsteps of a tenderly young escaped slave...
https://portsmouthreview.com/washington-black-by-esi-edugyan-book-review/
The Tattooist of Auschwitz is based on a true story, a story told from the Tattooist to the author. While much is real and true and even corroborated, fiction has been mingled. Therefore, while y...
https://portsmouthreview.com/the-tattooist-of-auschwitz-by-heather-morris-book-review/
I have been meaning to visit the Ice Castles for several years! Every winter I would think – THIS is the winter I would make the trek. And every year I would miss it. Not this time. I was deter...
Dolores Claiborne is a haunting novel, but not in the way you might expect given the author is the great King. Aside from a brief ghostly encounter, the story doesn’t revolve around supernatura...
https://portsmouthreview.com/dolores-claiborne-by-stephen-king-book-review/
Local New Hampshire author Steven Maimes has released his new anthology Fragments Within Time. Description This small book contains 240 short and concise writings on such topics as meaning, re...
https://portsmouthreview.com/local-author-new-release-fragments-within-time/
The Charley Davidson series is now in regular rotation of my book reading schedule, and there they will stay until I’ve read them all. This series is so much fun. The romance aspect is a little...
https://portsmouthreview.com/fifth-grave-past-the-light-by-darynda-jones-book-review/
Lawrence Millman is a local New England author from Cambridge, MA. His latest release is a satirical short story collection featuring pop culture icons and other players from history, fiction, an...
https://portsmouthreview.com/local-author-new-release-the-book-of-origins/
A Fire Upon the Deep is the first book in the Zones of Thought series, a triumphant science-fiction masterpiece that forever marked Vernor Vinger as a leader in space operas. It’s an older book...
https://portsmouthreview.com/a-fire-upon-the-deep-by-vernor-vinge-book-review/
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is a debut breakout novel from Stuart Turton. I first encountered the book at my local B&N and was pulled toward the 1920’s Art Deco styling on the cover. ...
https://portsmouthreview.com/the-7%C2%BD-deaths-of-evelyn-hardcastle-by-stuart-turton-book-review/
Local Brunswick, Maine TV host, radio broadcaster, and author LC Van Savage debuts a new young adult romance with a princess to pauper theme. Queenie by LC Van Savage BeachHouse Books Paperback...
https://portsmouthreview.com/local-author-new-release-queenie-by-lc-van-savage/