Published Reviews

The Montreal Review of Books reviews Wayworn Wooden Floors by Mark Lavorato Mark Lavorato is a seasoned traveller, and his first poetry collection, Wayworn Wooden Floors, feels a bit like a suitcase stuffed with souvenirs... Read More »	The Chronicle Herald reviews Believing Cedric by Mark Lavorato What I like most about this book is the quality of each section’s treatment of different cultural roots of Canada, the exceptional fluidity of Mark Lavorato... Read More »
Bulletin for the Center for Children's Books reviews Ask the Passengers by A.S. King ★ “For kids still struggling with their own truths, it can be hard to believe how much light there is once you come out of the cave. This is a book that knows and... Read More »	School Library Journal reviews Ask the Passengers by A.S. King ★ "King’s thoughtful, sad, funny, and frank book will appeal to ... anyone who wants to define herself on her own terms." --School Library Journal (starred) Read More »
Publishers Weekly reviews Ask the Passengers by A.S. King ★ "Funny, provocative, and intelligent, King’s story celebrates love in all of its messy, modern complexity."--Publishers Weekly (starred) Read More »	Booklist reviews Ask the Passengers by A.S. King ★ "King continues to expertly plumb the lovely numbness of a young person struck by emotional paralysis. ... Another thoughtful, and often breathtaking... Read More »
Kirkus Reviews reviews Ask the Passengers by A.S. King ★ "King has created an intense, fast-paced, complex and compelling novel about sexuality, politics and societal norms that will force readers outside their... Read More »	Chico News & Review reviews Dying Words by Ken Conner "Written in a warm, lucid style and rich with quiet humor and affection, this novel about dying is a pleasure to read and, in the end, quite joyful." Read More »
Vanity Fair (Spanish edition) reviews The Warsaw Anagrams by Richard Zimler Estamos ente una de las sorpresas del verano. “Los anagramas de Varsovia” es, al mismo tiempo, una novela policiaca y una novela histórica. Y en ambos aspectos... Read More »	Publishers Weekly reviews How the French Invented Love: Nine Hundred Years of Passion and Romance by Marilyn Yalom In this enchanting tour of French literature—from Abélard and Héloïse in the 12th century to Marguerite Duras in the 20th and Philippe Sollers in the 21st—Yalom... Read More »

Philadelphia Bulletin reviews 101 Really Important Things You Already Know, But Keep Forgetting by Ernie J. Zelinski Here’s a book you can fall in love with just by reading the table of contents. It’s entitled 101 Really Important Things You Already Know, But Keep Forgetting by... Read More »	San Francisco Chronicle reviews The Anatomist: A True Story of Gray's Anatomy by Bill Hayes Bill Hayes has always been fascinated with the human body, but it wasn't until he audited anatomy classes at the University of California Medical Center that he... 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 »	BarnesandNoble.com reviews Accidental Cowgirl: Six Cows, No Horse and No Clue by Mary Lynn I. Archibald www.barnesandnoble.com/reviewAccidental Cowgirl: Six Cows, No Horse and No Clue by Mary Lynn Archibald(Paperback)Customer Rating for this product is 5 out of 5 A... 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 »	The Huntress Reviews (cross posted on Amazon.co.uk) reviews Bad-Ass Faeries by Danielle Ackley-McPhail So here are nineteen Faery tales which in no way resemble the cute little faeries of our childhood. Some stories are written better than others, but all of them... Read More »
Sacramento State Magazine reviews Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora by Andrew Q Lam In the “tradition” of postmodernism, Lam’s book contains fragments of his lived experiences as a journalist and as a Viet Kieu, a name that connotes Vietnamese... Read More »	NEW YORK POST BLOG reviews The Last Icon: Tom Seaver and His Times by Steven Robert Travers A New York Post sportswriter once referred to Tom Seaver as “the last of the non-adulterous ballplayers.” A fascinating new book, “The Last Icon: Tom Seaver and... Read More »
The Asian Review of Books reviews The Banquet Bug aka The Uninvited by Geling Yan Yan leads the readers into a labyrinth of "phoney" things: freelance journalists from phantom newsgroups, flashing cameras that produce no photograph,... Read More »	Blog Business World reviews Stand Up For Yourself Without Getting Fired: Resolve Workplace Crises Before You Quit, Get Axed, Or Sue the Bastards by Donna Ballman For me, the power of the book is how Donna Ballman presents the relevant employment law, for the various phases of an employee's career, in an clear and no... Read More »