Published Reviews

Aaron Paul Lazar reviews Sleep Before Evening by Magdalena Ball Magdalena Ball’s writing, insightful and deep, engages the reader from page one. Her characters linger long after the story resolves to its perfect conclusion.... 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 »
Margaret Forster, author of Elizabeth Barrett Browning: The Life and Loves of a Poet reviews Shaggy Muses: The Dogs Who Inspired Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, Elizabeh Barrett Browning, Edith Wharton and Emily Bronte by Maureen Adams I so enjoyed SHAGGY MUSES. It manages very successfully to bring into focus exactly why these dogs were important to these writers—an intriguing mixture of... Read More »	Temple Grandin , author of Animals in Translation reviews Shaggy Muses: The Dogs Who Inspired Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, Elizabeh Barrett Browning, Edith Wharton and Emily Bronte by Maureen Adams An intimate look into the lives of famous women authors whose lives were more difficult than we would ever have imagined. Their dogs helped them to survive and... Read More »
Publishers Weekly reviews Shaggy Muses: The Dogs Who Inspired Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, Elizabeh Barrett Browning, Edith Wharton and Emily Bronte by Maureen Adams Lovers of both dogs and classic writers will identify with this sweet, quirky book. Read More »	Booklist reviews Shaggy Muses: The Dogs Who Inspired Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, Elizabeh Barrett Browning, Edith Wharton and Emily Bronte by Maureen Adams Written with lively, accessible prose, this absorbing, wholly unique book is a must-read for literature- and dog-lovers alike. Read More »
Bookpage reviews Shaggy Muses: The Dogs Who Inspired Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, Elizabeh Barrett Browning, Edith Wharton and Emily Bronte by Maureen Adams Dog lovers and literary groupies alike will adore SHAGGY MUSES. Read More »	Bark Magazine reviews Shaggy Muses: The Dogs Who Inspired Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, Elizabeh Barrett Browning, Edith Wharton and Emily Bronte by Maureen Adams With this book, Adams has created a niche that will thrill those who love literature, biography and dogs. Read More »
The Chicago Tribune reviews Shaggy Muses: The Dogs Who Inspired Virginia Woolf, Emily Dickinson, Elizabeh Barrett Browning, Edith Wharton and Emily Bronte by Maureen Adams Move over Marley. Make room for Carlo (Emily Dickinson's giant Newfoundland). Or Flush (Elizabeth Barrett Browning's golden cocker spaniel). Or, maybe, Keeper (... Read More »	Micro-Film Magazine, No. 7 reviews Shadows in the Garden by Wayne Kyle Spitzer “The filmmakers … dare to tell this story in a non-traditional manner, providing exposition through dictionary definitions, newspaper clippings, talk radio voices... Read More »

The Sentinel reviews The Dust of 100 Dogs by A.S. King "Now back to why I say I prefer this book and its characters to the Twilight characters — both now and presumingly at age 15. Simply put, Emer is more interesting... Read More »	Terrain - A Journal of the Built & Natural Environment reviews Lit Windowpane by Suzanne Frischkorn Regardless of the elemental source—Lit Windowpane is full of earth and air and water—each poem settles over us like a fine dew—not suffocating, but synaptic and... Read More »
New York Times Book Review reviews Woodsburner by John Pipkin “I once set fire to the woods,” Henry David Thoreau laconically confided to his journal in 1850, six years after he torched approximately 300 acres of Concord... Read More »	Kirkus Reviews reviews Woodsburner by John Pipkin An inglorious episode in the life of 19th-century author and environmental saint Henry David Thoreau is the subject of Pipkin’s impressive debut novel. In 1844, a... Read More »
The New Yorker reviews Blood Passion: The Ludlow Massacre and Class War in the American West by Scott Martelle The review is of Thomas Andrews' Killing for Coal but draws also from Blood Passion, which Crain describes as "a lively journalistic account." Read More »	Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Newsweek, Washington Post, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Weekly St reviews Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?: Bodies, Behavior, and Brains -- the Science Behind Love, Sex, and Attraction by Jena Pincott “Playfully written scientific anecdotes.” –Publishers Weekly (starred review) “It becomes obvious that we are aware of only a small part of what drives our... Read More »
The Anniston Star reviews The Greatest Man in Cedar Hole by Stephanie Doyon "Certainly one of the deep pleasures avid readers can experience is discovering a writer who has always seemed to have been a part of their lives. There's a kind... Read More »	Armchair Reviews reviews Destiny of the Wolf by Terry Spear "Praise for Terry Spear! I thoroughly enjoy werewolf books but sometimes they tend to get a little too stereotypical for me. We all know that werewolves shift with... Read More »
Jennifer's Random Musings reviews Destiny of the Wolf by Terry Spear "In what is one of my favorite reads so far this year, Terry Spear provides readers with a suspenseful paranormal romance that I couldn't put down! The strong and... Read More »	Fallen Angel Reviews reviews Winning the Highlander's Heart by Terry Spear Winning the Highlander's Heart is just that. Two independent Highlanders, both proud and stubborn, reluctant to let another into their hearts. Anice believes she... Read More »