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a trickster has landed FOLA mordecai talks about Just in Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book by Yuyi Morales it good to oneself and it more satisfying when one gather round the people we know instead of neglecting them,claiming frivolous excuses Read more »	Marc Falkoff Michael Anthony talks about Mass Casualties: A Young Medic's True Story of Death, Deception, and Dishonor in Iraq by Michael Anthony “Michael Anthony writes in the tradition of Joseph Heller and Richard Hooker, demystifying the theater of war and revealing our soldiers to be all-too-human figures -- comic and petty, but sometimes... Read more »
Lawrence Winters Michael Anthony talks about Mass Casualties: A Young Medic's True Story of Death, Deception, and Dishonor in Iraq by Michael Anthony “If you are afraid of the TRUTH don’t read this book. SPC Michael Anthony’s personal experience of WAR has no censor. Reading his book is a journey into the battlefields of death, sex, and the loss... Read more »	Damon DiMarco Michael Anthony talks about Mass Casualties: A Young Medic's True Story of Death, Deception, and Dishonor in Iraq by Michael Anthony “Compelling. Frank. Funny. Disturbing. Michael Anthony loses his innocence in a slow motion train wreck you can’t help but watch. Mass Casualties opens up a brand new conversation on the War in Iraq... Read more »
James Fallows Michael Anthony talks about Mass Casualties: A Young Medic's True Story of Death, Deception, and Dishonor in Iraq by Michael Anthony “Mass Casualties is a raw, vivid look at the realities behind the daily news about American soldiers overseas. Michael Anthony’s voice has the rough-edged honesty of the best reporting on combat. You... Read more »	Charles Jones Michael Anthony talks about Mass Casualties: A Young Medic's True Story of Death, Deception, and Dishonor in Iraq by Michael Anthony “A scathing, satirical and often shocking trip through “the other war” in Iraq—the war within the U.S. Army, and within a soldier’s soul. Michael Anthony’s memoir is the perfect antidote for anyone... Read more »
Very impressed! Mel Menzies talks about A Painful Post Mortem by Mel Menzies Skilfully handled, interlinking present tense narrative with third/past point of view – and oh boy, how it adds texture and dimension! Characterisation is strong and well balanced. I am, as you’ll... Read more »	Addiction: Beyond Heroin Ann Seymour talks about Addiction: What's Really Going On? Inside a Heroin Treatment Program by Dr. Barbara Sinor This powerful book could be written about alcoholics, compulsive gamblers, and any number of other addicts. When you live with a compensated addict, that is, one who can function and disguise his... Read more »
Lines to openly adore Aberjhani talks about THE GENEROSITY OF STARS by Barbara Berman I first came across the name Barbara Berman when I heard about the 100 POETS AGAINST THE WAR project, though I'm aware that many others are familiar with her in a variety of capacities as poet,... Read more »	Review by Silke Heiss of Letters to the World Poems from the Wom-Po Listserv (2008), edited by Moira Richards, Rosemary Starace moira richards talks about Letters to the World: Poems from the Wom-po LISTSERV edited by Moira Richards, Rosemary Starace, Lesley Wheeler & others by moira richards Review by Silke Heiss of Letters to the World Poems from the Wom-Po Listserv (2008), edited by Moira Richards, Rosemary Starace and Lesley Wheeler, Los Angeles: Red Hen Press It is more than a year... Read more »

Brian Knight's review Hank Quense talks about Tales From Gundarland by Hank Quense Tales from Gundarland is an action packed, comical roller coaster. This wonderfully developed land with its inhabitants is a refreshing get away from the world we live in. All of the multiple... Read more »	Amazing yet Incredible Gary G Gach talks about Another Day at the Front by Ishmael Reed I dont which I prefer: Ishmael Reed the musician, dramatist, poet, novelist, or essayist but here he's in top form, going the distance, and taking us across some turf we might not have expected to... Read more »
Fran Ellen and the Bears Jennifer Kathleen Gibbons talks about The Bear's House by Marilyn Sachs I am so glad The Bears House is now an ebook! I loved this book when I was a child. Fran Ellen Smith has the odds against her.H er father abandons her family and her mother goes to her bed; most... Read more »	I swallowed the book! Pat Montandon talks about Whispers From God (paperback of Oh The Hell Of It All) by Pat Montandon I start to read the book with the dictionary near.And...The book swallowed me absolutely,or I have swallowed the book.(It's impossible to say now!)But i really was not able to stop at least for to... Read more »
The Autobiography of Frau Adolf Hitler, a novel by Frank Sanello Frank Sanello talks about The Autobiography of Frau Adolf Hitler by Frank Sanello from HubPagesA Brilliant New Look at the Private Life and Perversions of Adolf Hitlerby Christopher Antony Meade United Kingdom Hub AuthorFinally a great novel of the twenty first century and about... Read more »	Sharing the Secrets of the Senses Larry R. Smith talks about The Hundred Secret Senses by Amy Tan I've been reading Amy Tan and teaching her in my college classes for about 8 years now, and she's always voted the "favorite reading" among my students who relate to her many characters and her art... Read more »
Read with highlighter... lynn liccardo talks about Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure by Susan Henderson This is a title that I could not resist when choosing books for the Housewarming Party prize. It is a book meant to be read many times. During the first pass, so many of these six-word memoirs will... Read more »	Midnight's Children Headed to the Silver Screen former member talks about Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie Salman Rushdie's classic book, Midnight's Children, is finally going to be made into a movie. Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie's panoramic 1981 allegory of the birth of modern India, is... Read more »
From Leila Fortier, Poet, Author, Artist Jack Varnell talks about A Part Of All Sums by Jack Varnell By Leila A. Fortier To read Jack Varnell is to listen to the inner rambling thoughts of contemplation of the world around you. From the making of the inanimate to the the very fiber of interpersonal... Read more »	She's Back! Jennifer Kathleen Gibbons talks about Becoming Clementine: A Novel by Jennifer Niven Velva Jean Hart is back! She's in Paris, looking for her missing in action brother Johnny Clay in World War II. While she's there, she finds herself recruited as a spy. Her spy name? Clementine... Read more »