Published Reviews

The Kansas City Star reviews Tiny Dancer by Anthony Flacco Tiny Dancer was selected as one of the "100 Most Noteworthy Books of 2005" Read More »	Green Hills Literary Lantern reviews Forgetting English: Stories by Midge Raymond These eight stories won the 2007 Spokane Prize for Short Fiction, and prevailed, one suspects, in part because of the integrity of each combined with the degree to... Read More »
Publishers Weekly reviews While My Guitar Gently Weeps (JP Kinkaid #2) by Deborah Grabien While My Guitar Gently Weeps: A JP Kinkaid Mystery Deborah Grabien. Minotaur, $24.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-312-59096-3 In Grabien's diverting second mystery to feature... Read More »	PopMatters.com reviews The Peep Diaries: How We're Learning to Love Watching Ourselves and Our Neighbors by Hal Niedzviecki I whole-heartedly recommend this book to anyone who is participating in our Peep-obsessed culture. If you blog, Tweet or use any other form of social networking to... Read More »
www.blogcritics.org reviews Seducing the Spirits by Louise Young As the reader, you will find yourself unable to avoid the seduction and allure created by the author, Louise Young, who has a natural sensitivity and suavity for... 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 »
Novel Reviews reviews The Brightest Moon of the Century by Christopher Meeks Chris Meeks melds his mastery of short stories with a coming of age tale in his first novel. The reader is invited to follow Edward from his awkward and insecure... Read More »	You Gotta Read Reviews reviews Children Of The Mist by Hywela Lyn This is a lovely and flowing read! It has wonderful characters, a unique futuristic planet, lots of action and a touching romance. Tamarith is lovely and strong... Read More »
Bermudaonion's weblog reviews The Disappearance of Irene Dos Santos by Margaret Mascarenhas Since The Disappearance of Irene Dos Santos by Margaret Mascarenhas is full of characters and is told in a non-linear fashion from different points of view, I had... Read More »	The Review Broads reviews The Disappearance of Irene Dos Santos by Margaret Mascarenhas Poetic and lyrical, the novel aspires to create an impressive array of metaphor, mysticism, and reality within the juxtaposition of 8 protagonists, each depicting... Read More »

Fangirltastic reviews Hellebore and Rue: Tales of Queer Women and Magic by Catherine Lundoff All of the stories prominently feature magic, and most of the writers break out of popularized (overused) magical tropes. There are no sexy vampires, and we get... 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 »
Huffington Post reviews Dreaming in Darkness by Jessica Kristie "Jessica Kristie has the ability to soften and hone the edges of harsh reality and turn even the darkest of life's moments into beauty. Powerful, honest, evocative... Read More »	Booklist reviews The Bay at Midnight by Diane Chamberlain "Chamberlain's latest is both an enticing mystery and a rewarding love story." Read More »
San Francisco Sunday Examiner and Chronicle reviews Charged With Guilt by Gloria White "White's crackling new Ronnie Ventana mystery gets off to a fast start ... White keeps us guessing ...[and] keeps the pages turning." Read More »	Publisher's Weekly reviews The Dead Whisper On by TL Hines A miner-turned-garbage collector is the refreshingly different protagonist of this sophomore horror outing by Hines (Waking Lazarus)...Hines writes with wry humor... Read More »
Enter the Octopus reviews A Gathering of Doorways by Michael John Jasper “A Gathering of Doorways” is about secrets. Not only does the land itself hold long-hidden secrets, but the people around it do too. As poisoned as the countryside... Read More »	USA Today reviews Pictures Showing What Happens on Each Page of Thomas Pynchon's Novel Gravity's Rainbow by Zak Smith "The drawings are surprisingly detailed, colorful and contemplative, adding new layers to the text and potentially earning Pynchon some new fans." Read More »
H-Net Reviews reviews Robert F. Kennedy and the 1968 Indiana Primary by Ray E. Boomhower Readers will note the many parallels between the 1968 and 2008 Indiana Democratic primaries. Both primaries, held as usual late in the campaign season, mattered... Read More »	Beat Kirkus reviews Beat by amy l. boaz Boaz follows her debut (A Richer Dust, 2008) with another finely wrought novel rooted in literary history. Here it’s a member of the Beat Generation who... Read More »