Published Reviews

The Believer reviews The Wonder Bread Summer by Jessica Anya Blau The book that made me happiest this month was Jessica Anya Blau's picaresque, properly funny, unpredictable, and altogether irrepressible The Wonder Bread... Read More »	Ralphmag.org reviews Nights in the Pink Motel: An American Strategist's Pursuit of Peace in Iraq by Robert Earle Nights in thePink MotelAn American Strategist'sPursuit of Peace in IraqRobert Earle(Naval Institute Press)Robert Earle arrived in Baghdad in June, 2004 just as the... Read More »
Amazon reviews Blood Drama by Christopher Meeks I picked up Blood Drama yesterday and could not put it down! The book introduces our protagonist Ian Nash, who to put it mildly is having a very bad day! The story... Read More »	A Book Lover's Library reviews Blood Drama by Christopher Meeks I have to admit that I was thinking my life was tough and my day was pretty bad until I began reading this book. Poor guy had a much worse day: kicked out of his... Read More »
Amazon.com reviews Fire Knife Dancing by John Enright I was a great fan of his first book, Pago Pago Tango, so I grabbed this one as soon as I saw it. The same things that I enjoyed about the last book applies here... Read More »	Amazon.com reviews Fire Knife Dancing by John Enright This second book in the "Jungle Beat" series returns to American Samoa for another crime story featuring Detective Sergeant Apelu, formerly of the San Francisco... Read More »
Amazon.com reviews Fire Knife Dancing by John Enright I read and liked Pago Pago Tango and thought it was a promising start to a new series. In Fire Knife Dancing, the author seems to have settled in and, having... Read More »	Amazon.com reviews Pago Pago Tango by John Enright I had the rare good fortune to have a job that allowed me to get to know the terrritory of American Samoa, the only flag-flying part of the United States south... Read More »
Booklist reviews Pago Pago Tango by John Enright Detective Sergeant Apelu Soifua of the American Samoa PD is called to a palangi (Caucasian) enclave to check on a burglary at the home of a vice president of the... Read More »	A Book Blog from Ecuador reviews The Diabolist by Layton Green Convinced that a charismatic New Age prophet is behind the murders, the investigators undergo a perilous journey into the world of the occult as they try to... Read More »

The New York Times reviews The Satanic Verses: A Novel by Salman Rushdie Talent? Not in question. Big talent. Ambition? Boundless ambition. Salman Rushdie is a storyteller of prodigious powers, able to conjure up whole geographies,... Read More »	Cookie's Book Club reviews The Middle-Aged Man and the Sea by Christopher Meeks I’m always on the prowl for well-written short stories. In 2011, I stumbled upon a volume that became my favorite find of the entire year. No, make that my... Read More »
Spokesmen Journal reviews THE CRYING TREE by Naseem Rakha A powerful and stunning debut novel...replete with insights into the delicate family dynamics and suppressed emotions of those left behind. Written with wisdom and... Read More »	Publisher's Weekly reviews Huntress: Year One by Ivory Madison A regular in Birds of Prey, Huntress is the sort of character who needs a clear origin story. In her typical comic appearances, it's often hard to get a grasp of... Read More »
The Common reviews White Sheets by beverley bie brahic In addition to poetic shape-shifting, subtle confrontations often lurk deceptively behind the ordinary. The title poem “White Sheets” opens Brahic’s... Read More »	Lambda Literary reviews Irresistible Revolution: Confronting Race, Class and the Assumptions of LGBT Politics by Urvashi Vaid The first line of Urvashi Vaid’s new book Irresistible Revolution: Confronting Race, Class and the Assumptions of LGBT Politics (Magnus Books) is enough to... Read More »
Psicologia Práctica reviews The Art of Living: A Practical Guide to Being Alive by Claire Elizabeth Terry Su título lo dice todo: 'El arte de vivir', lo que no es poco. Vivir la vida como un milagro, no como algo regalado que está ahí, día tras día, sin atribuirle un... Read More »	San Francisco Chronicle reviews Jesus Freaks: A True Story of Murder and Madness on the Evangelical Edge by Don Lattin Jesus Freaks is an impressive feat of investigative history, bringing to light the warped worldview and abusive sexual and disciplinary practices of a deluded... Read More »
Various reviews Felicity & Barbara Pym by Harrison Solow Praise for Felicity and Barbara Pym "A splendid book! Original, controversial, academic, readable, serious, light-hearted, sensible, charming..." - Hazel Holt,... Read More »	Sunday Herald reviews Koolaids: The Art of War by Rabih Alameddine A book that refuses despair by the sheer exuberance and inventiveness of its style. The topics may seem gloomy---the impact of the Aids epidemic and the... Read More »