Published Reviews

The Hindu Literary Review reviews Ms Militancy by Meena Kandasamy A man who saw the poet Meena Kandasamy read out from her latest poetry collection, Ms. Militancy, at the Jaipur Literary Festival this January apparently felt... Read More »	Eileen Goudge, NYT bestselling author reviews The Midwife's Confession by Diane Chamberlain "The title screams, "Pick me up!" and you won't be sorry you did. The Midwife's Confession is an engrossing tale, one that keeps you guessing to the end, with all... Read More »
Heather Gudenkauf, NYT bestselling author of The Weight of Silence reviews The Midwife's Confession by Diane Chamberlain "Diane Chamberlain's The Midwife's Confession is a compelling tale of friendship and motherhood told with compassion and vivid honesty. Through the points of view... Read More »	Tatiana de Rosnay, NYT bestselling author of Sarah's Key and A Secret Kept reviews The Midwife's Confession by Diane Chamberlain "A beautiful novel about mothers and daughters, about secrets, friendship, love and loss, how we bring our children into this world and how we raise them. It will... Read More »
Lori's Reading Corner reviews Happy Hour by Michele Scott Every woman has that group of friends in her life ~ her "go to girls" The friends that she can turn to who 'get it". The ones who are there for you no matter what... Read More »	Visions & Affiliations, A California Literary Timeline I reviews The Collected Poems, 1957-2004 (2nd printing, 2006) by Robert Sward * excerpt from Jack Foley's "Visions & Affiliations, A California Literary Timeline" re: Uncle Dog: The Poet at 9 • 1962 - Robert Sward’s Uncle Dog is... Read More »
http://www.awornpath.blogspot.com/2010/12/island-girl-intertwines-family-drama.html reviews Island Girl by Lynda Simmons Lynda Simmons' latest novel Island Girl takes readers on a trip to Canada and the Toronto Islands, a small clustering of islands just off shore in Lake Ontario. In... Read More »	Library Journal reviews Among the Departed by Vicki Delany Starred Review. The successful search for a missing boy in the woods near the British Columbian town of Trafalgar also uncovers a human bone that may belong to a... Read More »
Birdbrained Book BLog reviews The Wand Bearer Trilogy #1: Juggler in the Wind (with Pat Perrin) by Wim Coleman People have compared this book to the Percy Jackson series. That’s like saying Sabrina the Teenage Witch is comparable to Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The difference... Read More »	Saffron Tree internet site reviews Anna's World (with Pat Perrin) by Wim Coleman It would seem that simplicity is, in fact, a remarkably difficult thing to achieve. And yet, surrounded as we are by the noise, pollution and violence that we... Read More »

Book Bitch reviews Paying the Piper by Simon Wood Wow! Eight years ago reporter Scott Fleetwood was interjected into the case of the serial kidnapper called the Piper. At the time, Scott thinks he is dealing... Read More »	Electronic Intifada reviews Geographies of Light by Lisa Suhair Majaj "In Geographies of Light, Majaj writes exquisitely of the profound personal and collective loss that defines Palestinian history. Using intimate and... Read More »
Chicago Tribune Books Section reviews Virgins And Martyrs by Earl Merkel Chicago Tribune Books Section June 21, 2008 Virgins and Martyrs By E.L. Merkel(Five Star, $25.95) The third mystery/thriller from Chicagoan Earl Merkel explores a... Read More »	Modern Haiku, Issue 35.1., the prestigious haiku journal, at the time edited by Lee Gurga reviews Rise, Ye Sea Slugs! a theme from In Praise of Olde Haiku . . . by Robin D. Gill THE ORIGINAL IS FIVE PAGES AND EASILY FOUND ONLINE Those who think of haiku as simple little poems should certainly get out and read “Rise, Ye Sea Slugs!,” with... Read More »
Arizona Daily Star reviews The Dog Diet, A Memoir: What My Dog Taught Me About Shedding Pounds, Licking Stress and Getting a New Leash on Life by Patti Lawson To lose 30 pounds, Patti Lawson worked like a dog. And now, she's written a book to prove it. Lawson is author of "The Dog Diet," a memoir stuffed with... Read More »	Teaching Artist Journal reviews Disguised As A Poem: My Years Teaching Poetry at San Quentin by Judith Tannenbaum Read More »
Teaching Artist Journal, 2007 Volume 5, Number 3 reviews New Creative Community: The Art of Cultural Development by Arlene Goldbard Teaching artists and community development artists: how similar the two fields are, and how little interaction they have. Perhaps it is time for a change, for a... Read More »	Talent Development Resources reviews Archetypes for Writers: Using the Power of Your Subconscious by Jennifer Van Bergen Her book provides concrete information and exercises for, as she puts it, “doing archetypes” - not the “usual writing skills, but rather distinct, separate non-... Read More »
Publishers Weekly reviews The Sword of Medina by Sherry Jones (Starred Review) This able novel, sequel to Jones’s controversial bestseller The Jewel of Medina, continues to examine the history of Islam, a topic unfamiliar to... Read More »	The Deseret News reviews The Diva Doctrine: 16 Universal Principles Every Woman Needs to Know by Patricia V. Davis Patricia V. Davis, author of “The Diva Doctrine: 16 Universal Principles Every Woman Needs to Know,” has some advice for women on becoming a true diva. This is not... Read More »