Tag: Tim Johnston

• Favorite Books of the 2010s: Quick Takes of 2015 Novels

  This is a series of reviews of my favorite books published between 2010 and 2019. These are shorter reviews of good reads published in 2015. The Long and Faraway Gone by Lou Berney (2015) This novel follows two characters–only slightly connected–who are both from Oklahoma City and are both struggling to get past unresolved mysteries from […]

  Shannon Turlington

  December 27, 2019

  Best Books of 2010s

  2010s, 2015, Alternate history, Charlotte Wood, David Wellington, Descent, Dystopia, Fantasy, Feminist fiction, Finders Keepers, Horror, Lou Berney, Molly Tanzer, Mystery, Positive, Short stories, Stephen King, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, The Long and Faraway Gone, The Natural Way of Things, Thriller, Tim Johnston, Vermilion, zombies

• Best Reads of 2016

  An annual tradition with me is choosing my top 5 reads of the year–not necessarily books that were published during the year, but books that I read and stayed with me, that stood out above the crowd. This year’s roundup is a varied assortment, but I highly recommend them all. 1. A Head Full of […]

  Shannon Turlington

  January 9, 2017

  Reading

  A Head Full of Ghosts, Best of 2016, City of Mirrors, Descent, Isabel Allende, Justin Cronin, Paul Tremblay, Recommended Reading, The Passage, Tim Johnston, Top 5

• Recommended Reading: Descent by Tim Johnston

  This week, I’m recommending a book I stayed up until the wee hours last night finishing: Descent by Tim Johnston. On a family vacation in Colorado, an eighteen-year-old girl goes for a run on a deserted mountain road, accompanied by her younger brother on a mountain bike, when the worst thing happens: the boy is left injured, and […]

  Shannon Turlington

  August 5, 2016

  Reading

  Descent, Recommended Reading, Thriller, Tim Johnston