Did you know they now call rollercoasters “aggressive thrill rides”? I didn’t either, not until confronted with the sign posted just inside the cattle corral that wound back and forth in front of Skyrush, the tallest, fastest and longest coaster at Hersheypark. Completed in 2012, Skyrush towers over the park, the large golden arch demonicContinue reading "Aggressive Thrills"
The Impatience of Age
I remember thinking—a few years back, eyes glazed by the million-mile-an-hour flash of a Hello Kitty DVD—that life had picked up too much speed. It wasn’t just me feeling my age, that downhill journey where you tumble faster and faster, days blurring, one into the next, until suddenly you’re at the bottom and there’s aContinue reading "The Impatience of Age"
Review: East of West Vol. 2: We Are All One
"There’s Horsemen on the plains, the sky’s red as blood, and only the blind can see a better end." Fate was always going to put ‘East Of West’ in my path. I devour post-apocalyptic stories with unholy glee and have done since I discovered the ‘Book Of Revelation’, which is probably why I enjoy ‘EastContinue reading "Review: East of West Vol. 2: We Are All One"
Review: Morningside Fall (Legends of the Dustwalker, #2) by Jay Posey
At the end of Jay Posey’s debut Three, the first book in ‘The Legends Of The Dustwalker’, I got the impression the titular character, Three, couldn’t possibly be the dustwalker of legend, which both surprised and saddened. He was a compelling figure and the entire plot hinged upon his actions. Three embodied the role ofContinue reading "Review: Morningside Fall (Legends of the Dustwalker, #2) by Jay Posey"
Review: Peacemaker by Marianne de Pierres
Virgin Jackson is the senior ranger of a preserve of land known as Birrimun Park. With the park’s peace threatened by drug smugglers, Virgin partners with U.S. Marshall, Nate Sixkiller. It’s not a match made in heaven. While the pair bounce off of one another, bodies start falling. Virgin is the cops’ number one suspect,Continue reading "Review: Peacemaker by Marianne de Pierres"
Kelly Jensen 