Four Eye Books (Blogs)
Blogs:
- Author Inteviews
- Bookish Adventures
- Reviews
- The Reading Room
The Golden Basement by David Norman Lewis: Cults, Collapse, and the Ideologies We Cling To
Set in a surreal 1990s Seattle, The Golden Basement is a gritty, genre-bending novel that explores i...
Author Interview – Jose Vadi on “Downriver, November 1949”: Memory, Place, and the California Delta
A reflective conversation with Jose Vadi about his story Downriver, 1949 in Sacramento Noir. Explore...
Every Street Has a Story: Sacramento Noir Author Panel at Beers Books(May 2025)
Final stop of the Sacramento Noir tour at Beers Books—an author panel celebrating Sacramento’s s...
Interview with David Norman Lewis: The Stories Beneath The Golden Basement
The Golden Basement is weird, wild, and unforgettable—and so was my conversation with its author, ...
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke: A Beautiful, Melancholic Mystery of Memory and Reality
Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi is a beautifully melancholic mystery wrapped in a dreamlike meditation o...
Butterfly in the Sky: How Reading Rainbow Inspired Generations and Why It Still Matters
Butterfly in the Sky isn’t just a nostalgic look at Reading Rainbow—it’s a powerful reminder o...
Black Shield Maiden by Willow Smith: A Journey Through Strength, Belief, and Unity
Willow Smith’s Black Shield Maiden explores belief, resilience, and cultural exchange in Viking-ag...
Exploring Capital Books: A Sacramento Gem for Book Lovers
(Originally posted in December 2022. Updated with new insights, photos, and recommendations for plac...
Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler by Ibi Zoboi: A Poetic Celebration of a Visionary Legacy
“I have written books about making the world a better place and how to make humanity more surv...
The World Record Book of Racist Stories by Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar
The World Record of Racist Stories(2022) by Amber and Lacey Lamar is the sequel to their first book,...
The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman: A Heartwarming and Clever Cozy Mystery
Richard Osman’s The Bullet That Missed, the third book in the Thursday Murder Club series, is a ma...
