Published Reviews

APOOO Book Club reviews Melody by Stacy Deanne There are many stories within a story to Melody. In their town, there is a serial rapist, attacking black women. Melody is indirectly involved in the case while... Read More »	Women's Review of Books reviews Slaying the Mermaid: Women and the Culture of Sacrifice by Stephanie Golden In Slaying the Mermaid, Stephanie Golden (also author of The Women Outside, a fascinating study of the meanings and experiences of homelessness in contemporary... Read More »
Booklist reviews A Gathering of Doorways by Michael John Jasper In his third novel, speculative-fiction rising star Jasper offers a finely nuanced blend of fantasy and horror centering on a salesman turned organic farmer who... Read More »	Bibliolatry reviews Months and Seasons by Christopher Meeks Who hasn't effed up royally? Cut off your nose to spite your face? Who hasn't done the one dumb thing you told yourself not to do? If these scenarios do not apply... Read More »
The New York Times Book Review reviews The Big Splash by Jack D. Ferraiolo Jack D. Ferraiolo is the kind of mystic who speaks only in metaphor. In the foreground, his first novel, “The Big Splash,” is a parody of Raymond Chandler or... Read More »	Publishers Weekly reviews The Big Splash by Jack D. Ferraiolo The seventh-grader version of a Raymond Chandler PI, Matt Stevens coolly navigates the mean streets (okay, the mean hallways) of Franklin Middle School in a first... Read More »
Kliatt reviews The Big Splash by Jack D. Ferraiolo "Let me clue you into something, kid…Justice is a snack," I said. "You get justice, and five minutes later you realize you're still hungry. Revenge, on the other... Read More »	Genre Go Round Reviews reviews When Danger Calls by Terry Odell This is an exciting romantic suspense that grips readers from the onset when Ryan’s cakewalk mission turns ugly and never slows down as his work arrives at Big Sky... Read More »
Perihelion reviews Assignation at Vanishing Point by Jane Satterfield Jane Satterfield's first book of poems, Shepherdess with an Automatic, confronts the reader with soft-spoken juxtapositions. In the fine, lush field of her work... Read More »	amazon.com reviews The Winterlake Lodge Cookbook by Kirsten M. Dixon Chef Kirsten Dixon has successfully built her culinary reputation on the coupling of two themes: world-class cuisine and America's Last Frontier. Hailed by Bon... Read More »

School Library Journal June 2009 reviews Looking After Pigeon (Permanent Press, 07/2009) by Maud Carol Markson School Library Journal June 2009 Adult/High School The narrator of this novel, seemingly set in the early 1970s, is five-year-old Pigeon. She observes her... Read More »	Raliegh News and Observer reviews Everything but the Coffee: Learning about America from Starbucks by Bryant Simon Email Print Order Reprint Share: Yahoo! Buzz Text tool name close x tool goes here BY LUCIANA CHAVEZ - Staff writer Temple University professor Bryant Simon... Read More »
Miami Herald reviews How to Get Divorced by 30: My Misguided Attempt at a Starter Marriage by Sascha Rothchild When you blog about relationships for Psychology Today, you aren't surprised when people you barely know start asking for advice. The questions come even faster... Read More »	The Pen & Muse reviews Her Reluctant Bodyguard by Jennette Green There are no words. Honestly, there are no words to explain how much I loved this book. This is probably one of the absolute best books I have ever read in my... Read More »
New York Times reviews House Justice by Mike Lawson Washington political thrillers are, for the most part, born to be boring. The hero is usually some high-minded lawyer who’s become disillusioned after placing his... Read More »	Fictional Candy reviews Dreaming of the Wolf by Terry Spear sigh A man, an alpha male, a werewolf. Could it get any better? For years and years I was team vampire,... Read More »
Author website reviews Build a Better Story by Hank Quense I found your book very informative, and I refer back to it even now. Especially helpful was the suggestion of a novel writing software. My stories come out... Read More »	The News Review reviews The Wish & The Wonder: Words of Wisdom for Expectant Parents by Gail Perry Johnston Gail Perry Johnston and Jill Perry Rabideau launched Cupola Press to help people through challenging times. They take the approach of not telling anyone what to do... Read More »
CHICAGO TRIBUNE reviews TOROS & TORSOS by Craig McDonald "The second novel from Craig McDonald may be even more extraordinary than his critically acclaimed debut "Head Games," which was a 2008 Edgar Award finalist for... Read More »	Booklist reviews The Master Planets by Donald Gallinger In a sleek, absorbing narrative, Gallinger easily moves between two seemingly disparate worlds. Peter Jameson is on the brink of true success with his talented... Read More »