Published Reviews

Original review reviews Psychotherapy: Lives Intersecting by Louis Breger "Psychotherapy Lives Intersecting" by Louis Breger is a thoughtful, well- documented, readable and informative book. The Author's informal jargon-free style and... Read More »	Contemporary Psychoanalysis reviews Psychotherapy: Lives Intersecting by Louis Breger Lou’s book – most of his patients addressed him as Lou – is uniquely filled with his patients’ reactions to their treatment. A distinguished psychoanalyst, he aims... Read More »
BOOKLIST ONLINE reviews Enchantment: New and Selected Stories by Thaisa Frank The title of this collection hints at its contents—delectable stories with touches of the surreal as well as many plot twists and surprises. From short-short story... Read More »	Poetry International (online) http://pionline.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/beauty-and-its-blade-a-revie reviews "Beautiful Soon Enough" by Margo Berdeshevsky "Brevity... lushness and lyricism... This is a writer who understands the power of language." "...artfully sculpted fictions conveyed with astonishing phrasing....... Read More »
Gently Read Literature reviews Suspended Heart by Heather Fowler Heather Fowler is Kafka in drag, an American Marquez. If you are looking for a safe little book, one that lines up neatly with other short story collections... Read More »	Library Journal reviews The Seventh Gate by Richard Zimler Sophie Riedesel is a typical teenager, but her life of movies, bickering with her parents, and dating her boyfriend turns nightmarish when... Read More »
The Short Review reviews Suspended Heart by Heather Fowler Sometimes, just sometimes, from the scrolls of work I read online, I stumble across a story different enough to make me remember a name. Heather Fowler's such a... Read More »	ForeWord Reviews reviews People With Holes by Heather Fowler Fowler’s ability to make a reader believe all the strange things that happen in these stories is deft and precise. Some of the living beings are not human; and... Read More »
Publishers Weekly reviews Radical Reinvention: An Unlikely Return to the Catholic Church by Kaya Oakes Growing up, Oakes (Slanted and Enchanted) felt many a dark night of the soul, though at the time she didn’t know to call it such, and rather than turn to God,... Read More »	Genre Go Round reviews The Disappearance of Irene Dos Santos by Margaret Mascarenhas This is a fascinating but extremely difficult tale to read as the narration switches nine times making the novel feel more like a series of short vignettes... Read More »

CMIS Evaluation (WA Education Department) reviews Hal Spacejock 03 Just Desserts by Simon Haynes The satire is great, the plot oddities continue to fascinate and readers are fairly sure that the 'heroes' will somehow get out of every mess they get into. Read More »	Freak Parade SomethingDark.eu reviews Freak Parade by Marilyn Jaye Lewis Rarely have I picked up a book – or, in this case, my laptop since Freak Parade is also self-published as an e-book by the author, Marilyn Jaye Lewis – and... Read More »
O, The Oprah Magazine reviews Columbine by Dave Cullen “You may want to leave the horror behind you--that may be why you haven't yet picked up Columbine, journalist Dave Cullen's spectacularly gripping account of the... Read More »	The Daily American reviews The Last Queen by Christopher W Gortner This is a good historical novel, very well-written. Gortner brings to life an extraordinary queen in a dangerous era. Read More »
Book Pleasures reviews Sleep Before Evening by Magdalena Ball The author’s control of the story is masterly; her insight combining with her exceptional narrative skills to write a story that... Read More »	The Mystery Reader reviews Rock & Roll Never Forgets (A JP Kinkaid Mystery) by Deborah Grabien (She absolutely nails it: being a rock star is JP's job. That's precisely how he sees it. And since the story is narrated by JP, that's how the reader is supposed... Read More »
The New York Sun reviews Killer Year: Stories to Die For by JT Ellison When reading mysteries (or maybe anything, for that matter), whether for fun or because it's part of the job (some job!), it's easy to fall into the fuzzy womb of... Read More »	Ain't It Cool News reviews Egg Story by J Marc Schmidt "It's unique, very nicely drawn, and awfully funny. And I guarantee you don't have anything else like it." Read More »
Bitten by Books reviews Haunted Hearths and Sapphic Shades: Lesbian Ghost Stories by Catherine Lundoff Haunted Hearths & Sapphic Shades Edited by Catherine Lundoff Review by Alecia Categories: Adult Content, Anthologies, Book Reviews, GLBT, Ghosts, e-books... Read More »	Good Housekeeping reviews The Sandcastle Girls by Chris Bohjalian "The Sandcastle Girls" is one of the Summer's "Best Books to Read on Vacation," a beach book that will "carry you away." Read More »