Published Reviews

"A Vine in the Blood" A Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigation http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/books/new-in-crime-fiction-a-guide-to-the-latest-mysteries- reviews "A Vine in the Blood" A Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigation by Leighton D Gage This witty novel begins with the poisoning of a batch of bougainvillea plants. Although the owner of the flowers has just been kidnapped, her gardener’s concern... Read More »	"A Vine in the Blood" A Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigation http://reviews.publishersweekly.com/978-1-61695-004-0 reviews "A Vine in the Blood" A Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigation by Leighton D Gage Set mostly in São Paolo, Brazil, in the two weeks leading up to the FIFA World Cup, Gage’s stellar fifth Chief Insp. Mario Silva police procedural (after 2010’s... Read More »
ABC Radio Australia reviews The Warsaw Anagrams by Richard Zimler The best and most original crime writer of the year, however, was Richard Zimler who gave us The Warsaw Anagrams. Richard Zimler is best known for his brilliant... Read More »	ALLPULP reviews GRIOTS: a sword and Soul anthology by Geoffrey Thorne I immediately wanted a sequel to as soon as I finished reading it. I got a very strong Roger Zelazny vibe in this tale of a gifted martial artist studying her... Read More »
My Springfield Mommy reviews Sleeper's Run by Henry Mosquera Wow! This book is very intense--I simply couldn't put it down. I read way into the night but I simply wanted to know what was going to happen next. I felt the... Read More »	Minding Spot reviews Sleeper's Run by Henry Mosquera For those of you who enjoy this genre, Mosquera is definitely an author to keep an eye on. This is his first novel, but I foresee several more in the future. He... Read More »
Being Alison reviews Sleeper's Run by Henry Mosquera Right from the start of the book you will be on the edge of your seat. It’s filled with surprises, energy and great dynamic. Henry describes location and fight... Read More »	Simply Stacy reviews Sleeper's Run by Henry Mosquera I highly recommend that you pick it up. Henry Mosquera writes with a driving intensity and continues an exciting pace until a surprisingly poignant ending. Two... Read More »
Baba's Farm Life reviews Sleeper's Run by Henry Mosquera Read More »	Cindy's Love of Books reviews Sleeper's Run by Henry Mosquera SPOILER ALERT! All I have to say is wow! I was pleasantly surprised by the book and how much I really enjoyed it. Its fast paced and it literally sucks you in... Read More »

Good Reads reviews Multiverse by Cheryl L Snell "This is a collection of poems to be lingered over, like reminders of first views or experiences we usually keep to ourselves for fear that speaking of them will... Read More »	Wild Goose Poetry Review reviews The Fractured World by Scott Owens Poetry should disturb us; it should create an uneasy feeling in our stomachs. In “Fates Worse Than Death,” the first poem in section one, The Fractured World,... Read More »
Soma Literary Review reviews DYING UNFINISHED by Maria Espinosa Maria Espinosa arrived in San Francisco in 1964, thinking to stay only a few months. Forty years later, she was living on Capp Street and teaching ESL at City... Read More »	BOSTON GLOBE reviews DRINKING CLOSER TO HOME by Jessica Anya Blau Blau’s second novel, like “Swim Parties,’’ takes place mostly in Santa Barbara, Calif. This time the year is 1993, with excursions by flashbacks to Michigan and... Read More »
Booklist reviews The Year of Fog by Michelle Richmond Richmond gracefully explores the nature of memory and perception in key passages that never slow the suspense of the search…a page-turner with a philosophical bent... Read More »	Vox, University of Calgary reviews Places by Scott C. Holstad Scott Holstad is a hard working young poet, whose first "real" book (read "perfect bound") has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in poetry. Which is not to say... Read More »
500 Words of Wisdom reviews Super Natural Home: Improve Your Health, Home, and Planet—One Room at a Time by Beth Greer We are all looking for ways to improve our health and explanations as to why there are so many illnesses and diseases these days. In my quest to find answers and... Read More »	Booklist reviews The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Starred Review The double bind that torques women’s lives is Divakaruni’s key theme in lambent novels and short stories about women who immigrate to America from... Read More »
Journal of American History reviews Everything but the Coffee: Learning about America from Starbucks by Bryant Simon This is a highly readable and deeply engaged examination of the culture of capitalism in the contemporary United States. It is an ethnography, based on countless... Read More »	http://www.proaxis.com/~calyx/252Review.htm reviews Letters to the World: Poems from the Wom-po LISTSERV edited by Moira Richards, Rosemary Starace, Lesley Wheeler & others by moira richards Letters to the World: Poems from the Wom-Po Listserv (2008), edited by Moira Richards, Rosemary Starace and Lesley Wheeler, Los Angeles: Red Hen Press. ........... Read More »