Published Reviews

Aaron Paul Lazar reviews Sleep Before Evening by Magdalena Ball Magdalena Ball’s writing, insightful and deep, engages the reader from page one. Her characters linger long after the story resolves to its perfect conclusion.... Read More »	Book Pleasures reviews Sleep Before Evening by Magdalena Ball The author’s control of the story is masterly; her insight combining with her exceptional narrative skills to write a story that... Read More »
Margaret Forster, author of Elizabeth Barrett Browning: The Life and Loves of a Poet reviews Shaggy Muses: The Dogs Who Inspired Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, Elizabeh Barrett Browning, Edith Wharton and Emily Bronte by Maureen Adams I so enjoyed SHAGGY MUSES. It manages very successfully to bring into focus exactly why these dogs were important to these writers—an intriguing mixture of... Read More »	Temple Grandin , author of Animals in Translation reviews Shaggy Muses: The Dogs Who Inspired Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, Elizabeh Barrett Browning, Edith Wharton and Emily Bronte by Maureen Adams An intimate look into the lives of famous women authors whose lives were more difficult than we would ever have imagined. Their dogs helped them to survive and... Read More »
Publishers Weekly reviews Shaggy Muses: The Dogs Who Inspired Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, Elizabeh Barrett Browning, Edith Wharton and Emily Bronte by Maureen Adams Lovers of both dogs and classic writers will identify with this sweet, quirky book. Read More »	Booklist reviews Shaggy Muses: The Dogs Who Inspired Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, Elizabeh Barrett Browning, Edith Wharton and Emily Bronte by Maureen Adams Written with lively, accessible prose, this absorbing, wholly unique book is a must-read for literature- and dog-lovers alike. Read More »
Bookpage reviews Shaggy Muses: The Dogs Who Inspired Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, Elizabeh Barrett Browning, Edith Wharton and Emily Bronte by Maureen Adams Dog lovers and literary groupies alike will adore SHAGGY MUSES. Read More »	Bark Magazine reviews Shaggy Muses: The Dogs Who Inspired Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, Elizabeh Barrett Browning, Edith Wharton and Emily Bronte by Maureen Adams With this book, Adams has created a niche that will thrill those who love literature, biography and dogs. Read More »
The Chicago Tribune reviews Shaggy Muses: The Dogs Who Inspired Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, Elizabeh Barrett Browning, Edith Wharton and Emily Bronte by Maureen Adams Move over Marley. Make room for Carlo (Emily Dickinson's giant Newfoundland). Or Flush (Elizabeth Barrett Browning's golden cocker spaniel). Or, maybe, Keeper (... Read More »	Micro-Film Magazine, No. 7 reviews Shadows in the Garden by Wayne Kyle Spitzer “The filmmakers … dare to tell this story in a non-traditional manner, providing exposition through dictionary definitions, newspaper clippings, talk radio voices... Read More »

http://romancebookscene.blogspot.com/2009/09/romance-book-review-rituals.html reviews Rituals by Kiki Howell This quick read novella gives readers a delightful look at light bondage. Both Maddie and Ryan are great characters having a great time exploring the new world... Read More »	Review the Book reviews Waltzing Australia by Cynthia A Clampitt Cynthia Clampitt had a secure job with a steady paycheck and decided to leave it all behind to pursue her dream of becoming a writer. She packed up her stuff and... Read More »
Chapter 16 reviews The Shadows of Youth: The Remarkable Journey of the Civil Rights Generation by Andrew B. Lewis unlike Taylor Branch's trilogy on the civil rights era, which lionizes King, Lewis focuses instead on the young activists and the way the early rush of triumph and... Read More »	Echoes of History reviews The Rage of Achilles by terence hawkins THE RAGE OF ACHILLES is Terence Hawkins’ first novel. Within its pages, he vividly brings to life the glory and guts of a long forgotten era. He recounts this... Read More »
Washington Post reviews The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli Though the novel explores war primarily from the journalists' viewpoint, the secondary characters are generously drawn. In Soli's hands, edgy, frightened soldiers... Read More »	Elevate Difference (formerly Feminist Review) reviews Cover Me: A Health Insurance Memoir by Sonya Huber Cover Me is a moving portrait of how access to healthcare determines who is a “have” and who a “have not” and in Huber’s hands, the issues surrounding healthcare... Read More »
Star Crossed Romance reviews Heart of the Highland Wolf by Terry Spear Terry Spear has written another great werewolf story. I know. I say that every time but when it's true, it's true. Ms Spear writes fantastic action/adventure/... Read More »	Long and Short Romance Reviews reviews Heart of the Highland Wolf by Terry Spear Heart of the Highland Wolf embraces the best of what romance has to offer with characters that jump off the pages and into a reader’s heart. The writing is crisp,... Read More »
Rattle reviews Works & Days (winner 2010 T. S. Eliot Poetry Prize) by Dean Rader It’s hard to say what I love most in this glorious debut volume; is it the glorious Frog & Toad poems, the love poems, or the one-on ones with mentors—Stevens... Read More »	Barnes & Noble reviews The Dance of the Pheasodile by Tim Hewtson le Roux The story of Keith, a man who goes in for therapeutic hypnosis and wakes up in another man's body - an ugly man who lives a very different life from Keith's... Read More »