Published Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle reviews
by Doug Dorst
"Cackling ghosts and mysteriously dead cops are not generally the stuff of literary fiction. Yet Dorst here pushes and blurs the boundaries of such formulaic...
Read More »
|
The Stranger reviews
by Doug Dorst
When people consume fictions, they experience an urge, so strong that it feels almost reptilian in origin, to categorize the story into a genre, even something as...
Read More »
|
|
New York Times Book Review reviews
by Doug Dorst
"A daring and big-hearted first novel."
Read More »
|
NEWPAGES.COM (Roy Wang - reviewer) reviews
One indication that a book is worth reading is the number of notes made in the margins, and I ended up with quite a few scribblings all over the clean, short poems...
Read More »
|
Daytona Beach News-Journal reviews
"This book offers wise and witty advice to help you successfully cope with the realities of divorce and come out the other end happier than you ever thought...
Read More »
|
Travel and Leisure Magazine reviews
“Pop Retro Chic (Really Great Books, $19) in your handbag the next time you go scavenging for vintage clothes.This smart guide to shops all over North America...
Read More »
|
|
"Hits Daily Double" Online/"Weekend Popcult Top 10" reviews
“That’s what you call a really self-explanatory title. Suffice to say that this lovingly researched, intuitively organized handbook—the product of a collaboration...
Read More »
|
Daily Variety reviews
“Mixing vintage with contemporary clothes is the ultimate way to make a unique style statement. But unless you know where to shop, you can spend frustrating hours...
Read More »
|
Mystery Scene Magazine reviews
"This thriller is at times so fast-paced it leaves you breathless, yet the scene-setting is so superb that you’ll want to slow down to reread various pages, and...
Read More »
|
The Book Lady's Blog reviews
"Months and Seasons" is a wonderful collection of short stories that reminded me why it is that I enjoy short fiction so much. Other reviewers have called Meeks’s...
Read More »
|
Meridian: The Semi-Annual from the University of Virginia, Issue 24 reviews
by Tara J Betts
|
Publisher's Weekly (Starred Review) reviews
by Mark Coggins
Coggins's outstanding fifth mystery to feature San Francisco PI August Riordan (after 2007's Runoff) successfully blends an over-the-top premise with an...
Read More »
|
MostlyFiction.com, Amazon reviews
by Edie Meidav
In this artful, cerebral novel spanning four decades and encompassing the tribal conventions and counterculture movements of the 70's and 80's, the reader is...
Read More »
|
|
Evergreen Review reviews
by Alan Kaufman
"In passage after passage, we see the truths of the heart are hard won; and this, the psychic searching that is behind every emotion rendered, accounts for the...
Read More »
|
Publishers Weekly reviews
by J R Lankford
Lankford’s third thriller in her Jesus Thief series... is a heady blend of diverse cultures, religions, and human passions ... the story is engaging, and the...
Read More »
|
Jackson Clarion-Ledger reviews
The best detective novel you will read this year. A realistic, scorching read.
Read More »
|
Syndicated review reviews
by Doreen Orion
Since way last summer, you’ve been planning your dream vacation. It was always going to be a road trip, somewhat reminiscent of the ones your parents took you on...
Read More »
|
O: The Oprah Magazine reviews
"Frank and urgent . . . . Trachtenberg . . . . rais[es] complex questions about justice, malice, compassion, blame, self-pity, personal responsibility, faith, and...
Read More »
|
Resource Links reviews
Children and families who first shared this book in 1986 will be ready to revisit it with the next generation. This recently published 20th Anniversary edition is...
Read More »
|
