by Melissa J. Troutman | Jan 28, 2022 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
Did you know Robert Louis Stevenson wrote more than Kidnapped, Treasure Island, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? I love his other writings, so when I saw The Black Arrow at a used-book sale, I snatched it up. It sat on my shelf for a few years, however, until I recently...
by Melissa J. Troutman | Nov 26, 2021 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
I don’t usually like science fiction. I didn’t like Ender’s Game the first time I started it. The premise seemed a little too Out There: a forbidden third child was taken from his family at the age of six in order to be trained to command the world’s fleet of...
by Melissa J. Troutman | Sep 24, 2021 | Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track, Guest Bloggers
Gripping adventure. Political intrigue. Twist endings. Unexpected romance. Loyal friends. Cunning enemies. Realistic characters. Deep worldbuilding. Mindblowing revelations. Endless wit. My friends, meet the Queen’s Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner. The Series Book...
by Melissa J. Troutman | Sep 17, 2021 | Blogs/Podcasts, Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track
I didn’t devour this book, this book devoured me. I started reading on my way to bed, and the next thing I knew I was trapped inside the story like Jonah inside the belly of the fish. (Thankfully it wasn’t three days and three nights before I returned to dry land,...
by Melissa J. Troutman | Jul 30, 2021 | Friday Fiction: Books From Off the Beaten Track, Guest Bloggers
Embassy by S. Alex Martin is not a science fiction adventure novel. Rather, it’s a science-fiction journey novel, perhaps the first of its kind I’ve ever read. I started it expecting aliens, laser gunfights, and spaceship battles. Like Star Wars, or Star Trek, or the...
