Published Reviews

The San Francisco Chronicle reviews Enchantment: New and Selected Stories by Thaisa Frank REAL, magical By Skip Horvack In an essay titled "Good Readers and Good Writers," Vladimir Nabokov argued that, while major writers are... Read More »	The Bookreporter reviews The Seventh Gate by Richard Zimler I don’t read much about World War II because I find it such a sad time in human history, but to me this book is an exception. What drew me to it was the mystery... Read More »
Barnes and Noble Review reviews True Believers: A Novel by Kurt Andersen If Red Bull underwrote literary endeavors in addition to such speed sports as auto racing, True Believers would come plastered in silver-red-and-blue logos. The... Read More »	University of North Carolina Library reviews One Shot Too Many by Maggie Bishop Jemma Chase, the CSI-obsessed heroine ofMurder at Blue Falls and Perfect for Framing, is back in this latest installment in Bishop’... Read More »
Entertainment Weekly reviews The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian "Drawing for the first time on his own heritage, Bohjalian (Midwives) — the grandson of Armenian survivors — pours passion, pride, and sadness into his tale of... Read More »	www.npr.gov reviews A Door in the Ocean by David McGlynn http://www.npr.org/2012/07/11/156488950/a-door-in-the-ocean-leads-to-dar... Many of the key scenes in David McGlynn's striking new memoir, A Door in the... Read More »
The Common Reader reviews The Seventh Gate by Richard Zimler This is the first book I have read by Richard Zimler and I am very impressed. I have read many books about Germany in the 1930s, both fiction and non-fiction,... Read More »	La Razón (Spain) reviews The Warsaw Anagrams by Richard Zimler Ni el clima político ni lo angustioso de la situación de los judíos antes del exterminio parece lo más pertinente para una novela policiaca y, sin embargo, la... Read More »
Good Housekeeping reviews The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian "The Sandcastle Girls" is one of the Summer's "Best Books to Read on Vacation," a beach book that will "carry you away." Read More »	Hamptons Magazine reviews The Art of Devotion by Samantha C Bruce-Benjamin West Hampton resident Samantha Bruce-Benjamin is no stranger to the summer dramas of 1930s high society. Her captivating first novel, The Art of Devotion, is... Read More »

KIRKUS REVIEWS reviews WHEN THE COWS GOT LOOSE by Carol Weis Similar in premise to Tres Seymour's Hunting the White Cow (1993), but far from that tale's delicate serenity, this wild romp pits young Ida Mae against no fewer... Read More »	BookPage reviews HEAD GAMES by Craig McDonald Every now and then you run into a book that has it all: humor, a delightfully dark tone, a world-weary and larger-than-life protagonist and a wildly inventive... Read More »
Smyth & Helwys Publishing reviews The Enoch Factor: The Sacred Art of Knowing God by Dr. Steve McSwain A book you may want to argue with from start to finish, but one full of wisdom drawn from scriptures, profound personal experience, and a cornucopia of sacred... Read More »	Boston Globe reviews You Are Not a Stranger Here by Adam Haslett Adam Haslett's debut stories are almost frighteningly tender, because they take the worst sort of losses and make of them a footpath to human connection. With its... Read More »
My Springfield Mommy reviews What I Love About You, Mom by Kate Marshall What I Love About You, Mom is the perfect gift for all moms out there. Mother’s Day is just around the corner and instead of the typical flowers and a card,... Read More »	Poetix reviews Mahcic: Selected Poems 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... Read More »
Peace reviews Country Fried Soul: Adventures in Dirty South Hip-Hop by Tamara Palmer Drawing on playlists, artist bios, collabo info, and interviews with all the major players for her "sampladelic oral history" of the crunk era, former... Read More »	BookWorm Publishing, LLC reviews THE TEACHER by Robert Banfelder Ah, the master of suspense thrillers returns with a fast-paced and terrifying story that will chill you to the bone, even on the hottest day of the year.... Read More »
Choice reviews American Countercultures: An Encyclopedia of Nonconformists, Alternative Lifestyles, and Radical Ideas in U.S. History by Gina Misiroglu This very well-written, well-constructed reference source addresses an aspect of American history that is often overlooked. The three volumes include close to 600... Read More »	The Atlantic reviews Rhinoceros by Kelly Enright "The latest monograph in the winning Animal series—truly natural histories, each title a wide-ranging look at a single creature, replete with splendid... Read More »