Published Reviews

Romance Reviews Today reviews The Forbidden Daughter by Shobhan Bantwal Beautifully written, with realistic dialogue and characters who will make your heart ache at times, THE FORBIDDEN DAUGHTER is a worthy successor to Ms. Bantwal's... Read More »	Book Pleasures reviews The Forbidden Daughter by Shobhan Bantwal 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... Read More »
Romantic Times reviews The Forbidden Daughter by Shobhan Bantwal 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... Read More »	Kinetics Magazine reviews 9 Life Altering Lessons: Secrets of the Mystery Schools Unveiled 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 Read More »
Brad Steiger - Author reviews 9 Life Altering Lessons: Secrets of the Mystery Schools Unveiled 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... Read More »	Booklist reviews The Calligrapher’s Daughter 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... Read More »
New York Times Book Review reviews Cartwheels in a Sari: A Memoir of Growing Up Cult 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... Read More »	Booklist reviews The Last Bridge 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... Read More »
Palm Beach Post reviews Mrs. Ziegfeld: The Public and Private Lives of Billie Burke by Grant Hayter-Menzies Mrs. Ziegfeld (McFarland) is Grant Hayter-Menzies’ biography of one of the most distinctive actresses of her — or any — generation.... Hayter-Menzies’ book is... Read More »	Literary Nymph Reviews reviews The Bones of Summer paperback (US) by Anne Brooke Read More »

SFRevu.com reviews River Runs Red by Jeffrey J. Mariotte Mariotte has created an entertaining, fast-paced tale of supernatural danger that takes as many twists and turns as a river ride... and, like most great rides, it... Read More »	Amazon reviews Complete Idiot's Guide to Managing Your Money by Christy Heady The Complete Idiot's Guide to Managing Your Money shows that any numbskull can master personal finance. In this second edition, a father-and-daughter writing team... Read More »
School Library Journal reviews Jumpstart the World by Catherine Ryan Hyde Gr 9 Up–When her mother chooses her boyfriend over her own daughter, Elle, 16, is moved into an apartment across Manhattan. She develops a friendship with Frank,... Read More »	New York Times Book Review reviews Alive in Necropolis by Doug Dorst "A daring and big-hearted first novel." Read More »
L.A. Weekly reviews Stop the Show!: A History of Insane Incidents and Absurd Accidents in the Theater by Brad Schreiber Such mishaps form the crux of Brad Schreiber’s anthology of stage bloopers, Stop the Show! A History of Insane Incidents and Absurd Accidents in the Theater. Among... Read More »	The Agony Column reviews A Gathering of Doorways by Michael John Jasper Having found Michael Jasper first in Interzone, with a story he later expanded into the science fiction novel 'The Wannoshay Cycle', I pretty much expected him to... Read More »
TIME OF SINGING reviews Canonicals: Love's Hours by David Radavich “I have always admired David Radavich’s poetry, so this will not be an unbiased review. In this world of words multiplied on top of words, the form of his work —... Read More »	http://www.sfrevu.com/php/Review-id.php?id=7916 reviews SHADOWS IN THE MIST by Brian Moreland Shadows in the Mist, by novelist Brian Moreland, is one the better first efforts I've read this year. Set during WWII, following a squad of soldiers in the daily... Read More »
Chapter 16 reviews The Cold Room by JT Ellison Though she began her career working as a staffer in the White House, J.T. Ellison now lives in Nashville, Tennessee, and writes full time. Her novels—All the... Read More »	Booklist reviews Biting the Apple by Lucy Jane Bledsoe "Eve Glass has turned her failed stint as an Olympic runner into pure marketing gold as a motivational speaker and the author of a self-help book. Her beauty... Read More »