April 22, 2024

Uncommon Scents is featured on GDCramer.com, where George Cramer showcases new authors each week. We’re grateful to George for the recognition. George suggested a short interview about the book and our backgrounds. We arranged a session at an exclusive Hollywood recording studio but George didn’t show up, possibly due to visa issues but more likely…

April 10, 2024

Last week I gave you thumbnail recommendations of five novels written between 1961 and 1986 that make me swoon. Here are five more spanning the period from 1989 until the early 2000s. THIS WEEK The Remains Of The Day, Kazuo Ishiguro (1989) Poor Things, Alasdair Gray (1992) Kafka On The Shore, Haruki Murakami (2002) Cloud…

April 3, 2024

My family and friends call them “Bruce Books,” in voices that are filled with love and despair and a desperate need to flee the room before I press copies in their hands. If they make the mistake of taking a book, they know I will turn up in a corner of their bedroom some night…

January 16, 2024

Here’s a sample of Veilpiercer to whet your appetite. Lexi Xenos, the CEO of giant tech company Arrgle, is getting a briefing at a meeting of high level executives about the company’s plan to create a religion out of whole cloth to boost sales. Crazy, right? Completely unrelated, just a fun fact. Did you know…