Published Reviews

Long and Short Reviews reviews Savage Hunger by Terry Spear Savage Hunger is as steamy a story as the humidity of the jungle it takes place in and is just as dangerous. Take a good look at the wonderful and vibrant cover... Read More »	Diacritics reviews East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres by Andrew Q Lam Christina Vo revisits Andrew Lam’s two previous memoir essay collections, Perfume Dreams and East Eats West, and previews his forthcoming... Read More »
The Common reviews White Sheets by beverley bie brahic In addition to poetic shape-shifting, subtle confrontations often lurk deceptively behind the ordinary. The title poem “White Sheets” opens Brahic’s... Read More »	Poetry Quebec reviews Wayworn Wooden Floors by Mark Lavorato I was particularly moved by the poem “Swallow.” Some Christian paintings use swallows to symbolize saved souls. To sailors, a swallow represents... Read More »
Nocturne Romance Reads reviews The Glass Butterfly by Louise Marley Marley’s novel could easily be classified as a mystery; however such a limited perspective would minimize the intensity of the emotional elements. This is a... Read More »	http://www.shewrites.com/profiles/blogs/gimme-jimmy-gmta-review reviews Gimme-Jimmy by Sherrill S Cannon Delightful, adorable and hilarious. When little Jimmy Alexander is warned by his father that his unwillingness to share and his inability to politely ask for... Read More »
http://donalisahelsley.blogspot.com/2012/05/from-my-bookshelf-to-yours-gimme-jimmy.html reviews Gimme-Jimmy by Sherrill S Cannon Sherrill does it again! She has written another great book that will teach children morals in an enjoyable, non preachy way. Gimme-Jimmy is beautifully rhymed... Read More »	http://www.midwestbookreview.com/ reviews Gimme-Jimmy by Sherrill S Cannon "Gimme-Jimmy" is a colorfully illustrated rhyming book about a greedy bully boy who never said "please" or "thank you" and consequently had no friends. Jimmy's... Read More »
San Francisco Chronicle reviews Dying Words by Ken Conner "Much of 'Dying Words,' a new novel by former Chronicle City Editor Ken Conner (whose nom de plume is K. Patrick Conner), is set in the Chronicle newsroom. I... Read More »	SciFi Magazine reviews The Glass Butterfly by Louise Marley . . . a slipstream offering that might stymie readers intent on easy categorization. . .a good thing, too, because the result is worth reading. Marley does... Read More »

POTOMAC BOOKS reviews A TALE OF THREE CITIES: THE 1962 BASEBALL SEASON IN NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES, AND SAN FRANCISCO by Steven Robert Travers "Travers paints a beautiful picture of baseball in its golden age, a time that should be remembered fondly. All of the characters with their required personas are... Read More »	China Daily reviews The Empress and Mrs. Conger: The Uncommon Friendship of Two Women and Two Worlds by Grant Hayter-Menzies Few women have had as long and uninterrupted sway over Chinese politics and society as Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908). Her story is more fraught and high-octane... Read More »
Library Journal reviews Mrs. Ziegfeld: The Public and Private Lives of Billie Burke by Grant Hayter-Menzies Coming on the heels of "Ziegfeld: The Man Who Invented Show Business", this enjoyable biography of the woman who stood by her man through prosperity, infidelity,... Read More »	Lassen Reviews reviews The Indelible Heart by Marianne K. Martin Martin, Marianne, “The Indelible Heart”, Bywater Books, 2011. The Power of Friendship Amos Lassen When a good story comes together with beautiful... Read More »
Los Angeles Times - Books reviews Columbine by Dave Cullen “It's a book that hits you like a crime scene photo, a reminder of what journalism at its best is all about. Cullen knows his material from the inside; he covered... Read More »	Booklist reviews The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Starred Review The double bind that torques women’s lives is Divakaruni’s key theme in lambent novels and short stories about women who immigrate to America from... Read More »
Library Journal 4/1/08 reviews Virgins And Martyrs by Earl Merkel By JO ANN VICARELLibrary Journal STARRED REVIEW!!Virgins and Martyrs: An Aria Quynn Novel.Author: Merkel, E.L.Five Star: Gale. Apr. 2008. c.381p. ISBN 978-1-59414-... Read More »	The Christian Science Monitor reviews West of Kabul, East of New York by Tamim Ansary On Sept.12, Tamim Ansary, an Afghan American who lives in the Bay Area, listened with dismay as men and women phoned in to a talk radio show, calling for the US to... Read More »
Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations reviews Velva Jean Learns to Fly by Jennifer Niven During World War II, more than 1,000 women pilots ferried fighter jets and other military aircraft in a program started by Jacqueline Cochrane called Women... Read More »	Just Us Girls reviews Sleeper's Run by Henry Mosquera Sleeper’s Run was fast paced and exciting. I think it would make a great movie. Read More »