Published Reviews

Sequential Tart reviews All You Bastards Can Go Jump Off a Bridge! by J Marc Schmidt "The variety of comics here surprised me and I appreciated that." Read More »	The Forward reviews Another Word For Love by Sarah Stern Poetics of RiverdaleBy Jake Marmer When we think of great New York poets — Frank O’Hara and Allen Ginsberg, Anne Waldman and Laurie Anderson, among others —... Read More »
Kirkus Indie reviews Explode: Epic Poetry by E Maria Shelton Speller Speller explores the intersections of race, sex, violence, and art in this experimental poetry collection… Many of these poems use dialogue as their... Read More »	San Francisco Chronicle reviews Dying Words by Ken Conner "Dying Words," the charming third novel by K. Patrick Conner, takes us inside the fascinating and morbid world of the newspaper obituarist. ... It's a terrific... Read More »
HR Examiner reviews Stand Up For Yourself Without Getting Fired: Resolve Workplace Crises Before You Quit, Get Axed, Or Sue the Bastards by Donna Ballman Donna Ballman is an employee-side employment lawyer who has been practicing 25 years. She knows her stuff. Best of all, she can write. Ballman completely won me... 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 »
http://colonylibrarylady.com/2012/10/29/heroes-arise reviews HEROES ARISE by Laurel Anne Hill “Have you ever read a fantasy book that you really like? A lot?” I have. A few years ago, I read the novel Heroes Arise with my son. When we finished,... Read More »	Kirkus Reviews reviews Married at Fourteen: A True Story by Lucille Lang Day The uncompromisingly frank account of a gifted woman's unlikely journey from teenage mother and juvenile delinquent to award-winning writer and scholar. Read More »
Romantic Times reviews EDGE OF BLACK by JT Ellison Ellison delivers another outstanding crime thriller that plays on many of a reader's emotions: fear, love, hate and shock among them. It's obvious from the first... Read More »	Publisher's Weekly reviews EDGE OF BLACK by JT Ellison Publishers WeeklyA biological attack on the Washington, D.C., subway system propels Ellison’s suspenseful second Samantha Owens novel (after A Deeper Darkness).... Read More »

PowellsBooks.Blog http://www.powells.com/blog/contributors/my-favorite-poetry-books-of-the-past-year reviews "Between Soul and Stone" by Margo Berdeshevsky "One of my all-time favorite poets...Her latest book, Between Soul and Stone, is incredible. This may sound trite, but I can't help but identify Berdeshevsky's... Read More »	Washington Post reviews Blood of Paradise by David Corbett Before he began writing novels, David Corbett spent 15 years as an operative with a San Francisco private investigation firm, an experience that left him without... Read More »
The New York Times reviews Small Damages by Beth Kephart “Dreamlike” is one word for Beth Kephart’s latest novel, Small Damages, in which an American teenager is exiled to Spain after she gets pregnant. Her percolating... Read More »	The Sunday Times reviews Finding Mr Right: The Real Woman's Guide to Landing That Man by Annie Harrison I’m 47, single since I was 34, and beyond sick of it. My longest relationship lasted for just over a year, on and off, and the others were what you might call “... Read More »
The Oregonian reviews THE CRYING TREE by Naseem Rakha More than a novel detailing the oft-chronicled and frequently patsied nature of forgiveness, this is a colorful and creative biography of hate -- about its... Read More »	A Book and a Dish reviews Be the Star You Are!® for TEENS-Simple Gifts for Living, Loving, Laughing, Learning, and Leading by Cynthia Brian Be the Star You Are! For Teens – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat ‘The three tools for being a star and living your dream: 1. Smile – When... Read More »
New Orleans Times-Picayune reviews Accordion Dreams: A Journey into Cajun and Creole Music by Blair Kilpatrick Kilpatrick gradually moves from listener to accordion player to performer. Finding her singing voice, she finds her writing one as well. "Accordion Dreams" is for... Read More »	The Statesman reviews A Journey Interrupted: Being Indian in Pakistan by Farzana Versey There’s a saying in Hindi which goes: dhobi ka kutta, na ghar ka, na ghat ka. The washerman's dog doesn't know where he belongs, whether at home or at the ghats... Read More »
Goodreads reviews Love At Absolute Zero by Christopher Meeks With some books, you can sense in advance that you are in for a reader's treat, that you will be taken outside your normal reading zone and sent on an involving... Read More »	FanBoyWonder reviews The Huntress: Year One #2 "La Donna e Mobile" by Ivory Madison The Upshot From DC Comics: Helena Bertinelli's vow never to return to Gotham is tested by her vigilante fight to reclaim her inheritance from the Sicilian... Read More »