Published Reviews

The Alternative reviews THE UNIT by Terry DeHart Told through the eyes of five main characters in short, alternating but impactful chapters Terry DeHart’s debut novel, The Unit, is post-apocalyptic fiction at its... Read More »	MostlyFiction reviews Standing At The Crossroads by Charles Davis Review by Friederike Knabe (JUL 17, 2011) A “story man” walks from village to village across bare African lands, carrying a heavy book bag over his shoulder,... Read More »
Mostly Fiction reviews Lola,California by Edie Meidav http://bookreview.mostlyfiction.com/2011/lola-california-by-edie-meidav/ Read More »	Historical Novels Review reviews The Brahms Deception by Louise Marley This finely researched tale speculates on Brahms and Schumann’s relationship. The characters, setting and plot convince the reader of the veracity of the unfolding... Read More »
http://www.antoinettemay.com/enterprise/bookworm/articles/signings.html reviews Nineteen Poems Around a Divorce and Beyond by Kevin Arnold What do we seek in poetry? by Antoinette May According to an expert— Kevin Arnold—it’s the unexpected, the undreamed of. What is found in poetry is that which is... Read More »	The Faster Times reviews Lola,California by Edie Meidav Meidav succeeds brilliantly in creating an authentic friendship between Lana and Rose, one that is messy, captivating, and durable. The Lolas are their most... Read More »
Booklist Magazine reviews Everybody Sees the Ants by A.S. King ★ Fifteen-year-old Lucky Linderman doesn’t feel lucky. After creating an ill-conceived school survey on suicide, he is besieged by well-meaning but... Read More »	Publishers Weekly reviews Where All The Dead Lie by JT Ellison Ellison's seventh Taylor Jackson thriller (after So Close the Hand of Death) reduces the body count from previous installments but maintains the tension as the... Read More »
Tor.com reviews The Brahms Deception by Louise Marley The Brahms Deception is the follow-up to Louise Marley’s Mozart’s Blood. (I wrote about this novel here, and the new book has a few glancing references to its... Read More »	Publishers Weekly reviews The Brahms Deception by Louise Marley “Marley’s second excursion into musical history (after 2010′s Mozart’s Blood) plays what-if with the relationship between Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms, 14... Read More »

GaydarNation.com reviews Crashing America by Katia Noyes What's your favourite part of Crashing America? That’s fun to think about. Maybe when Girl has her picnic in the wild prairie. She hangs out with Dottie, the... Read More »	The Northern Poetry Review reviews Wayworn Wooden Floors by Mark Lavorato Mark Lavorato is a well-traveled poet, a fact evidenced in this collection; his words reference his experiences in various countries, sometimes obliquely,... Read More »
Choice, of the Association of College and Research Libraries reviews Tatiana Proskouriakoff: Interpreting the Ancient Maya by Char Solomon This intimate biography of a revered scholar in Mayan studies describes the problems and pleasures of archaeological fieldwork, the organization of research, and... Read More »	Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations reviews Velva Jean Learns to Fly by Jennifer Niven During World War II, more than 1,000 women pilots ferried fighter jets and other military aircraft in a program started by Jacqueline Cochrane called Women... Read More »
Pulsar Poetry Webzine, Edition #8 (60) reviews Finnish-American Poetry by Rauhala, Vartnaw, Hagelberg by Bill Vartnaw I'll be honest about this. I had no idea what to expect. My knowledge of Finland and its culture is pretty much limited to knowing that Nokia come from... Read More »	Books of the Times reviews Palm Latitudes by Kate Braverman The Palm Latitudes of Kate Braverman's passionate new novel are those hot, steamy places to the south where the sun is insolent and cactuses and banyan trees and... Read More »
The Charlotte Observer reviews Tatiana Proskouriakoff: Interpreting the Ancient Maya by Char Solomon If you're in a women's book club that needs a good selection for March - Women's History Month - consider "Tatiana Proskouriakoff." The title is a... Read More »	RevistaFusion.com reviews The Art of Living: A Practical Guide to Being Alive by Claire Elizabeth Terry Desde las páginas de esta cuidada edición Mijaíl Gorvachov nos habla del optimismo que le impulsa a no aceptar lo establecido, la psicoterapeuta Arvick Baghramian... Read More »
San Francisco Chronicle reviews In Praise of the Delinquent Hero, or How Hollywood Creates Terrorists by Sunny Singh You can call it the revenge of Edward Said. His 1978 book, "Orientalism," was about how the West sees (and defines) the East. Sept. 11, 2001, flipped the direction... Read More »	Midwest Book Review reviews The Bone Weaver by Victoria Zackheim Victoria Zackheim's The Bone Weaver is a superbly written generational story, told from great-grandmother to grandmother to mother, about their lives and... Read More »