Category: Book Reviews
06
Jul
An Interview with Brianna Karp
by Sarah Romano
5 Comments
After the publication of your book did you receive emails from readers who had been designated as scapegoats in their own families and/or physically abused...
06
Jul
American Dervish book review
by Sarah Romano
7 Comments
American Dervish is a very powerful and engaging novel that proves a single act can have an influence over the lives of many people.
30
Jun
Book Review: Beside Still Waters by Tricia Goyer
by Dick Leonardo
1 Comment
Beside Still Waters by Tricia Goyer Publisher: B&H Books Paperback:320 pages Book Description (from Amazon) Raised among the Amish of Indiana, 18-year-old Marianna Sommer plans...
27
Jun
Book Review:Found: A Daughter's Journey Home by Tatum O'Neal
by Sarah Romano
4 Comments
Found: A Daughter’s Journey Home written by Tatum O’Neal, published by William Morrow on June 14, 2011, 204 pages. Seeing Tatum O’Neal as a child...
22
Jun
Easily Amused by Karen McQuestion : book review
by Sarah Romano
6 Comments
Karen McQuestion is an action writer. Her novel doesn't have descriptions of car crashes or explosions or bombs, but something is always going on in...
12
Jun
Book Review:The Girl's Guide To Homelessness by Brianna Karp
by Sarah Romano
8 Comments
The Girl’s Guide to Homelessness: A Memoir by Brianna Karp, published by Harlequin on April 20, 2011, 352 pages. This is one of the most...
28
May
Girls Like Us book review
by Sarah Romano
7 Comments
"There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children" - Nelson Mandela.
13
May
Growing Up Laughing book review
by Sarah Romano
12 Comments
When Marlo Thomas was growing up in her large extended Lebanese-Sicilian (what a combination!) family, she would often hear the men saying, about the women,...
05
May
Book Review: The White Devil by Justin Evans
by Dick Leonardo
3 Comments
BOOK SUMMARY (publisher) Set in a four-hundred-year-old boys’ boarding school in London, a chilling gothic thriller by the author of the critically acclaimed A Good...
01
May
Book Review: Change Anything-The New Science of Personal Success
by Sarah Romano
7 Comments
“The promise of this book is simple. If you apply the principles and tactics we outline, you can rapidly, profoundly, and sustainably change your...
19
Apr
An interview with Karen McQuestion
by Sarah Romano
9 Comments
Karen McQuestion is the talented author of two recently book releases - Favorite and Life on Hold.
19
Apr
Life On Hold book review
by Sarah Romano
5 Comments
Reading Karen McQuestion's Life On Hold is like travelling to a parallel world (parallel because it's familiar) and hearing a good friend tell you a...
15
Apr
Favorite book review
by Sarah Romano
5 Comments
Life isn't always fair, which seems true for Angie Favorite (whose last name gives rise to all sorts of jokes and analogies)
15
Apr
Kingpin book review
by Sarah Romano
5 Comments
Max "Vision" Butler's life is pockmarked with extended stays in prison, including one that he resents (for not having turned in Harrison, a friend).
06
Apr
Already Home book review
by Sarah Romano
7 Comments
"When faced with something scary, like a big dog or a really bad decision, it was important not to show fear."
06
Apr
The Goodbye Quilt book review
by Sarah Romano
5 Comments
"My main project, my ultimate work-in-progress, is Molly, of course. And today, she's going away to college, clean across the country.
01
Apr
The Girl Who Fell From The Sky book review
by Sarah Romano
6 Comments
"At school everything about black history you learn in one month....the main ones are slavery and how Lincoln made the slaves free, how there were...
29
Mar
Paris Was Ours by Penelope Rowlands Book Review
by Sarah Romano
5 Comments
Paris Was Ours, an anthology of essays by Penelope Rowlands, published by Algonquin Books on February 8, 2011, 288 pages. Paris Was Ours is a...
18
Mar
The Dressmaker of Khair Khana Book Review
by Sarah Romano
6 Comments
"The Dressmaker Of Khair Khana gives voice to many of our world's unsung heroes. Against all odds, these young women created hope and community, and...