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Published Reviews

Portraits in the Dark
http://www.bookgasm.com reviews
Perhaps Nancy O. Greene’s PORTRAITS IN THE DARK is about what you don’t see in the darkness. Her short vignettes try to shine some light on what we’re quick to...
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L.A. Weekly reviews
Such mishaps form the crux of Brad Schreiber’s anthology of stage bloopers, Stop the Show! A History of Insane Incidents and Absurd Accidents in the Theater. Among...
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Comics Pants reviews
Sean Taylor’s story, “Nymph”, was a classic horror story with a twist, in which an environmentalist comes face to face with a spirit of the Earth while searching...
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Paperback Reader reviews
With all of that in mind, I feel like I ought to admit up front that Dominatrix is not my normal thing. After all, Mr. Simmons described his book as -- T&A...
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Ain't It Cool News reviews
Mr. Simmons is keeping the Bad Girl comic alive with this, a surprisingly sensitive comic.
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Comic Book Page Weekly Comics Spotlight reviews
Time Codes: 00:00 Intro 00:36 General discussion 04:10 DC: NIGHTWING #140 15:21 Marvel: HULK #1 23:54 Other: NECESSARY EVIL #3 [DESPERADO PUBLISHING] 31:40...
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Bookgasm reviews
So, in accordance with that ideal, why wouldn’t my year-end list be made up of comics that I thoroughly enjoyed? These are issues and story arcs that brought me a...
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Broken Frontiers reviews
Nevertheless, four issues have come and gone and…I’m…my god, but I think I’m hooked on a comic called “Dominatrix”.
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Broken Frontiers reviews
Color me impressed: Dominatrix consistently surprises, shattering all expectations (or complete lack thereof) by putting forth entertaining issue after...
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Midwest Book Review reviews
Gene Simmons is more than just a tongue and a pretty face for the legendary rock group Kiss. He's also a gifted creator of a fiction/fantasy genre as evidenced by...
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Librarything reviews
Prepare to fly through a sci-fi world, filled with slimy Zaftans, clever Yuks, a perky Pink Dragon Puppy, and many other colorful characters. Hank Quense's...
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The Midwife's Confession
Heather Gudenkauf, NYT bestselling author of The Weight of Silence reviews
"Diane Chamberlain's The Midwife's Confession is a compelling tale of friendship and motherhood told with compassion and vivid honesty. Through the points of view...
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The Little Russian
Booklist reviews
“(A) sweeping saga… from its grim depiction of war’s depredations to its harsh portrayals of anti-Semitism to its fiery love story. A mesmerizing read.” —...
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The Diabolist
A Book Blog from Ecuador reviews
Convinced that a charismatic New Age prophet is behind the murders, the investigators undergo a perilous journey into the world of the occult as they try to...
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Three Steps To Heaven
Rolling Stone reviews
Buy this now... a biography that benefits from memory and family lore as well as interviews and research.
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The Love We All Wait For
Shelf-Awareness reviews
Lee Doyle has written an engaging, and sometimes dark, coming-of-age story set in the Salinas Valley in 1975. Sheila O'Connor is 17, still mourning the death of...
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Conquistador
History Book Club reviews
Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs. By Buddy Levy. Bantam Dell. June 24, 2008. The conquest of Mexico—how a few hundred...
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A Pocket Can Have a Treasure in It
Quill & Quire reviews
The story’s lovely conceit works perfectly….This one has the feel of a classic.
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THe Independent UK reviews
Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient, with Recipes is much more than a cookery book. McLagan explains and debunks the received wisdom about how bad...
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LA Times reviews
"These are invisible people in pockets of the city that go underchronicled... What ties them all together is Otis' strong voice, which is jittery and electric,...
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