Category: Book Reviews
29
Feb
Restoration book review
by Sarah Romano
6 Comments
Restoration is about two young women, Alice and Kristin, who have made mistakes in their relationships with men, Alice as an adultress and Kristin
06
Feb
The Flowers Of War book review
by Sarah Romano
5 Comments
It's December 1937 and the Japanese have taken the city of Nanking in China. An American priest, Father Engelman
31
Jan
Philip Kassner interview
by Sarah Romano
5 Comments
Kassner is the author of a book of photographic essays, Kochanski's Concertina Beer Hall - The Return Of Rockabilly, that is available on Amazon.com.
25
Jan
Kochanski's Concertina Beer Hall: The Return Of Rockabilly book review
by Sarah Romano
8 Comments
Art Kochanski's Concertina Beer Hall is a tradition in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (before this it was Alt Altenberg's Concertina Bar).
18
Jan
The Psychology Of Wealth book review
by Sarah Romano
6 Comments
“It would be difficult to make financial wealth or any measure of true success without having an intact core sense of self. If you believe...
17
Jan
A Walk Across the Sun book review
by Sarah Romano
5 Comments
A Walk Across The Sun begins with the quote "If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to one...
17
Jan
The Crossley ID Guide To Eastern Birds book review
by Sarah Romano
6 Comments
Author Richard Crossley has been birding since the age of seven, and his book reflects his great love of the outdoors and of birds. His...
27
Dec
The Artist Of Disappearance book review
by Sarah Romano
5 Comments
The Artist Of Disappearance contains three novellas. The first, The Museum of Final Journeys, is about stasis, everything remaining the same to the point of...
15
Dec
The Secret In Their Eyes book review
by Sarah Romano
6 Comments
In this story within a story, protagonist Benjamin Chaparro writes about wanting to write (the tale of the brutal murder of a young married woman,
02
Dec
Pharmacology book review
by Sarah Romano
6 Comments
Pharmacology, by Christopher Herz, published by AmazonEncore on December 6, 2011, 224 pages.
28
Nov
Catherine The Great book review
by Sarah Romano
5 Comments
The last line of this historical tome reads “It was a long and remarkable journey that no one, not even she, could have imagined when,...
23
Nov
Saints and Sinners book review
by Sarah Romano
5 Comments
In an interview Edna O'Brien says "I always thought of writing not as an escape but as a path into another kind of universe, another...
04
Nov
Secrets Of The Magic Ring book review
by Sarah Romano
6 Comments
"In the garage, the box, still wrapped up in the tarp, rested comfortably on the shelf. To the casual observer it would appear to be...
27
Oct
An Interview With Jillian Lauren: Author of Pretty
by Dick Leonardo
5 Comments
An Interview With Jillian Lauren by Christina Zawadiwsky 1. As evidenced in your book, do you think that addicts become so (negatively) involved in the...
16
Oct
Drama: An Actor's Education book review
by Sarah Romano
8 Comments
"You've had a magnificent career! Look what you created. Look how many lives you changed. You gave so many people their first jobs. You inspired...
05
Oct
Across Many Mountains book review
by Sarah Romano
7 Comments
Kunsang, a young Buddhist nun, never thought that she would leave Tibet.
01
Oct
Amazing Adventures of a Nobody book review
by Sarah Romano
5 Comments
'I don't have a bad life,' I told myself again and again.....'I should be happy, right?
07
Sep
An Interview with Jim Krusoe
by Sarah Romano
5 Comments
Jim Krusoe is an American novelist, poet, and short story writer. His stories and poems have appeared in Antioch Review, Denver Quarterly
07
Sep
Loose Diamonds book review
by Sarah Romano
5 Comments
"When I was eight, my friend Jenny and I invented a game. We'd both read The Secret Garden. Next door to my house has a...
05
Sep
Guest Post: The Privacy Act according to Pam and Kae
by Dick Leonardo
4 Comments
We are excited to have the Authors of Cookies for Dinner: the tales of two moms in their quest to survive motherhood, Pam Johnson-Bennett and...