Published Reviews

Amazon reviews Veracity by Mark Lavorato "Mark Lavorato's Veracity is a provocative first novel that succeeds in creating a realistic future-world that is rife with darkness, excitement, thought, and... Read More »	Amazon reviews Veracity by Mark Lavorato "I believe this to be the best novel I have ever read. I was captivated by the choice of words used by Joshua and the others he conversed with, the interactions... Read More »
Quiet Corner Book Reviews reviews Gertrude's Broken Wand (Marmalade Book 1) by Jason Thibeault Gertrude’s Broken Wand was a great book. I thought the book would be about a girl named Gertrude but really it was about Rebecca who breaks Gertrude’s wand. I... Read More »	Quill & Quire reviews Believing Cedric by Mark Lavorato (Starred review, 'a work of exceptional merit') "The writing is inventive without being showy, and Lavorato has a gift for letting characters’ emotions seep out,... Read More »
Kissed by Venus reviews A Day at the Inn, A Night at the Palace and Other Stories by Catherine Lundoff KBV says that "A Day at the Inn, A Night at the Palace and Other Stories" is a "treasury of short fiction," among other lovely things and gives it 5 stars. Read More »	420 Characters The New York Observer reviews 420 Characters by Lou Beach Lou Beach is best known as an illustrator and album-cover designer. But his ability to capture complex scenes in just a few strokes makes his first book of... Read More »
Cover of Book reviews The Road to Someplace Better: From the Segregated South to Harvard Business School and Beyond by Lillian Lambert This is a moving memoir that captures the journey of a woman who came of age as America struggled to deliver on its vision of racial and gender equality. ... Read More »	The Other Side reviews A Journey Interrupted: Being Indian in Pakistan by Farzana Versey Farzana Versey is a well-known, independent minded and rather spunky writer whose introverted public personality camouflages a healthy irreverence in her writings... Read More »
Saint Paul Pioneer Press reviews On A Silver Platter by Linda Morganstein "Morganstein, who writes snappy dialogue, finds a nice balance between Alexis' private life and her sleuthing. Alexis is a strong, believable and likeable... Read More »	Peter and the Whimper-Whineys Beautiful Books for Children reviews Peter and the Whimper-Whineys by Sherrill S Cannon We all like to pretend that our children always use those sweet and innocent voices that make our hearts melt. But the truth is, that sometimes they have been... Read More »

Publisher's Weekly (starred review) reviews In Open Spaces by Russell Rowland Sibling rivalry turns sinister in Rowland’s outstanding debut, which follows a Montana ranching clan as it struggles to survive the Depression, two world wars, and... Read More »	Facing North reviews Pagan Prayer Beads by John Michael Greer The writing is excellent, and is approachable by readers of any experience level--even teenagers should have no problem with this text. Experienced beaders and/or... Read More »
Seattle Post Intelligencer reviews This One Is Mine by Maria Semple This One Is Mine By Maria Semple Little Brown, 303 pages, $24.99 Dec. 4 A veteran TV comedy writer, recently relocated to Seattle, concocts a sharp-witted look at... Read More »	Back Cover of Book reviews The Road to Someplace Better: From the Segregated South to Harvard Business School and Beyond by Lillian Lambert Not only did Lillian become the first black woman to receive a Harvard MBA, but she also played an instrumental role while she was a student to help the business... Read More »
Chicago Tribune reviews MacGregor Tells the World by Elizabeth McKenzie A neurotic young man looks into his mother's death when he was a child ... Read More »	Kirkus Reviews reviews Little Night by Yuyi Morales "Strong colors in reds, browns and dark blues with a sprinkling of starlight add to the mystical effect. Lovely" Read More »
Arab Studies Quarterly, Vol. 34 No. 2 reviews Geographies of Light by Lisa Suhair Majaj The theme of light and geography throughout the volume plots the layers of family and history through three continents and over several generations. The... Read More »	Boston Globe reviews No One You Know by Michelle Richmond Thoughtful, involving, intricately constructed, and well written...Michelle Richmond never strikes a false note in No One You Know…It's an intelligent, emotionally... Read More »
Publishers Weekly reviews The Unspoken by Thomas Fahy Teeth-clenchingly suspenseful at times and deliciously creepy at others, Fahy (Night Visions) delivers a classic horror story with his YA debut, about a religious... Read More »	LOS ANGELES TIMES reviews One Night, Two Teams: Alabama vs. USC and the Game that Changed a Nation by Steven Robert Travers On Sept. 12, 1970, USC played Alabama on a sultry night in Birmingham. By the numbers, the Trojans prevailed handily, 42-21. And yet, by all accounts, the Crimson... Read More »