Published Reviews

Small Spiral Notebook reviews The Understory by Pamela Erens Jack Gorse, the bookish, obsessive protagonist of Pamela Erens’ debut novel, is part of a long line of literary wanderers. Like Binx Bolling, from Walker Percy’s... Read More »	Publishers Weekly reviews The Understory by Pamela Erens A 40-year-old New Yorker bound to his solitude and his habits finds he has lost the ability to connect with others in former Glamour editor Erens's hauntingly... Read More »
Chicago Tribune reviews The Understory by Pamela Erens The "understory," narrator Jack Gorse explains early on, as he wanders the hidden Ramble in New York's Central Park, is made up of "the shrubs and... Read More »	Library Journal, starred review reviews The Year of Fog by Michelle Richmond Richmond (Dream of the Blue Room) has written a mesmerizing novel of loss and grief, hope and redemption, and the endurance of love. Read More »
People reviews The Year of Fog by Michelle Richmond A gripping tale... Read More »	Seattle Times reviews Haiku Mama (because seventeen syllables is all you have time to read) by Kari Anne Roy "...the brief odes to puddles, toys, baby pools, sippy cups and playdates are charming, pointed and funny, a perfect un-sentimental Mother's Day gift for new... Read More »
Bay Area BusinessWoman News reviews Help Me Live: 20 Things People with Cancer Want You to Know by Lori Hope I read Hope's book, Help Me Live, as though I had a loving sister on my shoulder, murmuring in my ear that what I have to offer is enough: Just slow down, listen... Read More »	San Francisco Chronicle reviews The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry by Alan Kaufman For Alan Kaufman, the late San Francisco vagabond wordsmith Jack Micheline represented the true spirit of poetry. ``He would beg destiny for a break,'' recalls... Read More »
Kirkus Reviews reviews Baba: A Return to China Upon My Father's Shoulders by Belle Yang The tension between ancient rituals and modern reality elevates these tales from the merely beautiful into an astonishing personal vision, and a unique portrait ... Read More »	Library Journal reviews The Odyssey of a Manchurian by Belle Yang Yang recounts the trek her father made down the length of China to escape civil war and hunger as Mao Zedong Communist battled Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist for... 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 »	Entertainment Weekly reviews Waiting for the Apocalypse: A Memoir of Faith and Family by Veronica Chater Every time I think I'm tired of memoirs  and don't want to read another, along comes a devastatingly smart, funny one like Veronica Chater's Waiting for the... Read More »
Quill and Quire reviews Valley of the Lost by Vicki Delany Delany has a lot of plot and atmospheric elements to balance, but she does so with relative ease. The focus doesn’t waver from the main investigation, and the... Read More »	Hillcrest Congregational Church News reviews The Social Cause Diet: Filling Up with Satisfying Acts of Service by Gail Perry Johnston Does volunteering for social causes improve your health? This is the contention of Gail Johnston and her new book “The Social Cause Diet.” As she states “adding... Read More »
The Guardian UK reviews Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient with Recipes by Jennifer McLagan However, it would seem fat is making a glorious comeback and, as if to prove it, a splendid new book, 'fat' by Jennifer McLagan plopped through my letterbox a few... Read More »	Richmond Times-Dispatch reviews DOWN AT THE DOCKS by rory nugent New Bedford remains the largest commercial fishing port in the United States, but it has fallen on hard times, writes Rory Nugent in his riveting DOWN AT THE DOCKS... Read More »
The Washington Post reviews Waiting for the Apocalypse: A Memoir of Faith and Family by Veronica Chater At the center of "Waiting for the Apocalypse: A Memoir of Faith and Family" stands the figure of Veronica Chater's father, a one-time California highway patrol... Read More »	Book Wenches reviews The Witch's Beast by Kiki Howell This twisted turn on the classic story of Beauty and the Beast finds the tale from the witch’s point of view. The Witch, Saraphina, has been angered by Prince Amir... Read More »
BlogCritics reviews For The May Queen by Kate Evans Kate Evans' novel engrossed me with its sharp wit and humor. I couldn’t help but get involved with her characters. They are similar to the highly artistic creative... Read More »	The Girls From Ames BORDERS's Shortlist Interview reviews The Girls From Ames by Jeffrey Zaslow The co-author, with Randy Pausch, of the inspiring bestseller The Last Lecture, Jeffrey Zaslow offers another charming book of wisdom and life lessons in The Girls... Read More »