Published Reviews

Library Journal reviews The True Sources of the Nile by Sarah Stone This stunning first novel, set in contemporary Africa, begs to be compared to Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible and Ronan Bennett's The Catastrophist yet... Read More »	Tertulia Magazine reviews Alms for Oblivion: A Poem in Seven Parts by Bryce Milligan In general, good poetry contains stark images and simple word use. It is written to be read aloud, rewards bibliophiles but does not punish... Read More »
Bloomsbury Review reviews Alms for Oblivion: A Poem in Seven Parts by Bryce Milligan Embarking on an ambitious, solemn, and passionate quest into a maze of his own making, the muse-poet in Bryce Milligan's latest collection of... Read More »	Orion Magazine reviews Yellowcake by Ann Cummins Kinds of damage and forms of compensation propel this engaging debut novel by Ann Cummins. She avoids cheap rhetoric and easy judgments about a local environmental... Read More »
The Feminist Review reviews Edge and Fold by Paul Hoover Paul Hoover, author of Edge and Fold, amazes his readers with postmodern poetry. His newest work is a compilation separated into two poems: "Edge and Fold... Read More »	The Great American Pinup. reviews Edge and Fold by Paul Hoover The title of Paul Hoover’s Edge and Fold suggests that the lines of poetry that run through the book approach the limit of the page (the edge) or are cut off in... Read More »
Stride Magazine reviews Poems in Spanish by Paul Hoover Poems in Spanish is haunted by a ghostly presence throughout, whether it be of the poet's dead father or a kind of landscape of the mind, which is also, one feels... Read More »	Pleiades 27.2 (2007): 211-215 reviews Poems in Spanish by Paul Hoover The title of Paul Hoover's ninth collection of poetry is misleading. Poems in Spanish is not, in fact, written in Spanish. Instead, Hoover presents a variety of... Read More »
Publishers Weekly reviews Paradise Farm by Brenda Webster Using a spare prose style resonant with clues to the catastrophic times ahead, Webster deftly conveys a period of social history when women began voicing their... Read More »	San Francisco Chronicle reviews The Last Good Freudian by Brenda Webster ``I was born and brought up to be in psychoanalysis and, as a result, much of my adult life was spent on the couch.'' Thus begins Brenda Webster's new memoir,... Read More »

The Girls From Ames Ladies' Home Journal reviews The Girls From Ames by Jeffrey Zaslow Are you heading to a reunion this summer? Thanks to Facebook, Evite and other online tools, perhaps you know who's attending, what they look like, and what they've... Read More »	The Girls From Ames Assocated Content reviews The Girls From Ames by Jeffrey Zaslow The Girls from Ames is a new book written by Wall Street Journal Writer Jeffrey Zaslow. The story of the girls came from one of Zaslow's columns about friendship.... Read More »
AMAZON reviews THE 1969 MIRACLE METS: THE IMPROBABLE STORY OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST UNDERDOG TEAM by Steven Robert Travers Steven Travers has produced a certifiable masterpiece with this portrayal of those Amazin' '69 Mets; the team that inspired the imagination of fans everywhere by... Read More »	Rob around Books reviews War on the Margins by Libby Cone With so many other distractions vying for my time and attention over the past couple of weeks it’s taken me longer than it should have, but I finally got around... Read More »
Newsblaze reviews Shimmer by Eric Barnes Eric Barnes has a smash debut novel hitting upon a subject that is clearly newsworthy. Shimmer is based upon one of the oldest money-making plots known as "The... Read More »	Ten Fingers Typing reviews Conquering Venus by Collin Kelley You will be grateful for the fact that this is part of a trilogy, but at the same time, you'll find yourself a little foot-stampy and impatient to know what... Read More »
Bing West reviews Mass Casualties: A Young Medic's True Story of Death, Deception, and Dishonor in Iraq by Michael Anthony "A raw, honest narrative by a young soldier thrust into an atmosphere that demanded care for the wounded, yet seemingly deprived of leaders who understood their... Read More »	ReadersFavorite.com reviews Pepe by Robby Charters Pepe and Po live on the streets after a fire destroys their apartment building. They find shelter in an abandoned building along with other street kids. Jose is a... Read More »
BC Blogcritics reviews How to Get Divorced by 30: My Misguided Attempt at a Starter Marriage by Sascha Rothchild The idealist in me wasn’t entirely certain that our society needed even a tongue-in-cheek primer on how to end a marriage. Yet, if one looks objectively at the... Read More »	Barnes and Noble online reviews The Disappearance of Irene Dos Santos by Margaret Mascarenhas Full of the magic, mystery, and full-bodied characters readers have come to expect of the best South American fiction, The Disappearance of Irene Dos Santos is as... Read More »