Published Reviews
Book Pleasures reviews
There is no doubt that Shobhan Bantwal has joined the ranks of such genuine Indian storytellers as Anita Rau Badami, Neil Bissondath, and others.
In her impressive...
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Romantic Times reviews
In her second novel, Bantwal switches gears from arranged marriages to the pressure parents are under to produce a male heir in contemporary India. Combining rich...
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Kinetics Magazine reviews
by Kala Ambrose
Editors Pick of the Month - Books on Spiritual Sustainability - 9 Life Altering Lessons: Secrets of the Mystery Schools Unveiled by Kala Ambrose
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Brad Steiger - Author reviews
by Kala Ambrose
"Have you always wanted to study esoterica under a master teacher in one of the ancient mystery schools, but didn't know where to go or who to ask? Kala Ambrose...
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Booklist reviews
by Eugenia Kim
Kim opens a window into a vanished world in this sensitively rendered homage to her mother's life. As Najin comes of age in early-twentieth century Korea, her...
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New York Times Book Review reviews
by Jayanti Tamm
"... in Tamm’s memoir, the guru himself appears narcissistic to a degree befitting a man who proclaimed himself an avatar of God....He comes off as a spiritual...
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Booklist reviews
by Teri Coyne
Summoned home after a 10-year absence by a neighbor's shocking phone call, Cat enters the farmhouse where she wasn't so much raised as pummeled into submission . A...
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Palm Beach Post reviews
Mrs. Ziegfeld (McFarland) is Grant Hayter-Menzies’ biography of one of the most distinctive actresses of her — or any — generation.... Hayter-Menzies’ book is...
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Deepdish.com reviews
"David Toussaint is a great writer. I recently came to this conclusion while reading his latest book, TOUSSAINT!, which made me laugh out loud on almost every page...
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Gather.com reviews
Some short stories tell simple tales to immediate effect. Others draw the reader deeper, leaving a lingering taste on the tongue or haunting music in the air....
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The New York Times reviews
On a sweltering Paris evening in June 1926, a 25-year-old pianist and composer from Trenton stepped out onto the stage of the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, which...
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Poetix reviews
by Tomas Riley
It was both ironic and revealing to be reading this book while my TV screen was filled pro-immigrant demonstrations. Riley writes about the lives those...
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Story Circle Book Reviews reviews
by Jill Jepson
I believe writing is a spiritual practice, and so I was drawn to the title of Jill Jepson's book. She approaches writing through four gateways to the sacred: the...
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WeRead reviews
Caroline Rance’s debut novel is set in the mid-eighteenth century in the town of Chester. She evokes the squalor and depravity of the area from the outset and...
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New York Times reviews
Life for Sugar Lacey has never been sweet. Born out of wedlock and left in the care of three dotty sisters in a small town in Arkansas, she is raised in a series...
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Entertainment Weekly reviews
by Maria Semple
Most teens think their parents are nuts, but Bee has hard proof: emails, faxes, and FBI documents forming a disturbing portrait of her brilliant mother,...
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Library Journal reviews
by Jason Pinter
New York newspaper reporter Henry Parker returns in Pinter's exciting follow-up to The Mark. Living with his girlfriend and trying to bury memories of the...
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Reader Views reviews
Oh, Baby!: 7 Ways a Baby Will Change Your Life the First YearBettie B. Youngs, Susan Heim, and Jennifer Leigh YoungsHampton Roads Publishing Company (2006)ISBN...
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Adrienne Kennedy reviews
"I admire your poems very much...your exceptional imagination and profusion of imagery, your spirit, your perceptions, your sensibility. I treasure your book and...
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