Published Reviews

http://www.fictitiousmusings.com reviews Dark Knowledge by Keith Pyeatt Pyeatt has created an intense tale of horror that is one of the most gripping reads I’ve read this year. From the very first page, you are thrust into a story that... Read More »	The Chronicle Review reviews Wayworn Wooden Floors by Mark Lavorato Lavorato is one of a new breed of multi-talented Canadian artists who integrate many gifts effortlessly between genres. He is novelist, photographer, composer and... Read More »
Blogster.com reviews East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres by Andrew Q Lam Andrew Lam’s California is one of cultural collision, a land of fusion cuisine and religious diversity, a land shaped byimmigrants and the spices they bring... Read More »	Out in Print: Queer Book Reviews reviews 98 WOUNDS by Justin Chin “You cannot,” declares the narrator of 98 Wounds, Justin Chin’s stunning, essential new short story collection, “must not, believe anything – not a single word –... Read More »
Mystery People reviews Death Lies Beneath by Pauline Rowson This is a fast paced excellent mystery, with an interesting diverse set of characters, and an intriguing hook at the end that has me eagerly awaiting the next... Read More »	Blog Business World reviews Stand Up For Yourself Without Getting Fired: Resolve Workplace Crises Before You Quit, Get Axed, Or Sue the Bastards by Donna Ballman For me, the power of the book is how Donna Ballman presents the relevant employment law, for the various phases of an employee's career, in an clear and no... Read More »
San Jose Mercury News reviews My Postwar Life: New Writings from Japan and Okinawa by Elizabeth McKenzie "My Postwar Life: New Writings From Japan and Okinawa" edited by Elizabeth Mc- Kenzie (Chicago Quarterly Review Books, $19.95, 328 pages). Santa Cruz editor... Read More »	Publishers Weekly reviews My Postwar Life: New Writings from Japan and Okinawa by Elizabeth McKenzie My Postwar Life: New Writings from Japan and OkinawaEdited by Elizabeth McKenzie. Chicago Quarterly Review Books (www.chicagoquarterlyreview.com), $19.95 trade... Read More »
The Michigan Poet reviews Folk Concert: Changing Times by Janet Ruth Heller The poems in Folk Concert: Changing Times span many subjects, places and time; where one poem recalls a childhood camping trip, another revisits an adult life full... Read More »	The Seattle Times reviews The Glass Butterfly by Louise Marley Seattle-based opera singer/novelist Louise Marley knits together two related plot lines — a contemporary story about a therapist in deadly peril from a patient,... Read More »

The Fantasy Review reviews Sails and Sorcery by Danielle Ackley-McPhail If you enjoy any combination of short stories, nautical fantasy and new authors then I would suggest checking out this new anthology. Read More »	Smithsonian's Notable Books for Children 1995 reviews Fernando's Gift by Douglas R Keister The author traveled "deep inside the rain forest in Costa Rica" to document the life of a family committed to saving that country's remnant of old-growth... Read More »
Boston Globe reviews Brutal Journey: Cabeza de Vaca and the Epic First Crossing of North America by Paul Schneider "on the whole, ''Brutal Journey" is first-rate. Weaving anthropology, archeology, climatology, geography, and a half-dozen other disciplines into a riveting tale... Read More »	Angel With A Bullet Booklist reviews Angel With A Bullet by Grant McKenzie Angel With A Bullet - "Frenetic, atmospheric" Fun new review of Angel With A Bullet from Booklist Online. Reviewer Barbara Bibel writes: "With lots of... Read More »
The New York Times reviews Odd Duck by Cecil Castellucci What makes for a good old ordinary duck? Is it eating “everyday duck pellets”? Checking out “A History of Good Ducks” from the library? Theodora thinks so, and... Read More »	Mail on Sunday reviews Genesis Machines: The New Science of Biocomputing by Martyn Amos "...An elegant primer on a mind-blowing technology that could change our lives out of all recognition... On the way to describing...this new science, Amos... Read More »
Globe and Mail, Canada reviews TALES FROM THE EXPAT HAREM: Foreign Women in Modern Turkey (edited with Jennifer Eaton Gokmen) by Anastasia M Ashman In this collection of essays, 29 foreign women share their tales of conflict and discovery in Turkey. Spanning four decades and most of the country's regions,... Read More »	National Public Radio reviews Into Thick Air: Biking to the Bellybutton of Six Continents by Jim Malusa I don't, personally, actually know any botanists, but I have to admit that I've never thought of it as an especially adventurous profession, so I certainly wouldn'... Read More »
www.npr.gov reviews A Door in the Ocean by David McGlynn http://www.npr.org/2012/07/11/156488950/a-door-in-the-ocean-leads-to-dar... Many of the key scenes in David McGlynn's striking new memoir, A Door in the... Read More »	The Globe and Mail, Toronto reviews Into Thick Air: Biking to the Bellybutton of Six Continents by Jim Malusa Low rider and long tripper by Kisha Ferguson August 9, 2008 INTO THICK AIR Biking to the Bellybutton of Six Continents By Jim Malusa Sierra Club, 321 pages, $18.50... Read More »