Published Reviews

Contra Costa Times/San Jose Mercury News reviews Nox Dormienda (A Long Night for Sleeping) by Kelli Stanley The Roman conquest of Britain continues to interest writers, and Stanley has come up with a different angle, focusing on Arcturus, a half-British, half-Roman... Read More »	Library Journal reviews Nox Dormienda (A Long Night for Sleeping) by Kelli Stanley ... the author, with her background in classics and archaeology, has a good sense of time and place. The staccato movement of the narrative is very reminiscent of... Read More »
Access My Library reviews Marie-Claire 3: Visitors by Kathy Stinson After reading this third book, I can't wait to read the first two! Marie Claire takes her readers on an adventure few will forget. She is a character that readers... Read More »	Publishers Weekly reviews Hope is a Tattered Flag: Voices of Reason and Change for the Post-Bush Era (co-author, Peter Laufer) by Markos Kounalakis Washington Monthly writers Kounalakis (Beyond Spin: The Power of Strategic Corporate Journalism) and Laufer (Mission Rejected: U.S. Soldiers Who Say No to Iraq)... Read More »
CM: Canadian Review of Materials reviews Marie-Claire 3: Visitors by Kathy Stinson After reading this third book, I can't wait to read the first two! Marie Claire takes her readers on an adventure few will forget. She is a character that readers... Read More »	CM: Canadian Review of Materials reviews The Great Bike Race by Kathy Stinson Throughout the narrative, Stinson allows readers to observe demonstrations of loyalty and friendship as well as fun and competitiveness. Stinson beautifully... Read More »
Quill & Quire reviews The Great Bike Race by Kathy Stinson Stinson's writing is swift and natural; her characters are quickly drawn but not simplistic. The rivalries between the young friends, and their resolutions, are... Read More »	Bookslut reviews Crashing America by Katia Noyes "There’s plenty of hard lesbian sex along the trail, but it would be a mistake to relegate Crashing America or its author to a lesbian porn ghetto populated by... Read More »
Boston Globe reviews No One You Know by Michelle Richmond Thoughtful, involving, intricately constructed, and well written...Michelle Richmond never strikes a false note in No One You Know…It's an intelligent, emotionally... Read More »	Quill & Quire reviews Love Every Leaf: The Life of Landscape Architect Cornelia Hahn Oberlander by Kathy Stinson Stinson delivers her usual polished product, crafting a thoroughly researched, well-written text. Tundra hasn't scrimped on the production values, either, so the... Read More »

The Independent reviews Looking After Pigeon (Permanent Press, 07/2009) by Maud Carol Markson Markson is particularly effective with children's dialogue, interruptions, humor and all. She captures Dove's defensive sarcasm, Robin's cautious sense of... Read More »	Library Journal reviews Bone Worship by Elizabeth Eslami “Compelling, authentic, and immensely satisfying. Bone Worship is full of wonderfully drawn characters, especially Jasmine’s awkward, gruff father. Recommended... Read More »
Hayden's Ferry Review Blog reviews Theories of Falling: Poems by Sandra Beasley There is ritual in this book: a searching for ritual, a creation of ritual. There is something in this collection that is purgative of the glories and the shames... Read More »	Quill & Quire reviews The Stubborn Season by Lauren B. Davis "Lauren Davis’s debut novel, The Stubborn Season, is as close as you'd want to get to the Depression without being there ... meticulous research informs... Read More »
Librarything reviews Brunnhilde's Quest by Hank Quense As a huge fan of Wagner AND Folklore I was excited to get this book hoping that it would be a fun and new perspective on both topics. Mr. Quense follows the... Read More »	Christian Science Monitor print edition reviews Lost Kingdom: Hawaii's Last Queen, the Sugar Kings, and America's First Imperial Adventure by Julia Flynn Siler The Christian Science Monitor picks Lost Kingdom as an Editor’s Choice, calling it “a fascinating and authoritative tale of intrigue and imperialism…” Read More »
La Libre, Belgium reviews The Year of Fog by Michelle Richmond "With sensitivity, Michelle Richmond examines the fragility of our own stories and the role of memory." Read More »	My Ongoing Struggle with Misanthropy reviews Sandrine's Letter to Tomorrow by Dedra Johnson The book was Dedra Johnson’s Sandrine’s Letter to Tomorrow. It is not a book that I would normally pick up. I usually go for the over-testosterone stories of... Read More »
Moms on the Move reviews January's Child: The Birthday Month Book by Andrea Alban Gosline This beautiful book makes a great gift for a new parent, or as a birthday gift. It's a great way to celebrate the birth month of your child. Each page features a... Read More »	NCMA reviews Dasha's Journal: A Cat Reflects on Life, Catness and Autism by T.O. Daria I know a very small amount about autism and from this point of view it was very enlightening. It was an interesting perspective, reading as if a cat had written it... Read More »