Jacquelyn Holmes

When I decided to start this book review blog, there were two titles I knew immediately that I wanted to review. The Redemption of Althalus was one, and Santiago: A Myth of the Far Future was the other. I've owned multiple copies of Santiago because I keep loaning it to people, similar to how an evangelist hands out Bible tracks. They almost never make it back to me, and so I buy a copy every time I find one. As a regular deep-diver of used book stores, I occasionally turn up a copy and...

I didn't know I had found gold when I picked up this unassuming little book. That's the way it is with used books. You descend into the basement of some store, or maybe in a hidden corner. It's inevitable that one should have to go in a dark and dismal space to find treasure. I try to find all the little dark corners of places and go rummaging for used books, the greatest treasure around. When I picked up The Grey Horse, by R. A. MacAvoy, I decided to buy it for one reason: The cover said...

I love this book. When I started Weird Old Books, there were two books I knew right away that I wanted to review. This is one of them...